Close
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please contact the Archives research staff.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF35-012
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Types of items include letters, memoranda, newsletters, and reports. Frequent correspondents are Ewan Clague (Commissioner of Labor Statistics) and Leon Greenberg (Chief, Division of Productivity and Technological Developments). The file includes an advance copy of a study by the BLS on "Labor Requirements of School Construction."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-007
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, speeches, and charts. Correspondents include Wilbur J. Cohen (Assistant Secretary), Francis Keppel (Commissioner of Education), Anthony J. Celebrezze (Secretary of HEW), and Abraham Ribicoff (Secretary of HEW). The file also contains a revised draft presidential message on health, written jointly by the Council of Economic Advisers and the Bureau of the Budget; a statement by the Consumer Advisory Council concerning the Citizens Committee (Harvey Committee) report on the Food and Drug Administration; an unattributed article for the New Republic on the state of the nation's health; highlights of HEW activities for fiscal year 1961; a paper titled "Indicators of National Developments That Will Affect Future Health, Education, and Welfare Activities" (August 1961); and a draft paper on education and economic growth.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF32-001
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning education. Items include a paper titled "Spillover of Public Education Costs and Benefits" by Werner Z. Hirsch, Elbert W. Segelhorst, and Morton J. Marcus; a Council of Economic Advisers memorandum of "Observations on State and Local Capacity to Finance Education"; a booklet titled "A Conversation on Education" with Robert M. Hutchins, published by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions; a memorandum summarizing various proposals for an administrative education program; a Bureau of the Budget staff paper on a new federal program in education; and an article by Theodore W. Schultz titled "Education and Economic Growth," published by the National Society for the Study of Education.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF39-005
This folder contains general requests for information and printed material, such as copies of reports and publications issued by the Council of Economic Advisers and copies of speeches given by Walter W. Heller. Note that there is a significant amount of overlap with the previous folder of student requests for debate information.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF84-001
This folder contains material pertaining to Walter W. Heller's involvement with the Committee for Economic Development (CED), a private non-profit organization of business leaders that promotes policies for economic growth. Heller was a member of the Subcommittee on Collegiate Education for Business, and most information in the file relates to that group. Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, meeting materials, press releases, newsletters, reports, papers, and news articles. There is also a booklet titled "Taxes and Trade: 20 Years of CED Policy," which includes an address by President Kennedy.
Textual folder
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.
Textual folder
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.