COLLECTION FINDING AID
PAUL LEACH FILES, 1974-76
Associate Director for Agriculture,
Economic Development, and Commerce
Domestic Council
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Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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
Agriculture Subject File, 1973-77.
(Boxes 1-10, 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.
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Commerce and Economic Development Subject File, 1974-77.
(Boxes 11-19, 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.
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Regulatory Reform Subject File, 1974-77.
(Boxes 20-27, 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.
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Small Business Subject File, 1973-77.
(Boxes 28-30, 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.
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General Subject File, 1974-77.
(Boxes 31-36, 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.
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Enrolled Bills File, 1975-76.
(Boxes 37-38, 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.
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Chronological File, 1975-76. (Boxes 39-40, 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.
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