--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... KENNETH RUSH FILES (WH Counsellor) ...DESCRIPTION... As Counsellor for Economic Policy to President Nixon, a position of Cabinet rank, Rush became the President's "primary adviser for and the coordinator of foreign and domestic economic policy". He was often called upon to mediate disputes between other presidential economic advisers, particularly Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon and Office of Management and Budget Director Roy L. Ash. His responsibilities included preparing and following-up on Economic Policy Memoranda (EPM) and Economic Decision Memoranda (EDM); reviewing and coordinating economic speeches, statements, messages, and press releases; and consulting with economists and business leaders outside of the administration. Rush also chaired the daily 8 a.m. meeting of key economic advisers and attended senior staff meetings at the White House. As Counsellor, he sat in on meetings of the National Security Council and served as chairman of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP), the President's Committee on East-West Trade Policy, and the President's Food Committee. After Gerald Ford assumed the presidency on August 9, 1974, Rush also became chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability and the presidential - congressional steering committee for the Conference on Inflation. On September 4, 1974, Ford named Rush as Ambassador to France and L. William Seidman assumed Rush's duties as White House economic adviser. The Rush files consist only of a small amount of material concerning his activities in the first month of the administration. Included are memoranda on food production and pricing, crude oil price equalization, wage and price policies, and the FY1975 budget. Since the files are so fragmentary, it appears that Rush may have transferred some of his files to other staff members upon leaving the White House. ...ABSTRACT... Fragmentary files concerning his work in cooridinating economic policy and advising President Ford on economic matters in the first three weeks of the Ford administration. Topics include: food production and pricing, crude oil price equalization, wage and price policies, and the FY1975 budget. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics LC SUBJECT TERM............ UNEP, UNPOB, United States--Economic policy, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977 BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1974 VOLUME..................... 0.3 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... Other collections with material on economic concerns include the Council of Economic Advisers records, the papers of Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns, the files of Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs L. William Seidman and his assistants, and several categories in the White House Central Files. ADDL UNDESC. ACCRETIONS.... N ...ARRANGEMENT... Arranged in a single subject file. PREFERRED CITATION......... Kenneth Rush Files, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 2-10-03-3 DATE OF OPENING............ 04/1982 CREATORS NAME.............. Rush Kenneth CONFORMING NAME............ Rush, Kenneth CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. P CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... Counsellors to the President: Counsellor to the President for Economic Policy CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... Unknown ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... Jan. 17, 1910 - Born, Walla Walla, WA 1930 - A.B. in history, University of Tennessee 1932 - LL.B., Yale University Law School 1932-36 - Associated with the law firm of Chadbourne, Stanchfield and Levy, New York 1936-37 - Assistant Professor, Duke University Law School 1936; 1937-69 - Union Carbide Corporation - Vice President, 1949-61; Executive Vice President, 1961-66; President, 1966-69; director, 1958-69; Executive Committee member, 1966-69; and Chairman of the General Operating Committee, 1965-69. 1964-69 - Director, Foreign Policy Association; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; President Johnson's Committee on Foreign Trade Policy; and U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Foreign Direct Investment. 1969-72 - Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany 1972-73 - Deputy Secretary of Defense 1973-74 - Deputy Secretary of State (including service as Acting Secretary) May - Sept. 1974 - Counsellor to the President for Economic Policy 1974-77 - Ambassador to France 1977- - Director, El Paso Company; Member, the Atlantic Council DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... President SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... When Rush left the White House, these materials were retired to White House Central Files oversize attachments. The Ford Library received them as part of Central Files. Originally accessioned as 77-NLF-107. ...RESTRICTIONS... Open. ...LITERARY RIGHT... Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. In addition Mr. Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyright interest in any other of his writings that might be included in this collection. The copyright interest to material written by other individuals or organizations is presumed to remain with them. WRITTEN PERMISSION......... N BOX........................ ******* RUSH FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Subject File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Memoranda concerning economic problems and recommendations for the 1975 budget; a transcript of Rush's testimony before the Senate Committee on the Budget; and a published transcript of the Conference on Inflation. Arranged alphabetically by subject. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1974 VOLUME..................... 0.3 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... A, Arranged alphabetically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... MEM, TRA, Memorandum, Transcript BOX........................ 1 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Cabinet Committee on Food Meeting, 8/16/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Food, Grain Sales, Agriculture BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 60 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600003 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Conference on Inflation - Transcript ...DESCRIPTION... Publication. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1974 ENDING DATE................ 09/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 140 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600004 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Crude Oil Price Equalization, 8/23/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Oil, Federal Regulation BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 15 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600005 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Economic Forecasts, 8/14/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 25 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600006 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Economic Policy Recommendations (1975 Budget), 8/12-13/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics, Inflation, Federal Budget BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 125 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600007 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... General Motors Price Hike, 8/16/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Automotive Industry, Wage and Price Policy BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 6 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600008 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Pan American Airlines - Financial Aid, 8/23/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Civil Aviation, Federal Aid BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 4 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600009 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Rush, Kenneth - Personal Correspondence SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 06/1974 ENDING DATE................ 09/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 12 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600010 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Senate Committee on the Budget - Rush Testimony, 8/14/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 85 RUSH SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 008600011 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-128 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Wage and Price Policies, 8/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Wage and Price Policy, Council on Wage and Price Stability BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 08/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 75 RUSH SUBJECT FILE ---------------