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Davidson Sommers Oral History Interview

… download option. oral history interview with davidson sommers air corps officer assigned to office of assistant secretary for air, 1942-44, and to assistant secretary of war, 1944-46; special assistant to secretary of war, 1946; attorney in legal department, international bank for reconstruction and development (world bank), of the world bank, 1949-59. june 22, 1989 niel m. johnson [ notices and …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, May 29, 1968

… | 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 … library. hess: secretary snyder, could you tell me about the background, the development and the subsequent history of the international bank for reconstruction and development and the international monetary fund, which were launched at the bretton woods …

Dr. John Parke Young Oral History Interview

… dr. john parke young oral history interview oral history interview with dr. john parke young chief of the division of international finance, u.s. dept. of state, 1943-65, and a member of official delegations to several international conferences. also attended the inaugural meet-ing of the international bank for reconstruction and development and the international monetary fund in savannah, ga. (1946). pasadena, california february …

Jose Figueres Ferrer 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 … end of the second world war, what did you believe were the chief problems of costa rica in terms of economics, politics, international relations, health, communications? and along this line, did you think that the united states had a … of... figueres: my recollection is that the people in the u.s. embassy were very sympathetic, but the people in the world bank were horrible. they were horrible. the people in the world bank were extreme reactionaries who came to costa rica and …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interviews

… harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. interview transcripts filter for 1967 1967 november 8 november 22 december 8 december 27 filter for 1968, january through april 1968, jan. - april … , 1608-1616 attorney general, u.s., role of, 781-786 b balance of payments, u.s., 1710-1711 balmacido, carnelio, 1372 bank "holiday" of 1933, 24-27 bankers, political views of, 1172-1175 barkley, alben: democratic national convention of 1948, … u.s., and u.s. secret service, 783-785 federal housing administration (fha), 410 feidler, ernest r., 630 , 1491 finance, international, 1765-1771 , 1800-1829 , 1858-1859 fisher, charles, 646 fleming, robert v., 642 foley, edward, 1491 foley, …

Emilio Collado Oral History Interview, July 11, 1974

… oral history interview with emilio collado economic analyst, u.s. treasury department, 1934-36; economist, federal reserve bank, new york, 1936-38; with department of state, 1938-46, assistant chief, division of american republics, 1940, special … to under secretary of state, 1941-44, executive secretary, board of economic operations, 1941-43, associate advisor for international economic affairs, 1943-44, chief, division of financial and monetary affairs, 1944-45, director, office of …

J. Burke Knapp Oral History Interviews

… president of the joint brazil-u.s. economic development commission, 1951-52; and assistant director, economics department, international bank for reconstruction and development, 1950-52, director, western hemisphere department, 1952-56, vice president, ibrd, 1956. …

August Maffry Oral History Interview

… maffry u.s. dept. of commerce official, 1934-45, including service as a technical adviser on the u.s. delegation at the international monetary and financial conf., bretton woods, 1944; technical officer at the inter-am. conf. on problems of war and peace, mexico city (chapultepec conf.), 1945; vice-president and economic adviser, export-import bank, washington, 1945-47; consultant, eca, 1948-51; and member of the international development advisory board, 1950-51. new … | 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 …

Emilio Collado Oral History Interview, July 7, 1971

… oral history interview with emilio collado economic analyst, u.s. treasury department, 1934-36; economist, federal reserve bank, new york, 1936-38; with department of state, 1938-46, assistant chief, division of american republics, 1940, special … to under secretary of state, 1941-44, executive secretary, board of economic operations, 1941-43, associate advisor for international economic affairs, 1943-44, chief, division of financial and monetary affairs, 1944-45, director, office of …

Oral Histories

… 200 pages. most of the interviews include a name and subject index attached to the transcript. there is a cumulative index for the entire oral history collection available in the research room at the library. the list below gives the name of the … staff, 1942-45; officer of the americans for democratic action, 1947-57. 102 pages. reiff, henry. legal specialist in international organization, department of state, 1944-46. 88 pages. reinhardt, g. frederick. u.s. consul general, moscow, … to the secretary of war, 1946; staff attorney, 1946-49, and general counsel and vice president, 1949-59, international bank for reconstruction and development (the world bank), 1946-49. 57 pages. sonnenhol, gustav a. information officer, …

Hubert F. Havlik Oral History Interview

… and u.s. representative on managing board of european payments union, paris, 1950-54. then served on the staff of the international bank for reconstruction and development, 1954-69. arlington, virginia june 20, 1973 by richard d. mckinzie [ notices and …

Fisher Howe 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 … and he built a very strong reciprocal trade staff, headed by clair wilcox. they were out in front in trying to build an international organization. it was then within the united nations framework, known as ito, international trade organization, … you have anything to do at all with the continuing negotiations with the international monetary fund and the international bank for reconstruction and development? howe: not directly. i was dealing with the people [5] who were working on these …

Oral Histories

… 200 pages. most of the interviews include a name and subject index attached to the transcript. there is a cumulative index for the entire oral history collection available in the research room at the library. the list below gives the name of the … politics in the 1930s and following; acquaintance of harry s. truman. 65 pages. johnson, joseph e. chief, division of international security affairs, department of state, 1945-47; member, policy planning staff, department of state, 1947; … assistant director, economics department, 1950-52 and director, western hemisphere department, 1952-56, international bank for reconstruction and development. 160 pages. kristensen, thorkil. minister of finance, denmark, 1945-47. 13 pages. …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, April 17, 1968

… | 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 … nine months there that i suppose that the treasury was so involved in unwinding from the war, the formation of the world bank, and the international monetary fund, in which the treasury took a very active part, and congress had so many things under …

Edward S. Mason Oral History Interview

… edward s. mason oral history interview oral history interview with edward s. mason deputy to the asst. secretary of state for economic affairs, u.s. dept. of state, 1945; economic consultant, dept. of state, 1946-47; chief economic adviser, moscow … '43, '44, a great deal of thought and preparation for what later became the bretton woods conference, dealing with the international bank for reconstruction and development, and dealing with the questions of monetary policy later handled by the imf. so, in …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, August 13, 1969

… | 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 … government's activities and will deal with the whole range of treasury policies in the field of debt management, taxation, international financial arrangements, and improvement in operating activities, against the background of national economic … earning assets and the federal reserve banks held twenty-three and a half billion. [ 1762] it was recognized that this bank-held debt had an inflationary potential, and that every effort would have to be made in the interest of a sound …

Ivan B. White Oral History Interview

… administration as a financial officer, u.s. embassy, paris, 1944-48, in trieste, italy, as dir. of finance and economics for the allied military government, 1948-50; as director, office of regional american affairs, bu. of inter-american affairs, … i was sent to japan where our oldest daughter was born. then i was sent to harvard on a year's study assignment in international [3] finance, and subsequently, to rio de janeiro as financial attache in the embassy there. fuchs: what year … not recall. and, of course, i knew harry white intermittently both there and at the inaugural meeting of the international bank and fund at savannah in april of 1946. fuchs: do you have any reflections about him, his personality, or his ability? …

Etienne Hirsch Oral History Interview

… president of the french supply council, london, and french representative on the temporary economic committee for europe, 1945; head, technical division, commissariat-general au plan, 194649; deputy commissioner, 1949-52; commissioner … a loan? hirsch: a loan, with interest and with repayment; a loan by the united states treasury and also a loan by the international bank. in the meantime [13] we pursued with the plan. wilson: there had been just after the war some nationalization of …

Oral History Interviews

… 200 pages. most of the interviews include a name and subject index attached to the transcript. there is a cumulative index for the entire oral history collection available in the research room at the library. the list below gives the name of the … minister, u.s. embassy in paris, france 1952. 139 pages. adams, j. wesley . technical adviser to the u.n. conference on international organization, 1945; member, u.s. delegation to the inter-american conference, rio de janeiro, 1947; adviser to … director, office of financial and development policy, department of state, 1945-46; u.s. executive director, international bank for reconstruction and development, 1946-47. two interviews, 119 pages. connelly, matthew j. appointments secretary to …

Spyros Markezinis Oral History Interview

… advisor to king george ii of the hellenes, 1936-46; served in greek national resistance, 1941-44; member of parliament for the cyclades, 1946, for athens, 1952-67; founded new party, 1947 (dissolved 1951); minister without portfolio, 1949; … 1870. freed from any military expense and forced to start from the beginning in order to survive, france had entered into international rivalry with the most modern industry. at the same time, following the liberal policy of professor erhard and … policy of the [40] state. it was composed of the ministers of the most important economic ministries, the governor of the bank of greece, one professor as advisor and a british expert, professor sir theodore gregory. an american expert was also …

Merwin L. Bohan Oral History Interview

… merwin l. bohan oral history interview oral history interview with merwin l. bohan counselor of embassy for economic affairs, mexico city, 1945-49; professor of international relations, american institute of foreign trade, phoenix, arizona, 1949-50; member of u.s. delegation, gatt … is true that after the war our prices of industrial products began going up terrifically. at that time the export-import bank was quite active in latin america, and if it hadn't been for the huge degree of cooperation under the marshall plan, …

James R. Fuchs Oral History Interview, Volume 1

… history transcripts | 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 … foreign relations from 1945 to 1953. he interviewed, for instances, about such things as the united nations conference on international organization in 1945; establishment of the international monetary fund and international bank for reconstruction and development based on the conference at bretton woods, the european recovery program, the korean …

Sir Alexander Cairncross Oral History Interview

… member of wool working party, 1946; economic advisor to the board of trade, 1946-49; economic advisor to organization for european economic cooperation, 1949-50, and director of the economic division, 1950. oxford, england june 9, 1970 by … were not foreseen at the time, consequences in making european countries work together, and building up instruments of international administration. if you're looking at eec, for instance, and the schumann plan and all that followed in the … with this. it's quite true that some things of that kind were known say, in geneva, with ece, and with the world bank, and the international monetary fund; they were in business. but the international bank only did a limited amount. its …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, April 10, 1968

… | 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 … conservative and a very able man. dean acheson devoted the greatest part of his time to diplomatic, state department, and international affairs, and he was not in the [562] cabinet in those earlier days. it was not until some three or four years … was very deeply engaged in a number of matters concerning his activities, and frankly, i found that except for the world bank and the monetary fund, that mr. vinson had taken very little active part in the affairs in the treasury. he [567] had …

Livingston Merchant Oral History Interview

… of state, 1942-62, assistant chief, division of defense materials, 1942, chief, war areas division, 1945; counselor for economic affairs with rank of minister, american embassy, paris, 1945-46; chief of aviation division, 1946-48; appointed … to canada, 1956-58, 1961-62; under secretary of state for political affairs, 1959-61; u.s. executive director of the international bank for reconstruction and development, 1965-68. washington, d.c. may 27, 1975 by richard d. mckinzie [ notices and …

Thomas D. Cabot Oral History Interview

… type, right click on the player to access download option. oral history interview with thomas d. cabot director, office of international security affairs, department of state, 1951; consultant, special mission to egypt, 1953. boston, massachusetts … | 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 … unable to talk to many people at the state department i talked to [36] gene black. i tried to persuade him that the world bank (he was then head of the world bank) should get behind the aswan dam. i talked to quite a number of people about it, but …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, January 15, 1969

… | 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 … national leadership, much less world leadership. of course, we must recall that great britain, the british empire, was an international power as well as a national one when the labor [980] government took charge in the summer of 1945. there were … three quarter billion dollar loan was very unhappily squandered. then we came to 1947, at the time that we held a world bank and fund meeting in london. hugh dalton brought this matter up at the time and said it looked like they were going to …

Roman L. Horne Oral History Interview

… oral history interview with roman l. horne economist, u.s. dept. of the treasury, 1944-46; organizing secretary, international monetary fund, 1946; deputy secretary, imf, 1946-56; and secretary, imf, 1956-66. mclean, virginia december 15, … | 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 … on the implications of the proposals to create two gigantic international financial institutions, the imf and world bank. that campaign would be carried on mainly by the treasury, to a large extent under his supervision. i went right over. …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, February 26, 1969

… | 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 … foreign aid matters. however, my activities in direct foreign aid programs were only one facet of my responsibility in the international economic field. trade and monetary problems occupied much of my time during the marshall plan period. most of these problems were related to the fund and bank, but some of them had a relevance to the united states outside both these institutions, largely because of earlier …

Frank W. Fetter 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 … looked upon as the hope of liberation and freedom, a better day for cuba. in 1939, i went to ecuador for the export-import bank and spent about two months there, making a recommendation as to which of the proposals that the ecuadorians had made for … in then. mckinzie: well, about this time there was a kind of an interdepartmental thing called the "advisory committee on international monetary and fiscal problems." as i recall, the state department, [52] treasury, commerce, and maybe the ex-im …

Robert H. S. Eakens 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 … ended up staying in washington. i was at opa until october of 1944, and at that time petroleum was a real problem in [5] international affairs. a person whom i knew was in the petroleum division of the state department and made me an attractive … locations, and possibly another one, during all of president truman's time as president. [6] mckinzie: the international bank's now at 1818 h street. eakens: that's exactly right. the international bank took over our offices at 1818 h. i think …

Douglas Ensminger Oral History Interview

… to mexico on rural development and land tenure; member, f.a.0. latin american extension conference; in charge of international conference on extension; and office of foreign agricultural relations. ford foundation representative for india and pakistan, 1951-53; representative for india and nepal, 1954-70. columbia, missouri june 16 and july 7, 1976 by … historically we'd been involved in several types of programs at the institute for inter-american affairs through the world bank. did anyone at that time envision that perhaps point iv would bring a lot of divergent groups [6] together, and …

John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, March 5, 1969

… | 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 … and growth of underdeveloped countries. this was the fourth point the president enumerated in discussing united states international policy, and thus it became the [1195] point 4 program. the proposal created great expectations and was widely … funds for financing this aspect of the point 4 program are already available through such agencies as the international bank and the export-import bank. to me it seemed with some exceptions, that it was both unnecessary and unwise for the united …

O.J. McDiarmid 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 separate, first of all, the industrial and the financial power of the country. each of these zaibatsu families had a bank attached to it. these banks were separated from the industrial and commercial establishment, and then, of course, there … in japanese affairs until the peace treaty. i worked a bit on that with john foster dulles. i had become chief of the international finance division of the state department, and i got involved in marshall plan business and in a number of other …

Leroy Stinebower Oral History Interview

… oral history interview with leroy stinebower economist, department of state, washington, 1934-52. assistant adviser, international economic affairs, 1940-42; chief, division of economic studies, 1943; adviser, office of economic affairs, also deputy director, office of international trade policy, 1945; special assistant to assistant secretary of state for economic affairs, 1946-49; director, office of financial and development policy, 1949-52; also, department representative … almost ready to take off. mckinzie: at that time did you participate in those discussions about the form the fund and the bank should take? stinebower: i wasn't involved with that very much. mckinzie: there was that proposal of john maynard …

Joseph D. Coppock Oral History Interview

… board, 1942; price executive, chemical and drugs bureau, office of price administration, 1943; economic adviser, international trade policy, department of state, 1945-53; member, u.s. delegations to the economic and social council of the … | 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 … division of monetary affairs, which involved planning for the international monetary fund and the international bank, created in 1945. i interviewed [edward] bernstein and [frank a.] southard, who were major figures under harry white, …

William M. Rountree 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 … respect for harry hopkins. i thought he was a very wise and able man. johnson: how did you get involved in the field of international relations? rountree: my introduction to international relations came by virtue of my association with the … number of fields: an official from the treasury who looked into the financial aspects; an engineer from the export-import bank who provided valuable advice in connection with the infrastructure of greece; there were specialists in agriculture and …

Benson E. L. Timmons III Oral History Interview

… 1949-54; deputy to the minister of economic affairs, american embassy, paris, 1952; and special asst. to the ambassador for mutual defense assistance affairs, paris, 1952. later served as ambassador to haiti, 1963-67. paris, france july 8, 1970 … many changes. as you know, it became foa [foreign operations administration] and msa [mutual security agency], ica [international cooperation administration], and now the aid [agency for international development]; but through all of those … of international economic cooperation, which is, of course, not confined to this organization. it embraces the world bank, the international monetary fund [5] and the gatt [general agreement on trade and tariffs]. wilson: it certainly seems …

Albert H. Moseman 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 … experiment stations, and also i became interested in how agricultural programs of a regional nature, and then finally an international nature, were organized and operated. [2] when i finished my ph.d. degree at the university of minnesota in … that’s the way the program was implemented. but you know it’s unreal to be able to go all over the world, with the world bank or any other organization, and take an assignment for several months and work with everybody. it’s amazing and fantastic …

Shaw Livermore 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 … program requirements? livermore: in early '42 i switched over partly to bill batt's operation, which was the combined international requirements and allocations between canada, britain, and the united states. it was a three-cornered [ 14] … they have just kept renewing the bonds. fuchs: would it have been possible to set up the monetary fund and the world bank on a much larger scale, and not had a marshall plan? [ 29] livermore: they were then too slow and cumbersome. i have …

Truman Gibson Oral History Interview

… [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript ] 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 … solved by any fell swoop. but, the attitudes of the black community were interesting. something that used to work for ibc [international boxing club], some of the young guys there would say: we don’t understand why you want to be included. i said, … just died in washington--davidson who was the assistant to mccloy. he actually went with him when he went to the world bank and to germany. but davidson and i were extremely close. as a matter of fact, before going to the world bank, he came to …

Honoré M. Catudal 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 … he died i think he was in washington. anyway, he left quite a sum of money in scholarships. i recall it was for work in international law, diplomacy, and/or belles-lettres. well, with my english, i qualified for belles-lettres. i was always good … would have been completely frozen out of having anything to do with the international [monetary] fund or international bank. but pete collado, a graduate of mit [massachusetts institute of technology] -- a ph.d. from mit i believe -- worked …

John C. Campbell 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 … teaching job in louisville, i came here to the council on foreign relations on a fellowship to work on contemporary international affairs. it was natural that i would be open to any chance to go to washington. i had talked to laurence … principles which later came to pass more or less in the bretton woods system on the financial and trading side: the world bank, unrra [united nations relief and rehabilitation administration], and stable monetary arrangements. to say that this was …

C. Tyler Wood Oral History Interview

… with c. tyler wood during the truman administration served as special assistant to the assistant secretary of state for economic affairs, alternate member u.n.r.r.a. council, 1945-46; deputy to assistant secretary of state, 1947-48; … the smartest lawyers i've ever seen -- and production people. george woods, for example, who is now president of the world bank, was one of our co-workers in the production division in the army service forces. wilson: one of the issues that has … clear to me that all these things came more or less to a head in the russian behavior, in the inefficiencies of such an international organization, and the fact that it was supported by one nation (the u.s.) very largely. of course, the british …

Merrill C. Gay Oral History Interview

… commercial policy, in charge of far and middle eastern branch, 1944-49; economic advisor to assistant secretary of state for far eastern affairs, 1949-; negotiator, u.n. conference on world trade and employment, 1947; advisor to u.s. … oil on u.s. policy toward that region; the general agreement on tariffs and trade; u.s. trade agreements with china; the international trade organization; the economic commission for asia and the far east; u.s. trade relations with japan; the … state department during a very interesting period. it started in 1943 just before bretton woods, the creation of the world bank, the monetary fund, the gatt, and some of the un structure. it was a period of innovation and intellectual excitement. …

Francis O. Wilcox Oral History Interview, April 13, 1984

… | additional wilcox oral history transcripts ] notice this is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the senate historical office and deeded to the public domain. a draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee … during the 80th congress: 1) aid to greece and turkey; 2) relief assistance to the war devastated countries; 3) the international refugee organization; 4) the trusteeship agreement for the pacific territories; 5) the rio treaty; 6) the … a new building and with its location here in washington, in our nation's capital, where the state department, the world bank, the international monetary fund, congress, and the diplomatic missions are located, it seemed to me to be an ideal …

Paul R. Porter Oral History Interview

… chairman, shipbuilding stabilization committee, war production board, washington, 1941-45; deputy and later chief, mission for economic affairs, american embassy, london, 1945-47; chief, u.s. delegate to the economic commission for europe, geneva, … level, the problems of the postwar world economy was primarily financial. there were financial imbalances, imbalances in international trade, and they assumed that agencies such as the world bank and the ex-im bank, that these things would correct these imbalances and everything would fall into place, and that the …

Dr. Grover W. Ensley 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 … fuchs: how did that come about? you were no longer [11] with the government then. ensley: no, i was with the savings bank industry in 1966, but congressman [wright] patman was chairman of the joint economic committee and he remembered me from … i think it was, of 1946. harold smith was just in the process of going over, as number two man, to the newly created international world bank. he went over as the operating head of the [27] organization. when he left, his successor was only …

MIlton Katz Oral History Interview

… in europe with rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, 1950-51; chief u.s. delegation, economic commission for europe, 1950-51; chairman, defense financial and economic committee, north atlantic treaty, 1950-51. cambridge, … i think, come up with some tentative answers. under secretary of state will clayton, for one i believe, expected that the international financial institutions, the imf [international monetary fund] and the ibrd [international bank for reconstruction and development] would do much towards providing the economic assistance that the countries …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …