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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF35-017
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the Long-Range International Payments Committee (LRIPC). Items include a paper titled "Contribution of IMF to International Liquidity" by Eugene A. Birnbaum, and another paper titled "The Evolution of the IMF: Further Comments" by James Tobin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF35-015
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning liquidity. The bulk consists of three papers, all on the topic of international liquidity. One paper is titled "International Liquidity: Problems and Proposal" (no author listed) and another is titled "Professor Triffin on International Liquidity and the Role of the [International Monetary] Fund" by Oscar L. Altman.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-002
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors. Types of material include letters, memoranda, press releases, speeches, and news clippings. Most correspondence is with William McC. Martin, Jr., chairman of the Federal Reserve System. There are numerous speeches and Congressional testimony by Martin, J. L. Robertson (Board member), Ralph A. Young (Board adviser), George W. Mitchell (Board member), and Woodlief Thomas (Board adviser). Other items include several issues of the Federal Reserve's National Summary of Business Conditions (March-May 1963), and a paper by Paul F. McGouldrick commenting on the wage-price guidelines recommended in the Council of Economic Advisers 1962 Annual Report. Note that the file also contains several misfiled speeches by members of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-001
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Types of material include letters, memoranda, press releases, and speeches. Correspondents include Joseph P. McMurray (chairman). The file also contains several speeches by McMurray and Clarence B. Smith (assistant to the Board), and a report on home loan interest rates and terms (March 1963).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF22-012
This folder contains correspondence between Walter W. Heller and Joseph W. Barr, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. It also includes a draft speech by Barr titled "Political Economy - The Need for a New Look."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-004
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the economy in Canada. Items include an unattributed paper titled "Trading with the Enemy," regarding the sale of Canadian wheat to the Soviet Union; an internal Council of Economic Advisers memorandum on "The Underlying Problem of U.S.-Canadian Economic Relations"; a report submitted to the Royal Commission on Banking and Finance by W. Earle McLaughlin of the Royal Bank of Canada (July 1962); a booklet on the 1962 outlook for private and public investment in Canada; and two papers about the Canadian dollar by William Stix Wasserman. Note that although most material in this file is from 1962 to 1964, some items date back to 1960.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF27-001
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the administration of the Brookings Institution study on "The Outlook for the U.S. Basic Balance of Payments in 1968." Types of items include letters, memoranda, drafts, articles, and notes. The majority of correspondence is with project director Walter S. Salant. The file also includes a paper by Richard Goode titled "Educational Expenditures and the Income Tax," and a speech by Robert D. Calkins titled "Observations on the Role of Economists in the Shaping of Public Policy."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF26-013
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning Barron's Weekly, a financial news magazine. Types of items include letters, memoranda, and articles.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF26-012
This folder contains one Council of Economic Advisers staff memorandum regarding the Federal Reserve Board's study of the consumer credit market.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF26-011
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning banking. Types of items include letters, news articles, and publications, such as a market review by Swiss Bank (mid-January 1963) and a staff report of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on recent developments in the structure of banking. Most of the file is general correspondence with various bank officials.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF25-008
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the American Bankers Association (ABA). Types of items include letters, memoranda, papers, articles, and speeches. Most of the correspondence is with Charls E. Walker, Executive Vice President. The file contains a paper titled "The Economy at Midyear" by the ABA Department of Economics and Research (10 July 1964); a draft paper on H.R. 258, a bill to authorize the establishment of federal mutual savings banks; copies of papers and printed material from a Symposium on Employment (24 February 1964); similar materials from a Symposium on Economic Growth (25 February 1963); an ABA staff paper on "Loans and Investments of Financial Institutions"; and a speech given by C. Douglas Dillon at an ABA Annual Meeting (17 October 1961).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF31-001
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the debt management activities of the U.S. Treasury Department. Types of items include memoranda, charts, and press releases. There is also a copy of C. Douglas Dillon's testimony on the public debt limit. The majority of the file pertains to plans for advance refunding of Treasury securities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-035
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the Commission on Money and Credit. In addition to administrative correspondence, there is one memorandum of notes on the report of the Commission, and another containing an analysis of the Commission's proposals.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF74-008
This folder contains material pertaining to the Committee on Financial Institutions, which was formally established in March 1962 to analyze changes in government policy toward private financial institutions that could benefit the economy. Walter W. Heller represented the Council of Economic Advisers on the committee, and was also the committee's chairman (with James Tobin and then Gardner Ackley acting as chairman pro tem). The bulk of the file consists of two separate drafts of the committee's final report, which are dated 3 December 1962 and 19 November 1962. Other types of material include correspondence, memoranda, and press releases. Also of note are minutes from the committee's meetings of 11 March 1963 and 4 April 1962; information on the Advisory Committee on Banking headed by James J. Saxon, Comptroller of the Currency; and an outline of issues falling within the scope of the committee's responsibilities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF74-007
This folder contains material pertaining to the Committee on Financial Institutions, which was formally established in March 1962 to analyze changes in government policy toward private financial institutions that could benefit the economy. Walter W. Heller represented the Council of Economic Advisers on the committee, and was also the committee's chairman (with James Tobin and then Gardner Ackley acting as chairman pro tem). The items in this file appear to have been gathered for a committee meeting that was held at 3:00 p.m. on 7 December 1962 in Heller's office. Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, news articles, and meeting minutes.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF74-006
This folder contains material pertaining to the Committee on Financial Institutions, which was formally established in March 1962 to analyze changes in government policy toward private financial institutions that could benefit the economy. Walter W. Heller represented the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) on the committee, and was also the committee's chairman (with James Tobin and then Gardner Ackley acting as chairman pro tem). Although the original folder title relates to a specific meeting that was held at 5:00 p.m. on 11 March 1963 at the Treasury building, the folder also contains more general information about the committee's work. Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, and news clippings. There is a final copy of the committee's report, which was submitted to the White House on 10 April 1963. The file also includes a speech by Neil G. Greensides titled "Federal Deposit Insurance and Current Banking Issues," and a CEA staff memo on possible 1963 legislative proposals relating to financial institutions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF74-005
This folder contains material pertaining to the Committee on Financial Institutions, which was formally established in March 1962 to analyze changes in government policy toward private financial institutions that could benefit the economy. Walter W. Heller represented the Council of Economic Advisers on the committee, and was also the committee's chairman (with James Tobin and then Gardner Ackley acting as chairman pro tem). Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, news clippings, drafts, and press releases. There is a final published copy of the Report of the Committee on Financial Institutions to the President of the United States (April 1963). The file also includes a misfiled press release about the Committee on Federal Credit Programs, and a speech by Joseph P. McMurray titled "The Savings and Loan Industry in the Heller Report."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF74-004
This folder contains material pertaining to the Committee on Federal Credit Programs, which was formally established in March 1962 to review the legislation and administrative policies relating to Federal credit programs and assess their effectiveness in terms of the nation's goals. Walter W. Heller represented the Council of Economic Advisers on the committee. This file contains a copy of the committee's final report, which was delivered to the White House on 27 November 1962.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF74-003
This folder contains material pertaining to the Committee on Federal Credit Programs, which was formally established in March 1962 to review the legislation and administrative policies relating to Federal credit programs and assess their effectiveness in terms of the nation's goals. Walter W. Heller represented the Council of Economic Advisers on the committee. Note that while the original folder title is related to a specific meeting held at 2:30 p.m. on 30 October 1962 at the Treasury building, the folder also contains more general information about the origins of the committee and its work. Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, drafts, meeting agendas, and press releases. There are drafts plus a final published copy of the Report of the Committee on Federal Credit Programs to the President of the United States (11 February 1963). The file also includes a Brookings Institution report on the outlook for the U.S. balance of payments, which is likely misfiled, and an analysis of Federal credit programs by the Bureau of the Budget.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-061
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 1212, to promote the development of economically depressed areas by establishing a government corporation to provide a secondary market for industrial mortgages covering property in those areas. Also included is a misfiled copy of suggested amendments to S. 582.
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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.