Nourse, Edwin G. Papers

FOLDER TITLE LIST

CEA STAFF FILE

Box 1

• Appointments, 1946-1947
• Appointments, newspaper comments on
• Blough, Roy
• Gross, Bert
• Homan, Paul T.
• Keyserling, Leon H.
• Nourse, Edwin - biographical information
• Wallace, Donald H.

ALPHABETICAL FILE

Box 2

• Annual Economic Report of the President, 1947
• Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisors, December 1946
• Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisors, December 1946 (newspaper clipping)
• Budget of the Council of Economic Advisors - 1948
• Budget of the Council of Economic Advisors - 1949
• Budget of the Council of Economic Advisors - 1950
• Budget of the Council of Economic Advisors - 1951
• Employment Act of 1946, origins of the (folder 1-2)

Box 3

• Employment Act of 1946, origins of the (folder 3)
• Flanders, Ralph E.
• Reports for the 1950 (C.E.A., President's Economic Report to Congress, and State of the Union Message)
• Resignation, correspondence re (Edwin G. Nourse)

DAILY DIARY (Note: numbers in parenthesis refer to tab numbers in the Daily Diary)

• 1946: Index
• 1946: February 20 - Employment Act of 1946 (1)
• 1946: July 29 - Nourse letter accepting Chairmanship of the C.E.A. (2)
• 1946: July 31 - President's letter acknowledging Nourse letter of July 29 (3)
• 1946: September 18 - Memo of personal consultation with the President (4)
• 1946: October 16 - Memo of personal consultation with the President (5)
• 1946: November 26 - Memo of personal consultation with the President (6)
• 1946: December 3-28 - Memo of contacts with President and W.H. staff (7)
• 1946: December 17 - Letter submitting draft of material for President's Economic Report (8)
• 1946: December 27 - Letter submitting second draft of material for President's Economic Report (9)
• 1946: December - First Annual Report to the President (10)
• 1947: Index
• 1947: January 2 - Letter to President submitting revised draft of Economic Report of the President (1)
• 1947: January 6,8 - State of the Union Message and Economic Report of the President (2)
• 1947: January 8 - Memo to staff re President's comments on the Economic Report (3)
• 1947: January 14 - Letter of personal consultation with the President (4)
• 1947: January 14 - Report of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report (5)
• 1947: January 14 - Statement of G.H. Taylor hitting Joint Committee for delaying Report (6)
• 1947: January 14 - Letter from President re Nourse statement on "Economics in the Public Service" (7)
• 1947: January 14 - Economics in the Public Service (reprint) (8)
• 1947: February 1 - Letter from President with enclosure of conversation with Senator O'Mahoney re Economic Report (9)
• 1947: February 12 - Memo of personal consultation with the President (10)

Box 4

• 1947: March 4 - H.S.T. speech at Baylor University on foreign policy (11)
• 1947: March 7 - Letter to President re rising prices (12)
• 1947: March 10 - Letter from President in reply to Council letter of March 7, 1947 (13)
• 1947: March 7 - Correspondence re transfer of Annual Wage Study to C.E.A. from O.W.M.R. (14)
• 1947: March 12 - H.S.T. speech on Greek-Turkish aid (15)
• 1947: March 19 - Letter to President re message to Congress of March 12, 1947 (16)
• 1947: Memo dictated 2/23/48 dealing with issues from March 4-19 (17)
• 1947: March 25 - Letter to President enclosing article "Public Administration and Economic Stabilization" (18)
• 1947: April 7 - First quarter memorandum (19)
• 1947: May 8 - Letter to President re Portal to Portal Pay bill (20)
• 1947: June 5 - Letter to President giving Council position on tax reduction bill (21)
• 1947: June 16 - Letter to President giving Council position on labor bill (Taft-Hartley) (22)
• 1947: July 10 - Letter to President re inflationary effect on economy of the Miner-Operator agreement (23)
• 1947: July 14 - Statement of President re Council letter of July 10, 1947 (24)
• 1947: July 21 - Midyear Economic Report (25)
• 1947: August 8 - Letter to President re scrap metal situation (26)
• 1947: September 25 - Memo of personal consultation with the President (27)
• 1947: October 1 - Third quarter memo to the President (28)
• 1947: October 21 - Memo to President re prices and wages since 1946 (29)
• 1947: October 28 - Report on "The Impact of Foreign Aid upon the Domestic Economy" (30)
• 1947: November 25 - Letter of Appreciation from H.S.T. re Foreign Aid Report (31)
• 1947: November 5 - Memo to President re price situation (32)
• 1947: November 25 - Letter to President re policy of Limiting Bank Credit (33)
• 1947: November 6 - Memo re appearance of Council to testify before Congressional Committees (34)
• 1947: November 19 - Letter from Senator Flanders re Full Employment Act (35)
• 1947: Nourse reply to Flanders letter of 11/19/47 (36)
• 1947: November 25 - Article "Economic Advisors Disagree on Staying Shy of Congress" (37)
• 1948: February 3 (48) - Article "Truman's Economic Advisors Take the Veil, Not the Cash." (38)
• 1948: January 22 (48) - Letter to J.R. Steelman from J. Clark re Council's appearance before Congressional Committee (39)
• 1948: January 23 (48) - A. Leviero article re C.E.A. appearance before Joint Committee on Economic Report (40)
• 1948: January 15 (48) - Bureau of Budget memo re testimony before Congressional Committee (40a)
• 1947: December 13 - Second Annual Report to the President (41)
• 1947: December 22 - Letter from President re Second Annual Report (43)
• 1948: Index
• 1948: State of the Union and Economic Report of the President (1)
• 1948: January 22 - Letter from H.S.T. re Economic Report (2)
• 1948: January 29 - "An Appraisal of Official Economic Reports" (3)
• 1948: February 12 - Memo to Mr. Clifford re commodity prices (4)
• 1948: March 10 - Reports of C.E.A., Department of Commerce, and Department of Justice re steel price rise (5)
• 1948: March 24 - Letter to the President re current industrial situation (6)
• 1948: March 25 - Letter from the President acknowledging letter of 3/24/48 (7)
• 1948: April 1 - Article by A.W. May "Brain Trusting -- 1948 Style" (8)
• 1948: April 9 - First Quarter Memorandum to the President (9)
• 1948: April 26 - Letter from the President re Foreign Aid Report (10)
• 1948: April 30 - Recommendation to the President from National Security Resources Board re national security program (11)

Box 5

• 1948: May - National City Bank Letter re economic conditions and Government finance (12)
• 1948: May 3 - Letter to the President on wage-price spiral (13)
• 1948: May 7 - Letter to J. Steelman re rail strike (14)
• 1948: May 10 - Memo to the files (15)
• 1948: May 11 - Addendum to memo of May 10 (16)
• 1948: May 14 - Letter transmitting recommendation of the Department of Commerce, Business Advisory Council for the Report of the C.E.A. (17)
• 1948: May 15 - Article "Taft is Gunning for C.E.A." (18)
• 1948: May 18 - Letter to J. Steelman re Ad Hoc Committee on Economic Controls (19)
• 1948: May 18 - Report of Joint Committee on The Economic Report (20)
• 1948: May 19 - E.G. Nourse speech "Economic Stabilization in a Troubled World" (21)
• 1948: May 19 - D. Fleeson article "New Effort for Controls" (22)
• 1948: May 20 - E.G. Nourse speech "The Economic State of the Nation" (23)
• 1948: May 22 - Business Week article re Taft appraisal of C.E.A. (24)
• 1948: May 27 - Memo - Ad Hoc Committee on Need for Further Controls (25)
• 1948: May 27 - Memo from L. Keyserling to E.G. Nourse re editorial by Wilfred May (26)
• 1948: May 31 - Memo for the files (27)
• 1948: June 5 - Memo re meeting of the Council with the Joint Committee on the Economic Report (28)
• 1948: July 22 - Letters to the President re Midyear Economic Report (29)
• 1948: July 27 - H.S.T. Message to Congress (30)
• 1948: July 28 - Alsop article "Prices and the President" (30a)
• 1948: August 3 - Letter from the President re testimony before Congressional Committee (30b)
• 1948: August 26 - Letter to Senator Taft re future of Council (30c)
• 1948: August 13-26 - Correspondence re Midyear Report (31)
• 1948: September 27 - Correspondence re Third Quarter Report (32)
• 1948: November 27 - Memo for files re the C.E.A. (33)
• 1948: December 7 - Memo to the President re anti-inflation program (34)
• 1948: December 14 - E.G. Nourse letter of resignation (35)
• 1948: December 16 - E.G. Nourse statement to Cabinet Committee on Anti-Inflation (36)
• 1949: Index
• 1949: January 11 - State of Union Message and memo re Cabinet Coordinating Committee (1)
• 1949: January 25 - E.G. Nourse speech "Where Does Kentucky Farmer Stand on Agricultural Policy" (2)
• 1949: February 1 - Press release re recommendations in Economic Report (3)
• 1949: February 4 - Telegram from J.C. O'Mahoney re C.E.A. anti-inflation testimony (4)
• 1949: February 4 - Letter to the President re inflationary factors (5)
• 1949: n.d. - Memo to the President re current economic situation (6)
• 1949: February 8 - L. Keyserling statement before Joint Committee on the Economic Report (7)
• 1949: n.d. - Economic Stability Bill and Anti-Inflation Bill (8)
• 1949: February 8 - J. Clark statement before Joint Committee on the Economic Report (9)
• 1949: February 9 - Letter to C. Ross re letter Senator O'Mahoney (10)
• 1949: February 9 - Letter from B.R. Maybank re appearance before Congressional Committee (11)
• 1949: February 11 - E.G. Nourse reply to Maybank letter of 2/9/49 (12)
• 1949: February 16 - B. Maybank reply to Nourse letter of 2/11/49 (13)
• 1949: February 17 - Letter from R. Flanders re appearance before Committee (14)
• 1949: See Newspaper Clipping File (15-21)
• 1949: February 8 - Memo for files re Council (22)
• 1949: January 19 - L. Keyserling memo re Nourse Speech at Harmonie Club in New York on 1/15/49 (23)
• 1949: January 22 - E.G. Nourse reply to Keyserling memo of 1/19/49 (24)
• 1949: February 21 - Memo for files re appearance before Congressional Committee (25)
• 1949: March 13 - Memo re C.E.A. (26)
• 1949: March 18 - E.G. Nourse speech "The Gentle Art of Dis-inflation" (27)
• 1949: March 16 - Memo to President re recommendation of Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch (27a)

Box 6

• 1949: March 21 - E.G. Nourse speech "Private Enterprise and Public Enterprise" (28)
• 1949: March 22 - L. Keyserling speech, Third Annual Bulletin Forum (29)
• 1949: March 23 - L.H. Keyserling memo to E.G. Nourse re Nourse speeches of March 18 and March 21 (30)
• 1949: March 23 - E.G. Nourse speech "Where does the American Farmer Stand on Agricultural Policy" (31)
• 1949: March 28 - E.G. Nourse reply to Keyserling memo of 3/23/49 (32)
• 1949: March 26 - Business Week article "Economists in Politics" (33)
• 1949: March 29 - Letter from the President re Nourse speech at Cornell University (34)
• 1949: See Newspaper Clipping File (Items 35-39)
• 1949: April 5 - E.G. Nourse speech "The Impact of Military Preparedness on the Civilian Economy" (40)
• 1949: April 5 - Letter from the President re Nourse speech of 4/5/49 (41)
• 1949: April 6 - Letter to the President re invitation from Senator C. Pepper to testify (42)
• 1949: April 6 - First Quarter review (43)
• 1949: April 8 - Letter from the President replying to Nourse letter of 4/6/49 (44)
• 1949: April 7 - Washington Post article re cost of arming Europe (45)
• 1949: April 8 - Letter to H. Elliston re editorial of April 1 (46)
• 1949: April 9 - Whaley-Eaton comment on Pentagon speech (47)
• 1949: April 18 - Newsweek article "What Dr. Norse Really Meant" (48)
• 1949: April 13 - Memo for files re C.E.A. (49)
• 1949: May 5 - Appraisal of April economic developments (49a)
• 1949: May 27 - Letter from Senator J. McClellan re appearance before Congressional Committee (50)
• 1949: May 31 - E.G. Nourse reply to Senator McClellan (51)
• 1949: June 2 - Article from The Iron Age re Spence Bill (52)
• 1949: June 3 - J. Clark draft of proposed statement re economic conditions (53)
• 1949: June 4 - Drew Pearson article on necessity for emergency action (See Newspaper Clipping File) (54)
• 1949: June 11 - Article from Wall Street Journal re Spence Bill (55)
• 1949: June 13 - R. Allen article re unemployment date (56)
• 1949: June 13 - C.E.A. press release refuting Allen article (57)
• 1949: June 13 - L. Keyserling draft for press release on unemployment data (58)
• 1949: June 13 - Star news story on unemployment data (59)
• 1949: June 13 - J. Clark draft of Midyear Economic Report (59a)
• 1949: June 18 - Memo re relations between Council and Congress (60)
• 1949: June 22 - L. Keyserling draft of Midyear Economic Report (61)
• 1949: July 6 - Correspondence re Midyear Economic Report (62)
• 1949: July 6 - E.G. Nourse memo on Midyear Economic Report (63)
• 1949: July 19 - American for Democratic Action Full Employment Conference (64)
• 1949: July 14 - Letter to the President re National income and population (65)
• 1949: July 15 - Reply from the President to Nourse letter of 7/14/49 (66)
• 1949: July 15 - Economic Expansion Act of 1949 (67)
• 1949: July 13 - Statement of J. Clark before Congressional Committee (68)
• 1949: August 1 - J. Clark - proposed monthly report (69)
• 1949: August 6 - S. Alsop article "In Defense of a Dead Defender" (70)
• 1949: August 9 - Council memo to the President re Economic Development in July (71)
• 1949: August 9 - E.G. Nourse memo re Midyear Report (72)
• 1949: August 9 - E.G. Nourse letter of resignation (73)
• 1949: August 12 - E.G. Nourse memo for files re Council (74)
• 1949: August 13 - Memo re resignation (75)
• 1949: August 13 - Washington Star article re Presidential statement to U.S. Chamber leaders (76)
• 1949: August 11 - Letter from A. Willis Robertson re appearance of E.G. Nourse before Congressional Committee (77)
• 1949: August 22 - Memo re Budget ceilings (78)
• 1949: August 26 - Letter to the President re Budget ceilings (79)
• 1949: August 26 - Memo re drafts on Budget ceilings (80)
• 1949: September 2 - Memo re Report on Budget ceilings (80a)
• 1949: September 9 - Letter to the President re resignation (81)
• 1949: September 12 - Memo re letter of 9/9/49 (82)
• 1949: September 16 - Memo re reaction to resignation (83)
• 1949: September 19 - L. Keyserling speech "Prospects for American Growth" (84)
• 1949: September 19 - Article re Keyserling speech of 9/19/49 (85)
• 1949: September 19 - A.P. story on Brannan speech (86)
• 1949: September 19 - memo re resignation
• 1949: September 20 - G. Colm memo on budget ceilings (88)
• 1949: September 20 - Memo re telephone conversation with J. Steelman (89)
• 1949: September 26 - Memo re meeting with J. Steelman (90)
• 1949: September 27 - Memo re C.E.A. meeting (91)
• 1949: September 28 - Memo to National Security Council re Budget ceilings for 1951 (92)
• 1949: September 30 - Third Quarter Report (93)
• 1949: October 3 - Memo re conversation with H. Creech (94)
• 1949: October 6 - Memo re Third Quarter Review (95)
• 1949: October 7 - Third Quarter Review (96)
• 1949: October 17 - Alsop article "The Economic Schism" (97)
• 1949: October 18 - News story re Nourse speech before National Retail Farm Equipment Association (99)
• 1949: October 19 - A Friendly article re Nourse speech of 10/18/49 (100)
• 1949: October 19 - Letter from H.S.T. accepting resignation of E.G. Nourse (101)
• 1949: October 22 - Memo for file re White House attitude on speech of 10/18/49 (102)
• 1949: October 23 - Memo for files re chairmanship of C.E.A. (103)

Box 7

NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FILE

• February-March 1947
• April 1947
• May-June 1947
• July 1-22, 1947
• July 23-August 1947
• September-December 1947

Box 8

• January-December 1948
• January-April 1949
• May-August 1949
• September-October 19, 1949
• October 20-24, 1949
• October 25 - December 1949
• 1950-1952

Box 9

SPEECHES AND ARTICLES

• 1946: December 6 - National Association of Manufacturers, "The Employment Act and the Economic Future."
• 1946: December 18 - National Broadcasting Company radio interview
• 1946: December 18 - First Annual Report to the President
• 1947: January 23 - American Economic Association, "Economics in Public Service."
• 1947: February 25 - American Retail Federation, "The Retailer as Promoter of Maximum Purchasing Power."
• 1947: February 26 - University of Pittsburgh, "Some Probings into the Relations of Public Enterprise to Private Enterprise."
• 1947: March 14 - American Society for Public Administration, "Public Administration and Economic Stabilization."
• 1947: March 17 - Controllers Institute of America, "Three Schools of Business Thought"
• 1947: May 14 - Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, "Organized Labor and Economic Stabilization."
• 1947: June 12 - American Marketing Association, "The Employment Act and the National Economic Outlook."
• 1947: July 21 - C.B.S. and A.B.C radio interview
• 1947: August 20 - Cornell University
• 1947: August 25 - American Institute of Corporation, "The Position of Agriculture under the Employment Act of 1946."
• 1947: September 5 - Commonwealth Club of California, "The Progress of Economic Reconversion."
• 1947: October 20 - Associated University Bureaus of Business and Economic Research
• 1947: October 31 - Printers' Ink, "We Need Markets Big Enough to Absorb Production."
• 1947: November - Dun's Review, "The Employment Act and the Act of Employment."
• 1947: November 20 - Economic Club of New York, "The Progress of Economic Reconversion."
• 1947: December - American Institute of Cooperation, "From Dogma to Science in Cooperative Thinking."
• 1947: December 6 - National Standard Parts Association, "Business Thinking and Economic Stabilization."
• 1947: December 13 - Second Annual Report to the President of the C.E.A.
• 1948: January 21 - Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. "Foreign Aid and Domestic Inflation."
• 1948: January 23 - Industrial College of the Armed Forces, "Reconversion Objectives in Theory and Practice."
• 1948: January 27 - Chartered Life Underwriters "Who Can Underwrite Prosperity."
• 1948: March - Financial Times, "The Employment Act -- An Evolutionary Step."
• 1948: April - American Political Science Review, "The Rule of the C.E.A.
• 1948: April 27 - Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A., "The Impact of E.R.P. and Defense Programs on the Domestic Economy."
• 1948: May 19 - Illinois Institute of Technology, "Economic Stabilization in a Troubled World."

Box 10

• 1948: May 20 - Association of State Planning and Development Agencies, "The Economic State of the Nation."
• 1948: June 2 - American Statistical Association, "Economics and Statistics in the Public Service."
• 1948: September 16 - American Farm Economic Association, "Agriculture in a Stabilized Economy."
• 1948: September 27 - American Transit Association, "Economic Trends and their Impact in the Transit Industry."
• 1948: November 10 - National Military Establishment, "Economic Implications of Military Preparedness."
• 1948: December 31 - U.S. News and World Report - Interview: "What Business and Government Need to Know about Each Other."
• 1949: January 15 - Harmonie Club, "Issues Confronting Business in 1949."
• 1949: January 25 - Farm and Home Convention, "Where Does the Kentucky Farmer Stand on Agricultural Policy."
• 1949: February 8 - The Bond Club, "Economics in the Public Service."
• 1949: February 16 - American Ordnance Association, "The Impact of Military Preparedness on the Civilian Economy."
• 1949: March 1 - University of California, "Wage Price Theories and the Employment Act of 1946."
• 1949: March 18 - Executives Club of Chicago, "The Gentle Art of Disinflation."
• 1949: March 21 - Economic Club of Detroit, "Private Enterprise and Public Enterprise."
• 1949: March 23 - Cornell University, "Where does the American Farmer Stand on Agricultural Policy."
• 1949: April 5 - National Military Establishment, "Impact of Military Preparedness on the Civilian Economy."
• 1949: June 15 - National Military Establishment, "Economic Implications of Military Preparedness."
• 1949: July - Dun's Review, "The Midyear Economic Report."
• 1949: August 24 - Columbia Broadcasting System, "The Economic Implication of Military Preparedness."
• 1949: September 9 - National Sales Executives
• 1949: October 18 - National Retail Farm Equipment Association, "The March of Progress -- Economically."
• 1949: October 21 - New School for Social Research, "Can Business and Government Get Together to Maintain Prosperity."
• 1949: November 2 - Ohio Chamber of Commerce, "Economic Therapy under the Employment Act."

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