Nourse, Edwin G. Papers

1908-1963

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-1949

See also Edwin G. Nourse oral history.

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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)
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