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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF08-004
This folder contains miscellaneous correspondence and enclosures sent to the Council of Economic Advisers by individuals whose last names begin with the letter I. The material is filed roughly in chronological order according to the date of the carbon copy reply. Items include a report by V. L. Israelsen titled "Investment in People: A Study in Higher Education Finance"; and a memorandum by Leo H. Irwin, Chief Counsel of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, titled "Funny Things Happen to the Staff on the Way to a Hearing."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF88-004
This folder contains personal correspondence and enclosures sent to Walter W. Heller by individuals whose last names begin with the letters H, I, and J. Materials include a Council of Economic Advisers staff memorandum responding to economist Hans Heinemann's article "The Tax Cut and the Danger of Inflation"; an article by Thomas F. Hady titled "The Incidence of the Personal Property Tax"; a report by Meta Heller on agricultural workers and migrants; a speech and notes by Borden Helmer on economic growth and business planning; a paper by Benjamin Higgins titled "Interregional Relations in Economic Fluctuations and Growth"; a humorous memorandum from Leo H. Irwin, Chief Counsel of the House Committee on Ways and Means, on funny things that happen on the way to a hearing; and a study by Vernon L. Israelsen titled "Investment in People: A Study in Higher Education Finance." Note that a bit of "P" correspondence is misfiled here.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-008
This folder contains material gathered by Walter W. Heller in preparation for U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means hearings on the status of the economy and the economic outlook. It includes an outline of Heller's testimony but not the full text. The bulk of the file consists of summaries of the testimony of other experts. Note that there is no material directly pertaining to the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of Congress, despite the original folder title.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-007
This folder contains material pertaining to U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means hearings on President Kennedy's tax program for 1963. It includes statements by Douglas Dillon, Richard A. Musgrave, Frazar B. Wilde, and Kermit Gordon, as well as Council of Economic Advisers edits to one of Dillon's draft statements. There are also press releases from the Ways and Means Committee regarding decisions made during initial drafting of the tax bill legislation.