SECOND HOOVER COMMISSION
DESCRIPTION OF SERIES
Box Series
1-42
Commission Reports 1949-56 and Undated 42 containers
Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, press releases,
draft and printed copies of reports by the Commission
and the task force committees and subcommittees, and
other miscellaneous printed matter. Arranged by name
of task force and thereunder by subjects alphabetically,
except for the Committee on Business Organization of
the Department of Defense which is at the end of the
series.
42-52
Subject File 1949-59 and undated 11 containers
Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, press releases,
reports, and miscellaneous printed matter concerning
the personnel and operation of the Commission. Arranged
by subjects alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.
52-54
Citizens' Committee for the Hoover Report 1953-58 and undated
3 containers
Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, press releases,
and miscellaneous printed matter concerning efforts of
the Citizens' Committee to publicize the findings of
the Hoover Commission. Arranged by subjects alphabet-
ically and thereunder chronologically.
54-68
General File 1951-59 and undated 15 containers
Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, press releases,
reports, and miscellaneous printed matter concerning
the personnel and operations of the Commission, and
efforts to publicize its findings. Arranged by sub-
jects alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.
Commission Reports Series
Box Contents
1
BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING TASK FORCE
Correspondence
1953
1954-1959
Budget Sub-Committee, 1954
Annual Progress Report: Program to Improve Accounting
in the Federal Government, 1956-1958
Committee on Federal Tax Policy--Printed Matter
Federal Budget for 1956 and 1957
Legislation, 1956-1959
Minutes of Task Force Meetings, 1953-1955
Press Releases, 1954
Report of Commissions
Drafts
Printed
Report of Task Force, Drafts
2
Task Force Report to Commission, Printed 1955 June
Statements, Releases, Information, 1956-1959 and Undated
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES TASK FORCE
Liquidation of Agencies
Correspondence, 1953-1954
Drafts and Releases, 1953-1955
Report on Establishment of Agencies, 1953
Report of Commission
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3rd) March 30, 1955
Drafts (5th) April 5, 1955
Drafts (Final)
Part I
Part II
Report of Task Force
Drafts, 1953
3
Drafts, 1954
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES TASK FORCE
Correspondence
1954 June--July
1954 August--December
1955--1957
Clippings
Minutes of Meetings
Press Releases
Report of Commission
Drafts
Printed
Report of Task Force Drafts
1955 May
LEGAL SERVICES AND PROCEDURES
Correspondence (MISC)
October 17, 1953--January 12, 1954
February 22, 1954--September 9, 1955
Implementation of Recommendations, 1956
Memos--Meetings--Press Releases, 1954
Pro Forms Report on Legal Services and Procedures
4
Report of Commission, Printed
Tentative Final Report by Task Force
Vol. I General Report & Recommendations
Vol. II Legal Services
Vol. III Legal Procedures
Vol. IV Legal Representation
Vol. V Legislative & Administrative
5
Final Report by Task Force
Vol. I General Report and Recommendations
Vol. II Legal Services
Vol. III Legal Procedures Part I
Vol. III Legal Procedures Part II
6
Vol. IV Legal Representation
Vol. V Legislative and Administrative
Vol. VI Appendices and Charts (1)
Vol. VI. Appendices and Charts (2)
Special Committee Report to 1956 Mid-Year Meeting of
House of Delegates (American Bar Association)
Task Force Report to Commission--Printed, 1955 March
LENDING AGENCIES
Correspondence
September 30, 1953--July 1, 1954
July 13, 1954--March 4, 1956
Hearing of July 6, 1955 Meeting
Implementation of Recommendation, 1956 & undated
Major Lending Activities of Government
Press Releases
Report of Commission
Drafts (1)
8
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
Drafts (4)
Drafts (5)
Drafts (6)
Drafts (7)
Drafts (8)
9
Drafts (9)
Drafts (l0)
Drafts (11)
Drafts (12)
Printed 1955 March
10
Report of Task Force:
Comparison of Statement and Recommendations
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Galleys 1955 January
Printed 1955 February
Summary of Government Lending and Related Insurance &
Guarantee Activities, 1954
11
MEDICAL SERVICES
Correspondence
McCormick, Chaucey 1953-1954
Klumpp, 1954-1956
1953 August--September
1953 October
1953 November--December
1954-1956
Implementation of Recommendation, 1956
Minutes of Meetings of Task Force, 1953-1954
Press Releases, 1953-1955
Report of Commission:
Drafts (3 folders)
Final, 1955 February
Printed, 1955 February
Task Force Members Recommendations, undated
Task Force Drafts
Appendix A.
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendices D--F
Appendices G--I
Appendices J--M
13
OVERSEAS ECONOMIC OPERATIONS
Correspondence
December 1952--June 1956 (3 folders)
Minutes of Meetings, October 1954--February 1955
Press Releases and Memorandum
Report of Commission:
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
Drafts (4)
Drafts (5)
14
Drafts (6)
Drafts (7)
Drafts (8)
Drafts (9)
Drafts (10)
Final 1955 May
Printed
Final
15
Printed
Staff Report
Holifield Dissent and McClelland Statement
Special Program Study Agricultural Surplus Commodities
Coordination of Overseas Programs
Direct Forces and Defense Support
Foreign Aid Functions and Related Activities of Government
Agencies
Industrial Projects and Economic Developement under
U.S. Aid
International Organization Related to Government
Mutual Security Operations
Nato Infrastructure Program
Offshore Procurement
Overseas Personnel Administration
Public Lending and Private Investment
Some Fiscal Aspects of the Foreign Aid Program
United States Technical Assistance
Staff Memoranda Relating to Certain Programming and
Operational Activities of M.S.A.--F.O.A.
Selected Country Studies:
Introductions
Formosa
France
India
Iran
Israel
Korea
16
Pakistan
Philippines
Spain
United Kingdom
Summary of Staff Papers in Support of Task Force Report
on O.E.O., May 1955
PAPERWORK MANAGEMENT
Correspondence, May 1954--January 1958
Implementation of Recommendation, 1956
Letters of Transmittal on Commission Report, May 13, 1955
Press Releases, 1954-1955
Report of Business Machines Group to the Task Force
Report of Commission:
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
17
Printed
Report of Task Force Drafts:
Final
Printed
Staff Report to Task Force
Correspondence in the Federal Government, 1954
How the Secretariate Aids Executive Action, 1954
Pursuit of Perfection-Need for Quality Management, 1954
PERSONNEL AND CIVIL SERVICE
Implementation of Recommendations, 1956
Minutes of Meetings, 1953-1954
Press Release
Miscellaneous Correspondence (2 folders)
Reorganization of Civil Service Commission, 1953
Report of Commission
Drafts
Printed
Report of Task Force
Drafts (1)
18
Drafts (2)
Drafts, Civil Service Appendixes B--F
Printed
PROCUREMENT
Correspondence (4 folders)
Activities Report--Task Force, 1954
Department of Defense Procurement-Building the Plan of Study
Foreign Operations Administration, 1953-1954 & undated
19
Press Releases, 1954
Report of Task Force Drafts
1955 May
Galleys
Printed
Report on Inventory Accounting and Management Criteria, 1954
Staff Report to Task Force
Contracting Policies and Administration
First Draft
Second Draft
1955 June
Coordinated Procurement, 1955
20
Coordination of Contracting, 1955
Coordination of Contracting
Appendices 1-6
Appendices 7-12
Appendices 13-18
Distribution and Inventory Control
Section I
Section II
Section III
Section IV
Second Draft
Inventory Control and Distribution, 1955 June
Planning for Procurement
Policy Guidance for Procurement Problems
Translation of Logistic Problems Into Procurement
Requirements
Vital Roles of the National Security Council and Joint
Chiefs of Staff, 1955
REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Correspondence, May 1954-August 1955
Inventory Report on Real Property owned by U.S. throughout
the world, 1957
Press Releases, 1955
Report of Commission:
Drafts
Printed
22
Report of Task Force
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Printed
SUBSISTENCE SERVICES
Correspondence 1953-1955 & undated (3 folders)
Committee Report to Task Force
Fiscal Controls, 1954
Supply Planning and Procurement of Clothing
23
Minutes of Meetings, 1954
Press Releases, 1954-1955
Report of Commission:
Drafts (1)
Drafts (la)
Drafts (lb)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (2a)
Drafts (3)
Drafts (4)
Drafts (5)
24
Drafts (6)
Printed
Report of Task Force Drafts
Vol. I Food Section
Vol. II Clothing Section
Vol. III Competition with Private Enterprises
Vol. IV. Fiscal Controls
Printed
Subcommittee on Transportation Report
Government Traffic Management and Trans.,
Vol. I
25
Vol. II
Correspondence (3 folders)
Press Releases, 1955
Report of Commission
Drafts (1)
Drafts (la)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (2a)
Drafts (3a)
Drafts (4)
Drafts (4a)
Drafts (5)
Drafts (6)
Drafts (7)
Drafts First (Pro Forma)
27
Drafts Third
Printed
Report on Task Force
Drafts
Printed
WATER RESOURCES AND POWER
Correspondence
September 1953--December 1953
January 1954--April 1954
May 1954--June 1954
July 1954--October 1956
Moreel, Ben
1953
1954 January--March
28
1954 April--May
1955 & undated
Task Force Member, 1953-1954 & undated
Brownell's and Fleming's Specific Objections to Commission
Report, 1955
Colorado River Project
1954
1955 February--May
1955 June
Undated
Congressional Hearings, 1955
Dixon--Yates Contract
Excerpts from Meetings--Special Subcommittee on Water Resources
and Power, 1955
Green River Valley Project
29
Maps
Minutes of Meetings and Hearings, 1943-1954
Moreel Lectures, 1956
Press Releases, 1953-1955
Report by Presidential Advisory Committee on Water Resources
Policy, 1956
Report of Commission:
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
Drafts (4)
30
Drafts (5)
Drafts (6)
Drafts (7)
Drafts (8)
Drafts (9)
Drafts (10)
Drafts (11)
31
Drafts (12)
Drafts
Pro Forma
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
32
(6)
(6a)
Drafts--Final
Printed
Reports of Special Consultants
Application of Interest component of Power Revenue from
Reclamation Projects Under Solicitor's Opinion
Case Study of Arkansas--White--Red Basin Interagency Committee
Civil Functions of the Corps of Engineers Relations to
Military Mission
Competition for the Use of Water
Evaluation of Federal Navigation Projects
Federal Gathering of Basic Water Resources Facts
Federal Government and Water Pollution Control
Federal Water Law, 1950-1954
Flood Control--Galleys
Flood Control--Printed
33
Flood Management through Zoning, Insurance and Forecasting
Interstate Compacts--The Federal Interests
Inventory of Federal Agencies Handling Water Resources and
Power Developement and Conservation
Our Water Resources--The Need for a Unified National Policy
Patterns of Federal--Nonfederal Partnership in Water Resources
Developement
Preference Clause in Federal Electric Developement and
Distribution
Reliability of Estimates of Agricultural Damages from Floods
Reclamation and Water Supply
Reclamation of Land for Agricultural Purposes
Relationship of Federal Activities to Municipal and Industrial
Water Supply
User Charges on the Waterways of the U.S.
Report of Task Force Drafts
Vol. I Galleys
34
Vol. II Galleys
Vol.III Galleys page ii--457
Vol.III Galleys pages 458--
Vol. I Printed
Vol.II Printed
35
Vol.III Printed
Statements, 1954
Statements, 1955
Texts of talks given at St. Louis Meetings on June 15, 1955
Miscellaneous
COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS ORGANIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Correspondence
1953 August--December
1954
1955 March--July
1955 August--September
1955 October--December
1956
1958 & undated
Comments of Recommendations and Views on Commission Reports
Congressman Brown's Proposal, 1953-1955
Department of Defense Directive, 1956
Minutes of Meetings, 1953-1955
Press Releases, 1955-1958
Progress Reports, 1956
Reorganization of Plan #6, 1953
Reports--Programs for Improving Management, 1955
Report of Commission
Drafts
37
Printed
Report on Committee--Draft
Miscellaneous, 1955-1960 & undated
Subcommittee on Transportation
Correspondence
1954-1955
1956-1957
Press Releases, 1954-1955
Report of Commission
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
38
Drafts (4)
Printed
Report of Subcommittee
Armed Forces Use of Tugboats... and the Use of
Military Port Facilities
Government Traffic Management, Vol. I and Vol. II
Printed
39
Subcommittee on Depot Utilization
Correspondence, 1955
Press Releases, 1955
Report of Commission
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
Printed
Report of Subcommittee
1955 May
Printed
Subcommittee on Personnel Problems
Correspondence, 1954-1955
Special Personnel Problems in Department of Defense
Report on Personnel Problems in the Dept. of Defense,
Appendix 3
Report of Subcommittee--Printed
Subcommittee on Research Activities
Correspondence, 1954-1956
Press Releases, 1955
40
Report of Commission
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
Drafts (4)
Drafts (5)
Galleys
Printed
Report of Sub Committee--Draft
Report of Sub Committee--Printed
41
Subcommittee on Business Enterprises
Correspondence
1953 July--November
1953 December
1954-1956
Interim Report on Federal Business Enterprises
1953 December 16
Government Business Enterprises--Outside the Dept. of Defense
Press Releases, 1955
Report of Commission
Drafts (1)
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
42
Drafts (4)
Galleys
Printed
Report of Research Staff
Printed
Report of SubCommittee--Draft
Report of SubCommittee--Printed
Subcommittee on Certain Defense Questions
Correspondence, 1953-1954
Printed
Bills for Implementation, 1955-1956 & undated
Bills introduced in 85th Congress, 1957
Clippings
1953-1954
1955
1955 (Cartoons)
43
1956 January and February
1956 March
1956 April
1956 May
1956 June
1956 July--December
1957 January
44
1957 February 1-5
1957 February 6
1957 February 7
1957 February 8-10
1957 February 11-15
1957 February 16-20
1957 February 21-28
1957 March 1-5
1957 March 6-15
1957 March 16-31
1957 April
1957 May 1-15
1957 May 16-20
1957 May 21-31
1957 June
1957 July 1-20
1957 July 21-31
1957 August--October
46
1957 November--December
1958 January
1958 February--April
1958 May--July
1958 August--September
1958 October
1958 November--December
1959 January
Commission Final Report: Drafts (1)
Commission Job Applicants
Commission Personnel--Lists
Commission Recommendations, 1956 & undated
Commission Final Report to Congress
Drafts (2)
Drafts (3)
Excerpts 1955 June
Letter of Transmittal, 1955 June
Commission Report on the Establishment of Agencies for Liquidation, 1953
Commission Reports--General, 1953--1955 & undated
Correspondence
Abn--Bow
Bra--Byo
C--F
G--H
I--L
Man--Mor
N--Q
48
R--T
U--Z
H.R. 8002
1956-1958
H.R. 992
1951-1952
H.R. 992
1953 January--April
1953 May
1953 June
Re: Bills, 1955-1956
Re: Bills, 1957-1959
Re: Bills, 1960-1961 and undated
Commission on Organization---
Financial and Progress Reports, 1953-1955 & undated
Hearings--Congressional, 1955
49
Legislation
1937
1953
1954-1956
1957 March--June
1957 September--October
1958-1959 and undated
Memos regarding the Commission, 1953-1955
Minutes of Meetings--
Commission, 1954
50
Commission, 1955
Committee of Hoover Commission Task Force Members
1956-1958
1959-1960
Miscellaneous
1951-1953
1954
1955
1956
1957-1958 & undated
Organization Chart of the Executive Branch of the Government
Press Releases
1953
51
1954
1955 January--April
1955 May--June
1955 July--kugust & undated
Progress Report as of December 31, 1954
Recommendations Calling for Administrative Action
Agriculture Department
Bureau of the Budget
Civil Service Commission
Department of the Defense
General Service Administration
Health, Education and Welfare
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Interior Department
Post Offices
President
Treasury Dept.
Veterans Bureau
Recommendations made by Commission
1954-1958
Undated
Research Memorandum (1-19)
52
Research Memorandum--Special and Miscellaneous
Salary & Expenses, 1956
Statements
1953-1957
Status of Hoover Report 1949-1953, Volumes 1-3
Status of Task Force Reports, 1955
Supplemental Budget Estimates and Justifications, undated
Transfer of Certain Agencies Between Departments, 1953-1954
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR THE HOOVER REPORT SERIES
Box Contents
52
Action Program Report, 1955-1956 & undated
Correspondence
Clare Francis
1953-1955
1956 January--October
1956 November-December
1957-1958
Editorials on Commission Work
1955 March--May
53
1955 June--September
Information Bulletin
1955
1956 January--February
1956 March--June
1956 July--November
1957 March--June
1957 July--October
1958
Minutes of Meetings, 1953-1956
News Releases
1953-1955
1956
1957-1958
Our Stake in a Better Government
Reorganization News, 1949-1958
Status of Hoover Report, 1947-1953 Volumes 1 & 2
54
Third National Reorganization Conference, February 5-7, 1957
Miscellaneous
1953-1956
1957-1958
1959-1960 & undated
Printed Matter (2 folders)
GENERAL FILE SERIES
Box Contents
54
Agriculture-Prospects of Foreign Disposal of Domestic Agricultural
Surpluses, 1955
Agriculture--Reorganization Plan #2, 1953-1954
55
Agriculture--Miscellaneous, 1953-1954 & undated
Appropriations--Fund unexpended "Control of Purse" Draft not used
1960 & undated
Appropriations--Budget and Time Extension
1954
1955
1956 and undated
Appropriation--"GARIOA" Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Year,
1948
1949
Bills in House and Senate,
1949-1954
1960
Bureau of the Budget, 1953-1959
Chamber of Commerce--Correspondence, 1955-1957 & undated
Chamber of Commerce
Testimony on Defense Appropriations, 1959
56
Testimony on Defense Reorganization, 1958
Testimony on Procurement 1959
Civil Service-Memos, Pamphlets, Statements
Citations-For Service in Commission, 1955
Congressional Record--Legislative Summary, 1956
Congressional Record--Legislative Survey, 1957-1958
Commission Comparisons--First and Second, 1955 & undated
Correspondence
Adams, Roger 1955 & undated
Adams, Sherman 1953-1955 and 1955-1956
Baldwin, Hanson 1955
Brassor, Frank 1953-1956
Bridges, Styles 1955 & undated
Brown, Clarence 1953-1958
Brownell, Herbert 1953-1955
Farley, James
1953-1954
57
1955-1958
Ferguson, Homer 1953-1955
Fleming, Arthur
1953
1954-1956
Francis, Clarence 1955-1957
Hayden, Carl 1956
Holifield, Chet
1953
1954 January
1954 February--December
1955
Hollister, Solomon C. 1953-1957
Hughes, Rowland 1955-1956
Kefauver, Estes 1955
Kennedy, Joseph P. 1953-1956
McClellan, John L. 1953-1958
MacNeil, Neil
1954
1955 January--July
1955 August--September
Undated
Mansure, Edmund 1953-1956
Metz, Harold 1953-1955
Moreell, Ben
1952-1958 & undated (Addresses)
1956 and undated (Miscellaneous)
1954 (Correspondence)
1955
1956-1958
Patman, Wright 1954-1955
Sawyer, Robert 1955 and undated
Shoemaker, Perry 1957-1958 (Addresses)
Smith, Alexander 1955
59
Storey, Robert
1953-1954
1955-1956
1957 & undated
Tuck, W. Hallam
1954
1955 May--July
1966 August & undated
Weeks, Sinclair 1953 & undated
Wilson, Charles E. 1953-1955
Wood, Henry 1955-1956
Democratic Digest
Articles 1955
Clippings 1955
Digests of Commission Reports
Federal Subsidies, 1953 & undated
Foreign Trade and Economic Study, 1953-1954
General Services Administration
Correspondence, 1955
Hearings before Subcommittee on Reorganization, 1956
60
Goverment Operation's Committee (House)
General, 1953-1956 & undated
Federal Real and Personal Property, 1958
Lending Agencies Hearings
Vol. I 1955
Vol. II 1955
Vol. III 1955
Military Supply Management Report, 1959
Reorganization Plan No. 6 Hearings, 1956
Government Operations Committee (Senate)
General, 1953-1957
Reports, 1956-1960
Hoover--
Calendar of Commission Activities, 1953 and 1954
Calendar of Committee Activities, 1955
Statements, Remarks, and Addresses
1950-1954
1955
1956-1957 & undated
Letters to President Eisenhower, 1954-1957
Original Writings on Task Force Considerations
Hoover Report--Status of Vol. II & III
Housing Agency--Albert Cole, 1954
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Hearings--Senate Committee, 1955
Kestnbaum Report
Progress Report on Second Hoover Commission
1956
1957-1958 & undated
Legislative History, 1954
Mitchell:
Sam Mitchell's Diary
Table of Contents and Summary, 1953
62
Correspondence, 1954
1952
1953 January--November
1953 December
Table of Contents, 1954
1954 January--February
1954 March
1954 April
1954 May 1-10
1954 May 13-24
1954 June
1954 July--August
1954 September
1954 October--November
63
1954 December
Table of Contents, 1955
1955 January--February
1955 March
1955 April--May
1955 June
Panama Canal Zone--Pro Forma Commission, Report 1955
Policy Action Commission Report--Drafts
Post Office Releases, 1953-1955
Post Office Study, 1953-1955
Postal Savings, 1953-1955
Post War Reconstruction--
Construction Industries, 1942-1945 & undated
64
Pamphlets, Data, etc.
1941
1942
1943 January--September
1943 October--December
1944 January--February
1944 March--June
1944 July--September
65
1944 October--December
1945 January
1945 March--September
Undated
Readers Digest Reprint--Three Billion Dollars a Year for Federal Waste
Reorganization
Correspondence with Government Agencies, 1953
Articles-Editors and the Federal Deficit, 1954
Articles on
"On Further Investigation--Looking to Reorganization
of Government"
"On Reducing Federal Waistline" 1951
"On Reorganization Proposals" 1952
"Organization of Federal Government" 1952
"Outlook for Further Reorganization" 1954
"President's Reorganization Plan #2 for the Dept. of
Agriculture" 1953
"Reconstruction Finance Corporation" 1951
"Reorganization of the Government" 1951
Plan #1 M.C. Smith and Calre Hoffman, 1953
Airmail Subsidy Plan--John F. Kennedy, 1953
President's Advisory Committee--Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1953-1954
President Eisenhower's Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1952-1953
Nominees for new Commission, 1953
Security Clearances, 1953-1954
66
Task Forces
List of Members, 1954 & undated
Method of Organization, 1954
Personnel Invitations, Acceptances, etc
Budgeting and Accounting
Business Organization of the Dept. of Defense
Business Organization of the Dept. of Defense-Subcommittee
on Personnel Problems
Central Intelligence Agency
Legal Services
Lending Agencies
Medical Services
Overseas Economic Operations
Paperwork Management
Personnel
Procurement
67
Real Property
Subsistence
Surplus Property
Water and Power Resources
Teapot Tempest, 1958
Temple University Study--Survey of Federal Reorganizations
Vol. I 1953
Vol. II 1953
War Council
1940-1942
1943-1944
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1953-1956
Miscellaneous Clippings, 1952-1956
Miscellaneous Photograghs
68
Miscellaneous --Printed Matter
Folder #1
Folder #2