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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF35-023
This folder contains memoranda and tables compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning metals. Most items pertain to copper prices and production, but there is also information on silver, tin, lead, and zinc.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF22-007
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Commerce. Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, publications, press releases, and data charts. Correspondents include Luther H. Hodges (Secretary of Commerce), Clarence D. Martin, Jr. (Under Secretary for Transportation), George Jaszi (director of the Office of Business Economics), James G. Morton (special assistant to the Secretary), Richard H. Holton (Assistant Secretary of Commerce), and Edward Gudeman (Under Secretary of Commerce). The file also contains select copies of Hodges' Congressional testimony and press conferences, and a directory of industry and trade specialists in the Business and Defense Services Administration, within the Department of Commerce.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF22-006
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Commerce. Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, publications, press releases, and data charts. Correspondents include Luther H. Hodges (Secretary of Commerce), Clarence D. Martin, Jr. (Under Secretary for Transportation), George Jaszi (director of the Office of Business Economics), James G. Morton (special assistant to the Secretary), and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Under Secretary of Commerce). The file also contains the Department of Commerce proposed legislative program for the 89th Congress, 1st Session; a preliminary draft report on the airline subsidy reduction program; an issue of Current Population Reports on consumer income, published by the Bureau of the Census; a Report to Congress on Unauthorized Assistance to Seemingly Nondepressed Areas Under the Public Works Acceleration Act and the Area Redevelopment Act, by the U.S. Comptroller General; and information on a State Science and Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. (3-4 February 1964).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF20-001
This folder contains memoranda, notes, reports, news clippings, and correspondence pertaining to labor disputes and price increases in the steel industry and the government's response. The situation was informally referred to as the "steel crisis." Although detailed, much of the information is in draft form and there are many gaps. Most of the notes are in Heller's handwriting. The file includes material for a meeting with the President and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz regarding steel prices (21 May 1963), and for another meeting just with Secretary Wirtz (14 May 1963). Other documents include compiled statistics related to the steel industry as of April 1963 and October 1963, and a background paper on how the national economy is affected by steel prices. Note that this material originally constituted Series 4, but upon further review it has been moved to Series 5. Subject Files.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF26-010
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the automobile industry. Items include notes, news articles, and a chart comparing wages in the automobile and steel industries.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF26-009
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the automobile industry. Types of items include memoranda, news articles, notes, and charts. The material pertains to union contract negotiations at the major automakers, and the possibility of automobile price increases. There is also a paper titled "The Possibility of Price Reductions in Automobiles" (June 1964).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF26-008
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning labor issues in the automobile industry. Types of items include memoranda, press releases, news articles, and notes. The main topics are how union contract settlements may affect automobile prices and the economy overall, and the impact of a strike at General Motors.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF40-025
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on S. 774 and similar bills providing for quality and price stabilization.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF39-001
This folder contains general correspondence between Walter W. Heller and representatives of the Rand Corporation. There is also one paper titled "Economic Growth and Foreign Aid: A Proposal Concerning the Export of Industrial Plants" by Frederick T. Moore.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-006
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller on productivity topics in general, such as output per man-hour in manufacturing. Types of items include memoranda, correspondence, and news articles. A portion of the material relates to confusion over conflicting productivity data released by various government agencies.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-002
This folder contains material pertaining to requests for copies of a study on the steel industry by the Council of Economic Advisers, which was titled "Employment Costs and Profits in the Steel Industry After the October 1 Wage Increase." The study was done at the behest of Senator Albert Gore and also included a compilation of statistics on the iron and steel industry from 1947 to 1961.
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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-MF84-003
This folder contains material pertaining to the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy, which was established in February 1961 to give direction to the general movement of wages and prices and to encourage good labor-industrial relations. Both Walter W. Heller and Kermit Gordon of the Council of Economic Advisers were involved with the Advisory Committee. Types of material in this file include correspondence, memoranda, reports, papers, statements, press releases, charts, and news clippings. There is a copy of the published proceedings of a Conference on Fiscal and Monetary Policy sponsored by the Advisory Committee (November 1962), and data on employment from the Department of Labor (March 1961). Topics include pensions, railroads, taxes, collective bargaining, and economic recovery.