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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-006
This folder contains material pertaining to the Federal Telecommunications System (FTS), a network of communication services for federal agencies. Items include a staff report by the General Services Administration (GSA) to the Bureau of the Budget on the proposed FTS; letters of intent to AT&T for Phases I and II of the project; GSA policy circulars; letters to heads of federal agencies; an article by Representative Jack Brooks on the FTS, reprinted from Public Utilities Fortnightly; a GSA report titled "Study of a Federal Telecommunications System for Civil Agencies"; a statement by Robert F. Mundy to the U.S. House Government Activities Subcommittee on "Communications and a Decentralized Federal Government"; and documents concerning the role of the FTS in emergency planning activities.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF02-020
This folder contains material pertaining to the Ad Hoc Committee on Disposal of Federal Surplus Real Property. The majority consists of comments submitted by various government agencies regarding a report and draft bill written by the committee on the disposition of surplus federal property. Agencies that submitted feedback include the Department of the Interior; the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the Housing and Home Finance Agency; and the Bureau of the Budget.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-014
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-002-008
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Robert A. Wallace Personal Papers
RAWPP-002-001
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF45-007
This folder contains copies of weekly status reports written by Joseph J. Walka while he was a fiscal analyst at the Bureau of the Budget. Each report contains a list of work completed, ongoing projects, and proposed legislation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF45-006
This folder contains assorted personnel records of Joseph J. Walka, mostly from when he initially joined the Bureau of the Budget (BOB) as a fiscal analyst. It includes some of his personnel action forms as well as printed material regarding employee benefits. Of note are copies of Bureau of the Budget onboarding materials such as a staff orientation manual, a schedule of introductory lectures, and an overview of BOB functions and operations.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF16-014
This folder contains correspondence and memoranda between Walter W. Heller and Kermit Gordon, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers and later Director of the Bureau of the Budget. Enclosures include Gordon's testimony in Congressional hearings on budget and tax matters, and an article about Gordon titled "Man with a $100-billion Budget," published in Business Week.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF21-002
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Bureau of the Budget (BOB). Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, press releases, budget data, and speeches. Some material was widely distributed by the Bureau, while other correspondence is specific to discussions between the BOB and the Council of Economic Advisers. Correspondents from the BOB include Kermit Gordon (director), Elmer B. Staats (deputy director), Arthur B. Focke (general counsel), and Raymond T. Bowman (assistant director for statistical standards). The file also contains charts of Congressional actions on appropriation bills; reports on financial aspects of proposed and pending legislation; Congressional testimony of Gordon on the public debt limit; and a paper by Andrew H. Gantt II titled "Central Governments: Cash Deficits and Surpluses."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF21-001
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Bureau of the Budget (BOB). Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, press releases, budget data, and speeches. Some material was widely distributed by the Bureau, while other correspondence is specific to discussions between the BOB and the Council of Economic Advisers. Correspondents from the BOB include Kermit Gordon (director), Elmer B. Staats (deputy director), Arthur B. Focke (general counsel), and Raymond T. Bowman (assistant director for statistical standards). The file also contains charts of Congressional actions on appropriation bills; reports on financial aspects of proposed and pending legislation; an analysis of "Federal Activities in Public Works"; and an address by Bowman titled "The American Statistical Association and Federal Statistics."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-005
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the capital budget. Types of items include memoranda, news clippings, and papers. There is a paper by Heller titled "An Analysis of Proposals for Capital Budgeting in the United States" (1954), and a Bureau of the Budget staff report by Peter O. Steiner titled "The Classification of Budget Data - A Proposal."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF15-005
This folder contains correspondence and memoranda between Walter W. Heller and David E. Bell, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. Enclosures include federal budget figures and analysis, a speech by Bell titled "Improving Public Understanding of Budget and Fiscal Policy Issues" (12 June 1962), and Bell's statement before the Joint Economic Committee on the 1963 budget (26 January 1962).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-022
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning legislation to establish a standby capital improvements program. Types of items include correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, and press releases. Related work products of the Council of Economic Advisers include a draft of a proposed bill to authorize a capital improvements program during periods of rising unemployment; a paper on "Output and Employment Effects of Stand-by Expenditures"; and a background memorandum jointly written with the Bureau of the Budget regarding the proposed standby capital improvements authority. Other materials of note are copies of the Congressional testimony of Heller, David E. Bell, Arthur J. Goldberg, Gerhard Colm, and Charles H. Stoddard; analysis of the inventory of federal construction projects and other work submitted pursuant to the President's economic message of 2 February 1961; and a memorandum on the 1962 economic situation by George Meany of the AFL-CIO.
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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-MF46-002
This folder contains material pertaining to Walter W. Heller's participation in a Bureau of the Budget meeting regarding Treasury revenue, which was held in Director David E. Bell's office at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 25, 1961. Most items are staff background memoranda.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-007
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-012
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 133 (NSAM 133) titled, "Ryukyus Action Program," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-333-020
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 127 (NSAM 127) titled, “Emergency Planning for Continuity of Government,” to Edward McDermott, Director of the Office of Emergency Planning; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; and David Bell, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0914-001
This folder contains correspondence between White House staff and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David Bell, regarding the suggested and approved budgets for various federal agencies, organizations, and programs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-024
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 236 (NSAM 236) titled, “Sales of Military Spare Parts to Yugoslavia,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) David Bell, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-018
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 230 (NSAM 230) titled, “Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project PAL (Permissive Links for Nuclear Weapons in NATO),” to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-012
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 226 (NSAM 226) titled, “Directive Relating to the Transmittal of Information to the Watch Committee of the USIB [United States Intelligence Board],” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Edward R. Murrow, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) J. Edgar Hoover from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-024
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 210 (NSAM 210) titled, "Underground Nuclear Tests," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn T. Seaborg, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, and Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included are memoranda related to NSAM 210 and the proposed program for underground nuclear tests.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-021
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 207 (NSAM 207) titled, "Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project CENTAUR," to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, and Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) Edward McDermott from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Of note is a letter to President John F. Kennedy from Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding Project CENTAUR.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-004
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 194 (NSAM 194) titled, “Policy Toward Non-Bloc Ships in Cuban Trade,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Administrator of the Maritime Commission Donald W. Alexander, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) Fowler Hamilton, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and President of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charles S. Murphy from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.