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Domestic Council

Paul C. Leach

Associate Director for Agriculture,

Economic Development, and Commerce:

Files, 1974-76

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Material related to Leach's work on White House liaison with Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and Agriculture concerning such issues as economic development, tax reform, regulatory reform (primarily in the transportation industries) and on small business programs, especially aid for minority businesses, handling disaster assistance loans, and assisting applicants for small business loans.

QUANTITY

16.0 linear feet (ca. 32,000 pages)

DONOR

Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-31)

ACCESS

Open. Some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT

Gerald Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Kenneth G. Hafeli, May 1980

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INTRODUCTION

Leach was a lawyer, with a M.B.A. from Stanford University, who came to the Domestic Council from a private investment banking firm in Chicago.

Paul Leach was appointed to the Domestic Council as Associate Director for Agriculture, Economic Development, and Commerce during the reorganization of the Council in May 1975. The position that Leach assumed was created following the resignation of Norman E. Ross, who served as Assistant Director for Natural Resources. In the course of the reorganization, Leach inherited material from several Domestic Council staff members, including commerce material from Geoffrey Shepard and Richard Parsons, economic development from Tod Hullin, and agriculture from Michael Raoul‑Duval and Norman Ross. Some of this material carried over from the Nixon administration.

Working with the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and Agriculture, and various federal agencies, Leach's duties included policy organization, research and economic development, and tax reform. He examined new legislation and its possible effects on the areas for which he was responsible, and worked with industry leaders and members of Congress on various issues. Leach also worked on regulatory reform, primarily in the air and shipping industries, and on small business programs, especially aid for minority business, handling disaster assistance loans, and assisting applicants for small business loans.

Since his responsibilities and interests involved him in many capital market and financial institution issues, Leach represented the Domestic Council on the Treasury Department's Capital Markets Working Group, an interagency organization which studied financial legislation. Because of his responsibilities on matters dealing with agriculture, especially food production and the world food situation, Leach served as the Domestic Council's representative on the Council of Economic Advisors' Food Deputies Group and attended their weekly meetings.

The files consist of memoranda, correspondence, drafts, notes, press releases, clippings, and other printed materials, and are divided into Agriculture, Commerce and Economic Development, Regulatory Reform, and Small Business Subject Files, a General Subject File, Enrolled Bills, and a Chronological File.

Related Materials (May 1980):

Related materials include the files of Domestic Council staff members James Cannon and Norm Ross and White House Central Files Subject Files categories AG (Agriculture) and BE (Business‑Economics).

Series Descriptions

1‑10 Agriculture Subject File, 1973-77. (4.0 linear feet)

Correspondence, legislation, newspaper clippings, agendas, press releases, speeches and speech drafts, agricultural statistics, reports and printed material dealing with the agricultural policies of the Ford Administration. Among the more substantive topics are general agriculture, Committee on Food reports, Forest Service, rural development, speeches and the world food situation (which also contains material dating from the Nixon Administration).

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

11‑19 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File, 1974-77. (3.6 linear feet)

Correspondence, reports, press releases, printed materials, newspaper clippings, legislation, enrolled bills, speeches and speech drafts, and travel itineraries dealing with Ford Administration policy in the field of commerce and economic development. Major topics include capital formation, general commerce, the Economic Development Administration (including Nixon era material), the Economic Policy Board, maritime issues, trade and Treasury.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

20‑27 Regulatory Reform Subject File, 1974-77. (3.2 linear feet)

Correspondence, drafts, newspaper clippings, printed material, reports, press releases, and remarks and statements made by government officials and corporate heads dealing with the problems caused by federal regulations and the merits of revising the programs of such federal agencies as the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Communications Commission. Topics of major concern include airlines, broadcasting, motor carriers, general regulatory reform, and ocean shipping, with the latter two containing material from President Nixon's Administration. Material dealing with Regulatory Reform can also be found in the Agriculture and Commerce and Economic Development Subject Files.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

28‑30 Small Business Subject File, 1973-77. (1.2 linear feet)

Correspondence, reports, drafts, press releases, statements, newspaper clippings, and printed material dealing with small business and minority business regulations and assistance. Notable topics include minority business and general small business, with the latter containing material from the Nixon Administration.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

31‑36 General Subject File, 1974-77. (2.4 linear feet)

Appointment books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, question and answer sheets, drafts of remarks and statements, budget analyses, press releases, itineraries, notes, issues papers, speeches and speech material, and printed material pertaining to areas over which Leach had jurisdiction. Subjects of major consequence include energy, budget, issues, question and answer briefing sheets, and background material for several State of the Union addresses. The file contains some Nixon Administration material.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

37‑38 Enrolled Bills File, 1975-76. (0.8 linear feet)

Action memoranda, correspondence, copies of legislation, drafts of bills, and related material used by the White House to solicit the opinions of involved departments, agencies, or staff on the merits of an executive order or a particular piece of legislation.

Arranged chronologically.

39‑40 Chronological File, 1975-76. (0.8 linear feet)

Correspondence, briefings, reviews of government programs, talking points, sample questions and answers, and weekly reports dealing with regulatory reform, social security, commerce, rural development, child care and other material related to agriculture and economic development and commerce.

Arranged chronologically.

Container List

Box 1 Agriculture Subject File

Agriculture Appropriations and Budget

Agriculture Policy Making Reorganization

Agricultural Policy Working Group

Agricultural Research and Development

Agricultural Trade Policy Making

Agricultural Data Sheets (Alabama ‑ Wyoming)

Agriculture ‑ General (1)‑(3)

Box 2 Agriculture Subject File

Agriculture ‑ General (4)

Agriculture ‑ Presidential Speeches

Beef ‑ Domestic

Beef ‑ Imports

Canning Lid Shortage

Committee on Food (1)‑(4)

Box 3 Agriculture Subject File

Committee on Food (5)‑(6)

Committee on Food ‑ Deputies Reports

Committee on Food ‑ Sugar Quota Options Paper

Cotton

Crop Loan Rates

Custom Combine Bill

Dairy

Export and Import of Agricultural Products

Farmers Home Administration

Fertilizer

Food

Box 4 Agriculture Subject File

Food for Peace (P.L. 480)

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act

Forest Service (1)‑(2)

Forest Service ‑ Timber Outlook Report

Grain

Grain Sales to the U.S.S.R.

Grain Scandal

Box 5 Agriculture Subject File

Growth of Industry in Rural Areas

Honey

Illinois Trip Briefing Material

Land and Water Conservation Fund

Land Grant College Research Extension

Monongahela National Forest Question (1)‑(2)

Packer Bonding (1)‑(2)

Box 6 Agriculture Subject File

Packer Bonding (3)

PBB Contamination

Peanuts

Pesticides

Potatoes

Press Releases

Rice

Rural Development ‑ Correspondence and Memos (1)‑(2)

Rural Development ‑ Goals Report (1)

Box 7 Agriculture Subject File

Rural Development ‑ Goals Report (2)

Rural Development ‑ Miscellaneous Publications (1)‑(3)

Rural Development Report FY 1973

Rural Development Report FY 1974‑75

Rural Electric Act

Speech (by Gerald Ford) ‑ Iowa State Fair

Speech (by Gerald Ford) ‑ Springfield, Illinois

Speech (by Gerald Ford) ‑ Iowa State University

Box 8 Agriculture Subject File

Speeches by Department of Agriculture Officials (1)‑(5)

Sugar

Box 9 Agriculture Subject File

Sugar Policy Review

Tobacco

U.S. Foreign Agricultural Trade Statistics Report

Wheat

World Food (1)‑(2)

Box 10 Agriculture Subject File

World Food (3)‑(5)

World Food and Nutrition Study ‑ Correspondence and Memos

World Food and Nutrition Study ‑ Publications (1)‑(3)

Box 11 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

American National Metric Council

Antitrust ‑ Parens Patriae

Arab Boycott and Arab National Investment

Aviation Noise

Business and the Consumer

Capital Markets Working Group

Capital Formation (1)‑(2)

Census of 1980 (1)‑(2)

Box 12 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Census of 1980 (3)‑(5)

Commerce ‑ General (1)‑(3)

Commerce ‑ Press Releases

Council of Economic Advisers

Council on International Economic Policy

Economic Development Administration (1)

Box 13 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Economic Development Administration (2)‑(4)

Economic Development Administration Grants

Economic Development Administration ‑ Speech

Economic Planning

Economic Policy Board (1)‑(3)

Box 14 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Economic Policy Board (4)

Economic Situation

Energy Resources and Finances Corporation

Estate Tax Changes

Export‑Import Bank

Fair Trade Laws

Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Institutions and Market Regulation (1)‑(2)

Fire Prevention

Hudson Institute Seminar on Economic Development

Box 15 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Humphrey‑Hawkins Bill

International Development Conference

International Monetary Fund Speech

Labor‑Management Committee

Law of the Sea

Leach Speech ‑ Council of State Planning Agencies, June 29, 1975

Leach Speech ‑ Economic Development Representatives

Maritime ‑ Extending Jones Act to Virgin Islands for Oil Products

Maritime ‑ Freight Forwarders

Maritime ‑ General

Materials Shortages and Capital Investment

Metric Conversion Act of 1975

Box 16 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Minority Business Programs

Monetary Policy

National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality

National Community Development Bank

National Council for Urban Economic Development

Ocean Shipping Act of 1976

Ohio Bicentennial Manpower Project

Patents

Pension Problems

Product Liability Insurance

Box 17 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Public Works Employment Act

Questionable Foreign Business Payments

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Securities and Exchange Commission

Soul City

Tanker Industry Problems (Third Flag Legislation) (1)‑(2)

Tanker Problems Task Force ‑ McCloskey Request (1)‑(2)

Box 18 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Tax Reform

Taxes ‑ Exemption of Members of Congress from State Income Taxes

Tourism

Trade ‑ Asparagus

Trade ‑ Ferricyanide and Ferrocyanide

Trade ‑ Footwear Sports

Trade ‑ General

Trade ‑ Mushrooms

Box 19 Commerce and Economic Development Subject File

Trade ‑ Shrimp

Trade ‑ Specialty Steel Quota Case

Trade ‑ Zippers

Trade Restriction Matters

Treasury ‑ Economic

Treasury ‑ General (1)‑(2)

Treasury ‑ International Policy

Treasury ‑ Press Releases

U.S. Metric Board

Box 20 Regulatory Reform Subject File

Agriculture Marketing Orders

Agriculture ‑ General

Agriculture ‑ Regulatory Task Force Study

Airlines (1)‑(4)

Box 21 Regulatory Reform Subject File

Airlines (5)‑(11)

Box 22 Regulatory Reform Subject File

Airlines (12)

Airlines ‑ Newspaper Clippings

Airplane Financing

Anti‑trust (1)‑(2)

Anti‑trust ‑ Speeches

Broadcasting and Cable T.V. (1)‑(2)

Commerce Department

Consumer Representation

Box 23 Regulatory Reform Subject File

Domestic Council Review Group on Regulatory Reform (1)‑(2)

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Energy Agency

Federal Power Commission

Financial Institutions Act

Food and Drug Administration

General

Hardware Speech

Health, Education, and Welfare

Independent Agencies

Inflation Impact Statements

Insurance ‑ McCarren Ferguson Act

Labor Department

Motor Carrier Reform (1)

Box 24 Regulatory Reform Subject File

Motor Carrier Reform (2)‑(5)

Municipal Financing Regulation

Newspaper Clippings

Ocean Shipping Regulation (1)‑(2)

Oil and Gas Regulation

Paperwork Reduction

Post Office Reform

Box 25 Regulatory Reform Subject File

President's Proposed Regulatory Reform Act of 1976

President's Meeting with Regulatory Commissioners

President's Statements on Regulatory Reform

Press Releases

Railroads

Regulatory Reform (1)‑(3)

Box 26 Regulatory Reform Subject File

Regulatory Reform (4)‑(10)

Box 27 Regulatory Reform Subject File

Regulatory Reform (11)‑(14)

Robinson‑Patman Act Reform

Securities Reform

State and Local Regulatory Reform

Transportation Department

Box 28 Small Business Subject File

Congressional Testimony

Federal Assistance to the Small Business Sector

Loan Program (7a)

Minority Business (1)‑(2)

Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Companies (1)‑(3)

Box 29 Small Business Subject File

Minority Enterprise Business Investment Companies (4)

Press Releases

Small Business ‑ General (1)‑(6)

Box 30 Small Business Subject File

Small Business ‑ General (7)‑(9)

Small Business ‑ Publications (1)‑(2)

Small Business Act (S.2498)

Small Business Administration Annual Report

Small Business Task Force of the Economic Policy Board

Box 31 General Subject File

Appointment Book

Boston Herald Questionnaire

Budget ‑ FY 1976 (1)‑(3)

Budget ‑ FY 1977 (1)

Box 32 General Subject File

Budget ‑ FY 1977 (2)

Budget ‑ Miscellaneous

Domestic Council ‑ Administrative Matters

Domestic Council ‑ General

Energy and Resource Policy and Finance (1)‑(3)

Box 33 General Subject File

Energy and Resource Policy and Finance (4)

Invitations

Issue Papers (1)‑(3)

Issues ‑ Miscellaneous (1)‑(2)

Box 34 General Subject File

Issues ‑ Miscellaneous (3)‑(5)

Legislation ‑ House

Legislation ‑ Senate

Major Forums for Speeches

Memos to Cannon (1)‑(2)

Box 35 General Subject File

Memos to Cannon (3)‑(7)

Miscellaneous

Presidential Appointments

President's Two Year Report

Proposals and Issues for the President

Question and Answer Briefing Sheets (1)‑(2)

Box 36 General Subject File

Question and Answer Briefing Sheets (3)‑(5)

Referrals

State of the Union (1)‑(4)

United Nations

Weekly Report

Box 37 Enrolled Bills File

Enrolled Bills (1)‑(8)

Box 38 Enrolled Bills File

Enrolled Bills (9)‑(16)

Box 39 Chronological File

May‑December 1975

Box 40 Chronological File

1976