SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Materials concerning his work as Deputy Director of the Economic Policy Board for domestic economic policy, especially his duties as an administration spokesperson and liaison with departments and agencies. Substantive issues material appears on such topics as the domestic footwear industry, product liability insurance, air brake standards, the New York City financial crisis, the Task Force on Questionable Corporate Payment Abroad, and proposed amendments to the Clean Air Act.

QUANTITY
3.8 linear feet (ca. 7,600 pages)

DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-98)

ACCESS
Open. Some items are 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Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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 Leesa Tobin, July 1982
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

William F. Gorog

1925 - Born, Warren, OH

1949 - B.S., United States Military Academy

1949-54 - Reconnaissance Officer, United States Air Force

1954-55 - Marketing Manager, Bulova Watch Company

1956-63 - Executive Vice President, Data Corporation, Dayton, OH

1963-68 - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Data Corporation, Dayton, OH

1968-75 - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mead Technology Laboratories, Dayton, OH

May 1975-March 1976 - Deputy Director for Domestic Economic Policy, Economic Policy Board

March-Nov. 1976 - Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs

Nov. 1976-Jan. 1977 - Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy

1977-- Managing Director, The Arbor Group, Washington, DC

INTRODUCTION

William F. Gorog, a businessman and developer of the computerized legal research system, LEXIS, joined the Ford administration as deputy to L. William Seidman, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs in May 1975. In March 1976 his title was changed from Deputy Director for Domestic Economic Policy to Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs. From November 1976 until the end of the administration, Gorog served a recess appointment as Director of the Council on International Economic Policy. In 1977 he and his wife, Gretchen Gorog, founded the Arbor Group, a firm specializing in international investment management services.

As a deputy director for the Economic Policy Board, Gorog was responsible for coordination and liaison with departments and agencies on domestic economic policy issues and for coordinating domestic economic policy studies and reviews undertaken by the Economic Policy Board. In addition, he was responsible for strengthening White House liaison with business and outside interest groups and economic policy issues. Occasionally Gorog studied the economic implications of non-economic issues such as the proposed amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1976. Gorog was frequently asked to make presentations and speeches concerning various aspects of domestic economic policy and often appeared when L. William Seidman was unable to do so. Gorog's title change to Deputy Assistant to the President does not appear to have involved any change in his responsibilities.

The Gorog files are uneven in that they heavily represent Gorog's spokesperson and liaison functions but include substantive materials for only a few policy issues. Much of the latter material was incorporated into the files of L. William Seidman. There are several subjects in the Gorog files, however, which include substantive issues material. Those subjects include the domestic footwear industry, product liability insurance, air brake standards, the New York City financial crisis, the Task Force on Questionable Corporate Payments Abroad, and the proposed amendments to the Clean Air Act.

In January 1976, T. Coleman Andrews became executive assistant to William Gorog. He prepared briefing papers and decision memoranda for Gorog and worked closely with the congressional relations staff on the Ford administration's legislative proposals in the field of domestic economic policy. Andrews worked very closely with Gorog and other administration officials to block passage of the Clean Air Act amendments in 1976. Gorog acted as the administration's spokesperson on this issue although his files reveal the Andrews did much of the background work.

The files are divided into two series. The first, a general subject series, includes materials for May 1975 to May 1976. Each major subject, letter, invitation, or memo originating after May 1976 was indexed by a computer and arranged in numerical sequence. These files and a computer-generated index constitute the second series of the Gorog files.

Related Materials (July 1982)
Many of the briefing papers and analyses that Gorog prepared do not appear in his files but are in the Seidman collection and can be located by using Seidman's name file or the appropriate subject designation in the subject file. There are also related materials in the Marvin Kosters collection. The Gorog material does not include any material from his tenure as executive director of the Council on International Economic Policy.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

General Subject File, 1975-76.  (Boxes 1-4, 1.4 linear feet)
Correspondence, schedules, programs of meetings, memos and reports concerning issues such as the New York City financial crisis, railroad reorganization, the insurance industry, and the labor advisory program. Also included are invitations and other material relating to Gorog's attendance at various political and economic meetings. The file includes material from May 1975 to May 1976.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File, 1976. (Boxes 4-10, 2.4 linear feet)
Correspondence, schedules, memos and reports received after May 1976 and indexed by the office computer. Subjects include meetings of various groups and organizations, Canadian/U.S. cable television, unemployment, non-rubber footwear industry, and economic growth studies sponsored by the Joint Economic Committee. There is also a great deal of material concerning the proposed amendments to the Clean Air Act.

Arranged in numerical order by computer-assigned identification numbers. A printout of the identification numbers and a brief description including correspondent and subject is in the first folder of the series.

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CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - General Subject File

• Air Transport Policy
• American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers Association
• Black Issues
• Collective Bargaining Committee on Construction
• Computers
• Crop Production
• Economic Modeling
• Economic Planning
• Evans, Michael K. - Economic Forecasts
• Findustry Proposal
• Food Stamp Reform
• Footwear Industry
• General Electric Company, Research and Development Expenditures
• Gorog Event
  - 1/29/76 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1)-(2)
  - 2/3/76 - California Broadcasters Association
  - 2/4/76 - International Snowmobile Association
  - 2/10/76 - Hampstead Lions and Kiwanis
  - 2/11/76 - Appalachia Regional Conference
  - 2/16/76 - Volume Footwear Retailers of America
  - 2/23/76 - Inland Daily Press Association
  - 3/4/76/ - Kankakee Chamber of Commerce
  - 3/17/76 - Bucyrus - Erie Distributor Council
  - 3/28-31/76 - Young Presidents Organization
  - 4/5/1976 - Racine, WI
  - 4/9/76 - Philadelphia Society
  - 4/13/76 - Frazer, Ruder and Finn Dinner
  - 4/13/76 - National Association of Manufacturers
  - 4/15/76 - George Washington University
  - 4/16/76 - Auburn University Energy Symposium
  - 4/21/76 - Dick Schulze Fundraiser
  - 4/28/76 - Midwestern State GOP Chairmen

Box 2 - General Subject File

• Gorog Event
  - 5/2/76 - National Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  - 5/4/76 - Regional Small Business Conference
  - 5/6/76 - Washington Round Table of the Institutional Investor Institute
  - 5/12/76 - Ventura County Business Outlook Conference
  - 5/17/76 - Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana, Inc. (Canceled)
  - 5/17/76- National Industrial Council
  - 5/19/76 - National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc.
  - 5/20/76 - Young Presidents Organization
  - 5/27/76 - Young Presidents Organization
  - 6/9/76 - Edison Electric Institute
  - 6/9-12/76 - Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
  - 6/16/76 - Association of Government Accountants
  - 6/17/76 - Virginia Association of Broadcasters
  - 6/20/76 - Future Business Leaders of America and Phi Beta Lambda
• Grain - International Policy
• Great Britain - Publication on Welfare and Unemployment
• Housing Industry
• Insurance
• Insurance - Product Liability (1)-(2)

Box 3 - General Subject File

• Labor Advisory Program
• Law of the Sea
• Light Rail Transit System
• Lobbying Regulations
• Michigan - Detroit
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Air Brake Standards (1)-(2)
• New York City - Financial Crisis
• New York City - News Clippings
• Ocean Freight Rates
• Ocean Technologies
• Pension Benefit Plan
• Public Affairs, Office of (Treasury)
• Questionable Corporate Payments Abroad, Task Force On (1)

Box 4 - General Subject File

• Questionable Corporate Payments Abroad, Task Force On (2)
• Rail Restructuring - Northeast/Midwest
• Salomon Brothers
• Science, Engineering and Technology Policy, Office of (1)-(2)
• Telecommunications Policy
• Television - American/Canadian Cable Dispute

Box 4 (Continued) - Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File

• Computer Index Printout
• 5000 - Robert H. Binder re Geneva Think Tank
• 5001 - John Brewer re Egypt/U.S. Business Council Meeting
• 5002 - J. Henry Turner re Recommendations on the Economy
• 5003 - Clear Air Act Amendments
  - Auto Emissions
  - Auto Emissions - Selective Enforcement Audit
  - Auto Emissions - Selective Enforcement Audit Regulations

Box 5 - Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File

• 5003 - Clean Air Act Amendments
  - Clean Air Review Group
  - Correspondence
  - General Background
  - Legislation - House (Printed Report)
  - Legislation - Senate (Printed Report and Bill)
  - Memoranda (1)-(3)
  - Significant Deterioration
  - Significant Deterioration - Bibliography

Box 6 - Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File

• 5003 - Clean Air Act Amendments
  - Significant Deterioration - Electric Utilities (1)-(4)
  - Significant Deterioration - Environmental Protection Agency Analysis
  - Significant Deterioration - Federal Energy Administration Analysis
  - Significant Deterioration - Non-Ferrous Metals
  - Significant Deterioration - Petroleum Industry
• 5004 - William Gorog re Survey of Significant Agency Events
• 5005 - Peter J. Mallory re American International Group, Inc.
• 5006 - L. William Seidman re Memo on Questionable Corporate Payments Abroad
• 5007 - Elliot Richardson re Maritime Industry
• 5008 - William Gorog re Esch/Kemp Job Legislation
• 5009 - M.A. Taylor re Motor Carrier Reform Act
• 5010 - Joint Economic Committee re Economic Growth Studies (1)

Box 7 - Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File

• 5010 - Joint Economic Committee re Economic Growth Studies (2)-(4)
• 5011 - George K. Graeber re Puerto Rico
• 5012 - John Harper re Clean Air Act Amendments
• 5013 - Paul Brands re Significant Deterioration (1)-(2)
• 5014 - K.E. Wallach re Latin-Americans
• 5015 - William Milliken re Public Works Employment Act of 1976
• 5016 - C.E. Silling re "Super Energy Agency Proposal"
• 5017 - William Murphy re Conference of the National Alliance of Businessmen
• 5018 - J.A. McCormack re Young Presidents Organization
• 5019 - Robert Harris re American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• 5020 - Fred Pinkham re World Business Council Meeting (1)-(2)

Box 8 - Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File

• 5021 - George Smith re Associated Builders and Contractors
• 5022 - American Textile Machinery Association
• 5023 - Clyde Cole re Symposium on National Dividend Plan
• 5024 - Charles Goodell re Canadian Border T.V. Problem
• 5025 - John Coleman re Inflation
• 5026 - Barry Merkin re Young Presidents Organization
• 5027 - William Winter re Architectural Woodwork
• 5028 - Jim Pleser re American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• 5029 - Frank Leseganich re Western Reserve Economic Development Agency
• 5030 - William Lilley re Council on Wage and Price Stability Quarterly Report (1)-(2)
• 5031 - David Slater re Annual University for Presidents
• 5032 - David G. Soergel re Federal Make or Buy Issues
• 5033 - Robert E. Dickenson re Young President's Organization
• 5034 - John Ricardo re California Emissions Standards
• 5035 - Gene Bradley re International Management and Development Institute
• 5036 - William Kirkwood re Welfare
• 5037 - William Lambert re Rotary Club of Dayton, OH
• 5038 - Lawrence A. Appley re American Leadership Mobilization Convention
• 5039 - Beurt SerVaas re Unemployment
• 5041 - Roderick Hills re European Trip
• 5042 - Donald Livingstone re Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc.
• 5043 - Richard Ayres re Clean Air Deterioration
• 5044 - C.C. Walker re "The Urban Bomb"
• 5045 - George C. Heinz re Marine Mammal Protective Act
• 5046 - Thomas Norwalk re Dayton's Trolley Coach System

Box 9 - Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File

• 5047 - Howard Beaver re Carpenter Technology Corporation
• 5048 - Herbert Majower re National Energy Resources Organization
• 5049 - Ronald Shelp re Insurance Regulation in El Salvador
• 5050 - James Fletcher re Viking 2 Lander
• 5051 - Nicholas Clinch re Sierra Club Foundation
• 5052 - Gerald Tsai re Tsai Forum
• 5053 - Clark MacGregor re JT10D Engine Joint Venture
• 5054 - Doug Metz re Employment and Training Act of 1976
• 5055 - John W. Berry re Gorog Social Invitations
• 5056 - J. V. Crawford re UOP, Inc.
• 5057 - Edwin Beeby re CIEP/EPB
• 5058 - Michael Fenzer re Housing Industry
• 5059 - Henry Halprin re Construction Industry
• 5060 - Karl G. Harr re International Traffic in Arms Regulations
• 5061 - Seymour Fabrick re Domestic Shoe Industry
• 5062 - Martha Miller re Consolidated Rail Corporation
• 5063 - W.R. Moreland re Van Production
• 5064 - Vincent Davis re Patterson School Board Advisers
• 5065 - Eldon Steele re Request for Assistance
• 5066 - Milton Callero re American University
• 5067 - R.F. Sharpe re Hydraulic Institute
• 5068 - John V. McDonald re Unemployment
• 5069 - Coleman Andrews re Non-rubber Footwear Industry
• 5070 - H. Laird McGregor re Bermuda Conference
• 5071 - Secretariat re Gorog's Trip to Youngstown, OH
• 5072 - Elliot Richardson re Federal Task Force on Motor Vehicles
• 5073 - Philip Smaby re National Association of Realtors
• 5074 - John Aram re Business and Government
• 5075 - Jerry Glenn re Space Shuttle Meeting
• 5076 - Dan M. Stephens re Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning and Development Organization
• 5077 - Nelson Rockefeller re National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life
• 5078 - Earl P. Bassett re 3M and Section 861 Tax Matter

Box 10 - Computer-Controlled Correspondence and Memoranda File

• 5079 - Walter Durham re MESBIC Financial Corporation of Dallas
• 5080 - Henry Perritt re Regional Economic Growth
• 5081 - Lawrence Wadsworth re American University Conference on U.S. Foreign Policy
• 5082 - Klaus Heiss re Depreciation Guidelines Assets
• 5083 - William McCrea re the Entrepreneurship Institute
• 5084 - Edwin Eshleman re Material from Eugene Madeira
• 5085 - Gordon Johnson re Free Enterprise System
• 5086 - Gary Cook re Economic Expansion
• 5087 - M. Aschmeyer re American Merchant Marine
• 5088 - David Meiselman re Bermuda Seminar
• 5089 - Mark Richardson re Footwear Industry
• 5090 - Joel Segall re Conference on International Trade
• 5091 - William Baroody re Television Bureau of Advertising