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Charles P. Kindleberger Oral History Interview
… | interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … where i trained because there werent any academic jobs. very early i decided i wanted to get into the federal reserve bank of new york to learn more about foreign exchange from the factual point of view. i met randolph burgess at a party at … been associated as early as '36, a long and intimate, and very fruitful association for me. a little later on the bank of international [5] settlement said they wanted some young american economist to work on their staff. they asked the federal …
Excerpts From Annual Message: The President' s Economic Report to the Congress
… presented a year ago in accordance with the provisions of the employment act of 1946, i foresaw a bright prospect for the year 1947. in large measure that prospect has been fulfilled. however, my midyear report recorded the fact that … mostly of fixed-interest types, provided 4 billion dollars of new capital as against 3.3 billion in 1946. commercial bank loans to business increased about 4.2 billion dollars in 1947, with credit expanding so rapidly in the last half year as … year. the ability of foreign countries to finance imports declined in the latter part of the year and the future of our international balance will depend in considerable measure on the size of government aid and private credits extended. …
Dr. Arthur N. Young Oral History Interview
… as an economic adviser in the u.s. dept. of state, 1922-28; financial adviser to the chinese government and to the central bank of china, 1929-46; a member of the chinese delegation to bretton woods financial conference, 1944; director of point iv … transcript | appendix | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … and that sort of thing, it was perhaps significant as to attitudes of 1906 that it centered on , american problems, not international. fuchs: yes. young: so, i think at that age of fifteen, i manifested interest in public affairs and economics. …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1952
… congress: fiscal year 1952 january 15, 1951 to the congress of the united states: i transmit herewith my recommendations for the budget of the united states government for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1952. this is a budget for our national … 1952 tional authority function actual estimated estimated for 19521 military services $12, 303 $20, 994 $41,42 $60, 971 international security and foreign relations 4, 803 4, 726 7, 461 10, 956 finance, commerce, and industry 227 368 1, 524 1, … to liquidate prior year contract authority. 2includes 1 billion dollars in new lending authority for the export-import bank in the lending ceiling of the export-import bank. actual expenditures by the bank in the fiscal year 1952 will, of …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, November 8, 1967
… held include executive vice-president and director, defense plant corporation, 1940-43; assistant to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and … | additional snyder oral history transcripts ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … last i got home, why, my hopes of becoming an electrical engineer went out the window, for my uncle wanted me to go in his bank, and so my ambition to be an electrical engineer led me to a lifetime in banking. i spent several years in arkansas and …
Ohly, John H. Papers
… of defense, 1947-49; official with the department of state, mutual security agency, foreign operations administration, international cooperation administration, and agency for international development, 1950-68; independent researcher and historical consultant to the department of defense, ca. … and sources of aid--multilateral donors--general channels and sources of aid--multilateral donors--ibrd [international bank for reconstruction and development] channels and sources of aid--multilateral donors--specific donors box 90 channels …
Durward V. Sandifer Oral History Interview
… durward v. sandifer oral history interview oral history interview with durward v. sandifer international lawyer, with long career in the u.s. department of state and the foreign service, 1934-60. in addition to other … dep. director, office of u. n. affairs, 1947-48; acting director, office of u. n. affairs, 1949; dep. asst. sec. of state for u. n. affairs, 1949-54. attended many u. n. assemblies and other international conferences in various capacities for the … nations, there was the bretton woods conference for establishing the international monetary fund and the international bank for reconstruction and development. there were preparations for scientific and cultural organizations. that brought …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1953
… congress: fiscal year 1953 january 21, 1952 to the congress of the united states: i transmit herewith my recommendations for the budget of the united states for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1953. expenditures are estimated at 85.4 billion … is not only within our present economic capacity, but which will enable us to grow stronger in the years to come. if new international tensions do not develop, and if no further aggressions are attempted, i hope we will be able to reduce budget … those for strategic materials, will continue to be financed primarily on a loan basis, especially by the export-import bank under its recently increased loan authority. this budget also contains limited funds for military assistance to latin …
Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr. Oral History Interview
… service as director, bureau of plans and statistics, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945; chief, mission for economic affairs (with rank of minister), london, england, 1945-46; director, office of international trade, department of commerce, 1947-49; and assistant secretary of commerce, 1949-51. kansas city, missouri … and i watched this develop along with the other postwar agencies that centered around the united nations, like the bank, the fund, and the food and agricultural organization, the world health organization, and unrra. but the first of these …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1951
… january 9, 1950. dated january 3, 1950] to the congress of the united states: i am transmitting my recommendations for the budget of the united states for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1951. this budget is a statement of the financial … be primarily financed by special taxes designed to defray their costs. thus, assuming continued favorable economic and international developments, it is possible to plan on further reductions in total expenditures after 1951. the second major … refugees (present programs and proposed legislation) 8 15 20 other 288 23 3 foreign economic development: export-import bank loans --57 71 48 inter-american development 12 11 8 7 $30 technical assistance to underdeveloped areas (proposed …
Dr. Raymond W. Miller Oral History Interview
… dr. raymond w. miller consultant to the food and agricultural organization of the united nations, 1949-53 and consultant for the point 4 program, 1949-56. washington, d. c. october 13, 1969 and november 13, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and … through no credit of mine at all, accidentally i became precipitated into first the state, then the national and then international projects in regard to explaining what business, private enterprise, or profit business was in regard to … of the senate. mr. "mike" [lester] pearson, who was the later prime minister and recently made a report for the world bank -- mike pearson was very conversant with this whole thing, and i'd say that he and i had several visits about it. at …
Elbridge Durbrow Oral History Interview
… 1944; chief, eastern european division, state department, 1944-46; counselor of embassy, moscow, u.s.s.r., 1946-48; deputy for foreign affairs, national war college, 1948-50; chief, division of foreign service personnel, state department, 1950; and … soviet puts the rubber stamp on it. but molotov insisted that because the war was going to be over and there was a lot of reconstruction budgeting that had to be done, stalin insisted that molotov present the budget to the supreme soviet. well we … to the bretton woods conference) -- we had our problems with them up there, too. they never did join the [53] world bank or the monetary fund, as you know, but morgenthau was sure they would. i for one, having lived in moscow, and having …
Willard L. Thorp Oral History Interview
… willard l. thorp oral history interview oral history interview with willard l. thorp deputy assistant secretary of state for economic affairs, 1945-46, and asst. secretary, 1946-52. member of u.s. delegation serving as special adviser on economic … affairs in 1945? thorp: i suppose i should go back to when i was born, but i'll talk primarily about my entry into international affairs. this goes back to 1933. until that time i had been largely involved in such fields as [2] business … the chairman. it was set up originally for the purpose of giving instructions to our representatives on the international bank and the international monetary fund, on the theory that they were sort of ambassadors. they couldn't be ambassadors from …
Walter S. Salant Oral History Interview
… and predecessor agencies, 1940-45; economic advisor to the economic stabilization director, 1945-46; economist for the council of economic advisers, executive office of the president, 1946-52; and consultant in the economic and finance … my main contacts were with lawrence seltzer, and at first i had some slight contact with harry [dexter] white, but the international and the domestic work were separated after harry white came into the treasury, and i went over and worked with … with people in other departments, especially state, treasury, commerce and on one [66] issue the export import bank, as well as with people in the bureau of the budget and the white house staff who were concerned with international …
Stanley Andrews Oral History Interview
… | interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … it as such), we set up what they called the "servicio." the servicio implied a latin american and an american, and an international staff that went right down through to the bottom. but the americans had the money. which meant that everything … you had a complete picture to lay before any banker or finance agency for credit. it was placed before the international bank. the international bank informally estimated they could loan around 35 million dollars on that deal. i made a u.s. …
Henry H. Fowler Oral History Interview
… | interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … were concerned with what we could do on the mobilization front if the need should arise. i must say, a certain amount of international activity was involved in my responsibilities too, because in certain items that were in very short supply, we … treasury you are automatically--although your name is sent up and you're confirmed--assigned as u.s. governor of the world bank, the u.s. governor of the international monetary fund, the u.s. governor of the inter-american development bank, and the …
Edwin W. Martin Oral History Interview
… interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … or less whetted my appetite, because he was very enthusiastic about the foreign service. i didn't go into graduate work in international relations with the idea that the only thing i was going to do was to be a foreign service officer. i was … aid recipient without any control whatsoever by the donor the chances are you're not going to get any aid, from the world bank or any responsible organization. so, it's a question of negotiating the extent to which the aid is going to be …
Dr. Harold Seidman Oral History Interview
… bureau of the budget, 1943-68, including service as chief of the government organization branch and as assistant director for management and organization washington, d.c. july 29, 1970 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview … asked if i could develop a counter-proposal to deal with the suez crisis which would embrace the panama canal and other international waterways. i went over to see milton eisenhower in [55] baltimore and he endorsed our plan for international … dealing with the white house. of course i don't think he was there very long with truman. he, i think, went to the world bank. mr. webb was a much more dynamic salesman, promoter type. i think harold smith was more a play it cool type and webb, i …
Robert R. Nathan Oral History Interview
… | interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … to estimate unemployment, by the difference between the workers and the labor force. my numbers were published by the ilo, international labor office, and i became a source of unemployment figures then. so, that's why i was invited back to the … he had the ability to grow and to see. johnson: were you and this committee strong boosters of the imf and the world bank? nathan: no, i did not. i knew what was going on. you see, we [nathan associates] were already beginning to be involved …
Democratic National Committee Records
… (dnc) is the principal governing body of the democratic party. the dnc supports the democratic party's candidates for public office, and oversees the preparation of the party's platform and the holding of its national convention every four … the first series, the library clippings files, which mostly concern the affairs of the democratic party and national and international affairs during the late 1940s and early 1950s. this series includes a large amount of information on harry s. … house conference (children), september 8 remarks to joint annual meeting, international monetary fund and international bank, september 13 national citizens committee for un day, september15 speech on armed services pay bill, september 26 …
White House Central Files: Official File
… the white house central files unit by the various white house offices when they were considered to be no longer necessary for the day to day conduct of business. the companion president's personal file (ppf), in contrast, contains materials … department of commerce - assistant secretary of commerce for air of 3-a department of commerce - assistant secretary for international affairs of 3-a department of commerce - endorsements, miscellaneous of 3-b department of commerce - bureau of … - endorsements of 19-c post office department - postmasters, fourth-class of 19-d post office department - postal savings bank of 19-e post office department - rural mail delivery, 1945-1949 box 114 of 19-e post office department - rural mail …
Bernard Bernstein Oral History Interview
… finance division and director, division of investigation of cartels and external assets, u.s. group control commission for germany, 1944-45; and financial adviser to gen. d.d. eisenhower for civil affairs and military government, eto and mto, … buying great quantities of it from china, among other countries. oliphant said it seemed to him that it was better for international trade to move on a road paved with silver than on a road paved with defaulted paper. i think actually it proved … for example, at one time when hitler was taking over 25 million dollars worth of gold that belonged to the czech national bank, we prepared a little plan to try and prevent that gold from coming into the world market and make funds available to …
Lincoln Gordon Oral History Interview
… in europe, 1949-50; economic adviser to averell harriman, special assistant to the president, 1950 51; assistant director for mutual security agency, 1951-52; and chief of m.s.a. mission to the united kingdom and minister for economic affairs in … he realized that we were in a new era. don was a very farsighted dean. later, he did the same thing with respect to international business, and my second period in the fifties up there was the result of his foresight on how important the … and we went through what we called the "barrel-scraping" operation, which was using funds from the export-import bank, the treasury stabilization fund, and any other legitimate source for emergency aid to italy, to france, and so on. …
The Truman White House Oral History Interview
… | interview transcript | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … director of the budget. appleby was there as acting director; harold smith had gone over to be the head of the world bank, or vice-president under eugene meyer, i believe. john snyder, who was then head of the office in the white house, was … hh: that's not to say it needs to be constant or anything like that, but when you hit a thing like the steel in an international conflict situation, or similar things like that where the spillovers are very substantial, how does the …
Clifford C. Matlock Oral History Interview
… transcript | appendix | list of subjects discussed ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the harry s. truman library. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were … may i ask what you perceived that postwar position to be? was it a restoration of britain as the predominant world international trading power? matlock: no, there was none of that in it. it was just a matter of british survival. the u.k. … on its merits, got the most equitable settlement we could get, and extended substantial assistance through export-import bank loans. as in the british settlement, there were two levels of negotiation. we had the same top people -- clayton and …
Mrs. Stuart A. Rice Oral History Interview
… interview with mrs. stuart a. rice widow of the late dr. stuart a. rice, sociologist, statistician; assistant director for statistical standards of the bureau of the budget, 1940-55, and a member of the executive committee for the establishment … their escaping from refugee camps to the united states. my husband had known him as a splendid interpreter in various international meetings, later a broadcaster until france fell to the nazis. [27] and one of the most interesting … to get meals, very good food. and then we met mr. and mrs. richard gaylord. he was the president of the northfield savings bank and they have from time to time what they called "distressed properties." so he and his wife started showing us places …
Harry S. Truman Papers Post-Presidential Papers
… margaret truman daniel are mostly routine in nature. commemorative stamps and first day covers given to harry s. truman for his grandchildren and other memorabilia are included. photographs of relatives and photographs associated with margaret … november 6, 1953, denouncing president truman’s 1946 appointment of harry dexter white as united states director for the international monetary fund. the writers of this mail were divided approximately 85 percent in support of president truman. … correspondence, contracts, financial documents, land records, receipts, and statements primarily related to automobiles, bank accounts, donations, investments, land, taxes, trips, and tv shows. a majority of the documents in the series relates to …
David C. Bell Oral History Interview
… administrative assistant to president truman, 1951-53; director, bureau of the budget, 1962-62; and administrator, agency for international development, 1962-66. new york city, new york august 20, 1968 and september 12, 1968 and october 16, 1968 by … served first in the budget bureau in 1942. he resigned in 1945 -- i think this is right -- and went to work for the world bank. he died shortly thereafter. he was a very fine man, an excellent budget director, and he established what is …