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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF89-004
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters U, V, W, Y, and Z. Materials include a statement of Henry H. Villard before the House Committee on Banking and Currency; thoughts of Baron Ernest de Verdor on the economy and exports of the United States; a paper by Robert F. Wallace on deficit spending; and a Boeing Airplane Company study on the economics of disarmament, forwarded by Murray L. Weidenbaum, with his suggestions for improving the federal budget.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF89-003
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters R, S, and T. Materials include comments from James W. Riddell on a proposed excise tax on jet fuel; two papers by William A. Salant on the economic consequences of disarmament and the reserve currency role of the dollar; a publication titled "The Growth of the Economy" from the British National Economic Development Council; a speech by Harry L. Severson on the impact of urbanization in Alabama; a speech by Louis Shere on the role of the Council of Economic Advisers in the formation of economic policy; a speech by Sir Robert Shone on planning for growth in the United Kingdom; a report by Philip E. Taylor on the implementation of fiscal reforms in Jordan; a paper by Norman B. Ture on economic growth and federal tax policy; and a paper by Peter L. Bernstein titled "The Trojan Horse of Population Growth."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF89-002
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters M, N, O, and P. Items include a speech by William McC. Martin, Jr., on the American economy; a paper on the history and functions of the British National Economic Development Council; and a paper by Howard J. McMurray titled "The President: Leader or Institution."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF89-001
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters F, G, J, K, and L. Materials include a paper by Karl Fox on delineating functional economic areas in Iowa; a tentative program for a national conference on poverty in America at the University of California, Berkeley; a paper by Neil H. Jacoby on Senator Barry M. Goldwater's economic policy proposals; a letter from economist Nicholas Kaldor sharing his thoughts on currency exchange rates and the balance of payments; a copy of a letter from Edward M. Kennedy; a draft essay by Charles C. Killingsworth on how to pay for higher education; Congressional testimony by Edward V. Kiley on financing the federal highway program; a talk by Sioma Kagan on the future international business education; a report by I. M. Labovitz of the Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service on federal renevues and expenditures in states from 1959 to 1961; a speech by Leon T. Kendall on the quality of mortgage credit; a paper by Abba P. Lerner on gold and the balance of payments; an analysis by the New York Clearing House Association on a proposal to increase the maximum insurance on deposits and share accounts; and several articles and speeches by John K. Langum. Note that a bit of "C" correspondence is misfiled here.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF88-004
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters H, I, and J. Materials include a Council of Economic Advisers staff memorandum responding to economist Hans Heinemann's article "The Tax Cut and the Danger of Inflation"; an article by Thomas F. Hady titled "The Incidence of the Personal Property Tax"; a report by Meta Heller on agricultural workers and migrants; a speech and notes by Borden Helmer on economic growth and business planning; a paper by Benjamin Higgins titled "Interregional Relations in Economic Fluctuations and Growth"; a humorous memorandum from Leo H. Irwin, Chief Counsel of the House Committee on Ways and Means, on funny things that happen on the way to a hearing; and a study by Vernon L. Israelsen titled "Investment in People: A Study in Higher Education Finance." Note that a bit of "P" correspondence is misfiled here.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF88-003
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters F and G. Materials include a paper by Karl Fox on delineating functional economic areas in Iowa; a newsletter of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis (vol. XLVI, no. 52, 29 June 1962); a booklet from the Automobile Manufacturers Association titled "An Analysis of the Federal Excise Tax on New Passenger Automobiles"; a paper on the U.S. balance of payments by Manuel Gottlieb; and a paper by Bertram M. Gross, "New Frontiers for the Employment Act." Note that a bit of "E" correspondence is misfiled here.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF88-002
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters C, D, and E. Materials include a paper by Marshall B. Clinard titled "Perspectives on Urban Community Development and Community Organization; an exchange with Governor John Connally of Texas following the assassination of President Kennedy; a speech by Morris D. Crawford, Jr., on "The Role of Savings Banks in the War on Poverty"; a paper by Otto Eckstein on "Inflation, the Wage-Price Spiral, and Economic Growth"; information about a study on the impact of the European Economic Community (EEC) on other nations; sales and price data from Ford Motor Company as of March 1963; two papers by Robert Eisner, one on unemployment and the other on the investment tax credit; speech by John Exter on the U.S. balance of payments and the Atlantic community; a booklet of speeches by Walter B. Wriston and G. A. Costanzo of the First National City Bank of New York; and a newsletter from the Federal Statistics Users' Conference (August-September 1961).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF88-001
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters A and B. Items include an exchange with "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles M. Schulz; several papers by Agnew H. Bahnson, Jr., about his "Council of Eight Approach" to international relations; two articles on tax cuts and gold by V. Lewis Bassie; a report on international tourism and U.S. foreign trade from K. LeMoyne (Lem) Billings on behalf of the U.S. Travel Service Advisory Committee; an article reprint by Solomon Barkin titled "Economic Problems of Expanding and Declining Communities"; and two speeches on the economic outlook by William F. Butler of Chase Manhattan Bank.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-011
This folder contains material pertaining to taxation of foreign income. Types of material include memoranda, publications, news articles, and papers. Items include a booklet on taxation in the West Indies; copies of Congressional testimony by Emilio G. Collado of Standard Oil Company; and a set of briefing papers for an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ministerial meeting held in Paris in November 1963.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-010
This folder contains material pertaining to taxes and depreciation. It includes several Council of Economic Advisers staff memoranda as well as a copy of testimony by Douglas Dillon before the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-009
This folder contains material related to an article on taxation that Walter W. Heller wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Items include correspondence, memoranda, ad drafted edits.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-008
This folder contains material gathered by Walter W. Heller in preparation for U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means hearings on the status of the economy and the economic outlook. It includes an outline of Heller's testimony but not the full text. The bulk of the file consists of summaries of the testimony of other experts. Note that there is no material directly pertaining to the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of Congress, despite the original folder title.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-007
This folder contains material pertaining to U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means hearings on President Kennedy's tax program for 1963. It includes statements by Douglas Dillon, Richard A. Musgrave, Frazar B. Wilde, and Kermit Gordon, as well as Council of Economic Advisers edits to one of Dillon's draft statements. There are also press releases from the Ways and Means Committee regarding decisions made during initial drafting of the tax bill legislation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-006
This folder contains typed questions and answers and talking points about various topics related to the tax program of the Kennedy administration, such as tax cuts, business profits, steel, budget deficits, inflation, and the federal debt.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-005
This folder contains material pertaining to tax reform, tax cuts, and the tax program of the Kennedy administration. Only a small portion appears to relate to the articles and memoranda by Joseph A. Pechman on the status of tax reform and the distributional effects of tax reduction. Other items include an essay by Frazar B. Wilde titled "Some Comments on the History and Position of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963"; a booklet by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, "Tax Cut: Price of Prosperity?"; a position paper on tax policy by The Business Council's Committee on Taxation; and fact sheets on the President's tax proposals by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-004
This folder contains drafts and final copies of a public statement that was issued by over 400 professional economists in July 1963 concerning "The Tax Program of the Kennedy Administration." There is also one news article from 1964 that appears to be misfiled.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-003
This folder contains a few memoranda and news articles about the effects of the tax cuts enacted by the Revenue Act of 1964.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-002
This folder contains press releases, statements, and fact sheets issued by the Treasury Department regarding the proposed tax legislation and tax cuts. It includes daily summaries of news articles concerning the tax program, and a complete series of 32 documents explaining the provisions of the tax bill (September 1963).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-001
This folder contains speeches collected by Walter W. Heller concerning President Kennedy's tax program, proposed tax cuts, and related legislation. There are a variety of addresses, statements, and Congressional testimony by individuals such as Richard A. Musgrave, Stanley S. Surrey, John W. Byrnes, Henry H. Fowler, Paul H. Douglas, Douglas Dillon, and John E. Horne. The file also includes a copy of Heller's testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance regarding H.R. 8363.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF86-009
This folder contains material pertaining to President Kennedy's Special Message on Tax Reduction and Reform. Items include the final press release of the speech and accompanying tables, a transcript of a press briefing held by Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon, a draft of the message by Theodore Sorensen bearing many handwritten edits, and an earlier draft by the Treasury Department.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF86-008
This folder contains material pertaining to a study to assess how the tax cuts enacted in the Revenue Act of 1964 had affected businesses and consumers. Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, news articles, papers, and data tables. Also present is economic data from the first round of the study in June 1964, which was gathered by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF86-007
This folder contains data compiled by the Brookings Institution on the revenue and distributional effects of the Revenue Act of 1964.