Title: Hendrik S. Houthakker Papers, White House Central Files, 1969-1971

Dates: 1969-1971

Collection Number: 6169609

Creator/Collector: Houthakker, Hendrik S. Council of Economic Advisers

Extent: 29 linear feet, 9 linear inches; 68 boxes

Repository: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

Abstract: Dr. Hendrik S. Houthakker served two years as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers or CEA. These files cover the years of 1969-1971 and include his activities as a senior staff economist on the international task forces; he was chairman of several subcommittees and working groups that dealt with such issues as antitrust policy; the pricing and selling of copper; increases in prices of lumber and plywood; housing construction prices; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) policy; agricultural trade; oil import control system; economic policy; transportation; and steel prices and cost factors in the U. S. steel industry.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open for research. Some materials may be unavailable based upon categories of materials exempt from public release established in the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974.

Most government records are in the public domain; however, this series includes commercial materials, such as newspaper clippings, that may be subject to copyright restrictions. Researchers should contact the copyright holder for information.

Hendrik S. Houthakker Papers, White House Central Files, 1969-1971. Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

These materials are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration under the provisions of Title I of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-526, 88 Stat. 1695) and implementing regulations.

Dr. Hendrik S. Houthakker served two years as a member of the CEA, from 1969 to 1971. These files cover the years 1967 to 1971 and include his activities as a senior staff economist on the CEA (1967-1968). Dr. Houthakker served on a number of interagency and international task forces, and was chairman of several subcommittees and working groups that dealt with such issues as antitrust policy; the pricing and selling of copper; increases in prices of lumber and plywood; housing construction prices; OECD economic policy; agricultural trade; oil import control system; economic policy; transportation; and steel prices and cost factors in the U.S. steel industry. The files are arranged in ten different series: Administrative File; Meetings; Speeches; Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy; Task Force on Softwood Lumber and Plywood File; Department of the Interior; Energy Action Program File; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Economic Policy Committee; Working Party Files (the Economic Policy Committee had several subcommittees called working parties, each responsible for a particular area of activity); Agricultural Programs File; Subject Files; and Discussion Study Papers. The Administrative File is divided into two subseries: Memoranda for the President File, arranged chronologically by date; and White House Policy and Programs File, arranged alphabetically by subject. The Meetings, Speeches, and Task Force on Softwood Lumber and Plywood files are arranged chronologically by date. The Subcommittee on Copper, Energy Action Program, OECD Economic Policy Committee, and Agricultural Programs Files are arranged alphabetically by subject and then by date. The Subject Files are arranged alphabetically by subject. The Discussion Study Papers are arranged alphabetically by title of publication.