Author: Williams, Kenneth B.
Sort by: Date / Title Showing Items: 1 - 44 of 44Memorandum to Mr. Krost
Description:
Subject: Labor Developments Since the Outbreak of War
Date:
1942/01/23,
Citation:
Glazier, William and Williams, Kenneth B., 1942, Memorandum to Mr. Krost, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_05_0002.pdf
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Memorandum to Mr. Goldenweiser
Description:
Subject: A Suggested War Wage Policy
Date:
1942/06/22,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1942, Memorandum to Mr. Goldenweiser, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_05_0004.pdf
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To Messrs. Stark and Krost
Description:
Subject: Wage Stabilization and the Manpower Problem
Date:
1942/10/29,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1942, To Messrs. Stark and Krost, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/031_05_0006.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Messrs. Stark and Krost
Description:
Subject: Wage Stabilization and the Manpower Problem
Date:
1942/10/29,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1942, Memorandum to Messrs. Stark and Krost, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_05_0008.pdf
Authors:
Wage-Price Spiral
Description:
Includes charts (Factory Employment and Payrolls, Weekly Earnings and Costs of Factory Workers, and Wholesale Prices) and a table (Changes in Selected Prices, Wages, and Living Costs).
Date:
1943/02/09,
Citation:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), Byrnes, James F.? and Williams, Kenneth B., 1943, Wage-Price Spiral, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0001.pdf
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To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: 48-Hour Order: Conflict with Wage and Salary Stabilization Orders
Date:
1943/02/19,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1943, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/031_08_0007.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Prior Approval of Premium Payments for 48-Hour Week
Date:
1943/03/23,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1943, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0003.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Effects of "Hold the Line" Executive Order
Date:
1943/04/16,
Citation:
Krost, Martin and Williams, Kenneth B., 1943, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0004.pdf
Authors:
To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Effects of "Hold the Line" Executive Order
Date:
1943/04/16,
Citation:
Krost, Martin and Williams, Kenneth B., 1943, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/031_08_0011.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Mr. Thurston
Description:
Subject: Attached Letter and Pamphlet re: Chrysler Case. Attachments not included.
Date:
1943/08/10,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1943, Memorandum to Mr. Thurston, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0005.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Current Union Efforts to Break the Wage Stabilization Line. Includes attached memorandum.
Date:
1944/02/11,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0008.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Leon Henderson's Analysis of the Baruch Report. The memorandum is mostly comprised of quotes from Mr. Henderson's report.
Date:
1944/02/24,
Citation:
Henderson, Leon and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/046_12_0002.pdf
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To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Postwar Employment: Summary of Estimates Obtained from Leading Employers. Includes attached memorandum and tables. Tables 3 and 5 are not included.
Date:
1944/02/28,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/033_01_0001.pdf
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Correspondence with Edmond E. Lincoln
Description:
Correspondence regarding post-war inflation and employment; includes internal correspondence between Thurston and Williams to help draft Eccles' response; includes Eccles' reply; Thurston wrote "not sent" on Eccles' reply.
Date:
1944/03/02,
Citation:
Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977, Thurston, Elliott and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Correspondence with Edmond E. Lincoln, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_05_0001.pdf
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Summary of Price Control Developments
Description:
Overview of actions taken to stabilize prices during World War II including actions by the Office of Price Administration and Office of Economic Stabilization; includes three tables depicting economic indicators and costs of war and note of transmittal.
Date:
1944/03/17,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Summary of Price Control Developments, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_03_0001.pdf
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Draft of Statement by Chairman Eccles Before the House Banking and Currency Committee
Description:
Draft of Eccles' statement before House Banking and Currency Committee regarding the extension of the Emergency Price Control Act, prepared by Musgrave and Williams; note on page 1 reads, "Hearing called off."
Date:
1944/04/18,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Draft of Statement by Chairman Eccles Before the House Banking and Currency Committee, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_03_0004.pdf
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Notes on the Subsidy Program
Description:
Document describing differences between differential and general subsidies as methods for controlling inflation; includes table depicting estimates for labor force and output for 1939 and 1947; also includes memo by Williams titled "The Subsidy Issue."
Date:
1944/04/19,
Citation:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)? and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Notes on the Subsidy Program, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_03_0005.pdf
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To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Postwar Foreign Demand for American Goods--1945 and 1946. Includes preliminary memorandum and appendix.
Date:
1944/09/09,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/033_01_0002.pdf
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To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Includes a letter to Judge Samuel I. Rosenman for the Chairman's signature, and attached memorandum "Postwar Employment Program."
Date:
1944/09/18,
Citation:
Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977, Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/005_11_0004.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Payroll Taxes for Social Security. Handwritten note in upper left corner of first page.
Date:
1944/12/05,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/026_07_0009.pdf
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Social Security Finance- Present Law and Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill
Description:
Summary of current laws related to social security, compared to S. 1161, proposed legislation to expand the program.
Date:
1944/12/05,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Social Security Finance- Present Law and Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/026_07_0010.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Report on CIO Convention in Chicago. Includes a handwritten note from Elliott Thurston.
Date:
1944/12/14,
Citation:
Thurston, Elliott and Williams, Kenneth B., 1944, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0009.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Overview and analysis of Murray Full Employment Act.
Date:
1945/02/17,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1945, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/067_04_0002.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Comments on "Providing for Unemployed Workers in the Transition", by R. A. Lester for C.E.D.
Date:
1945/04/11,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1945, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0010.pdf
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Letter to Marriner S. Eccles
Description:
Letter from Lewis Merrill regarding the plight of salaried workers. Includes memoranda between Mr. Thurston, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Leonard. Include replies from Mr. Thurston to Mr. Merrill; enclosure not included.
Date:
1945/04/xx,
Citation:
Leonard, Robert F., Thurston, Elliott and Williams, Kenneth B., 1945, Letter to Marriner S. Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/080_17_0045.pdf
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To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Third Quarter Report of Director Vinson of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Includes a note from Elliott Thurston.
Date:
1945/08/04,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A., Thurston, Elliott and Williams, Kenneth B., 1945, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/032_03_0001.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Recent Developments Regarding the Murray Full Employment Bill.
Date:
1945/08/29,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1945, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/067_04_0009.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Recent Developments Regarding the Murray Full Employment Bill. Attachments not included.
Date:
1945/08/29,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1945, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_06_0011.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Wage-Price Policy. Includes attached memorandum: "The Wage-Price Problem."
Date:
1946/02/04,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_07_0001.pdf
Authors:
To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Wage-Price Policy. Includes attachment.
Date:
1946/02/04,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/032_09_0001.pdf
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Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Material for Testimony on OPA Extension; includes draft of testimony, tables with economic data, and testimony by OPA and Chester Bowles; not all attachments are included.
Date:
1946/02/18,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_10_0001.pdf
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Letter to Marriner S. Eccles
Description:
Letter from Mabel Beale regarding Eccles' statement on the need to quickly resolve labor disputes; includes Eccles' reply; includes note of transmittal from Williams to Thurston.
Date:
1946/04/09,
Citation:
Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977 and Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Letter to Marriner S. Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_13_0008.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: OPA Extension Amendments; contains several memos regarding price control legislation; includes drafts for Eccles' testimony before Senate Committee and summary of the House bill.
Date:
1946/04/16,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_12_0001.pdf
Authors:
Postwar Economic Studies No. 4 - Prices, Wages, and Employment
SUDOC:
FR 1.27:4
OCLC:
2659726
Citation:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), Ellis, Howard S., Hardy, Charles O. and Williams, Kenneth B., ([year]), Postwar Economic Studies No. 4 - Prices, Wages, and Employment, [issue title/date], accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/bog_publications/pes_4_1946.pdf
Authors:
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
- Ellis, Howard S.
- Hardy, Charles O.
- Williams, Kenneth B.
Topics:
Related Publications:
- Postwar Economic Studies No. 1 - Jobs, Production, and Living Standards
- Postwar Economic Studies No. 2 - Agricultural Adjustment and Income
- Postwar Economic Studies No. 3 - Public Finance and Full Employment
- Postwar Economic Studies No. 5 - Private Capital Requirements
- Postwar Economic Studies No. 6 - Housing, Social Security, and Public Works
- Postwar Economic Studies No. 7 - International Monetary Policies
- Postwar Economic Studies No. 8 - Federal Reserve Policy
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Strike Control Legislation. The memorandum analyzes the Case bill and the Truman bill.
Date:
1946/05/31,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_07_0002.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Senate Amendments to the Truman Strike Control Bill
Date:
1946/06/10,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_07_0003.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: OPA Bill; includes draft of statement to be issued by Federal Reserve Board regarding final version of OPA Bill to emerge from Senate.
Date:
1946/06/12,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/066_12_0004.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Appointment of the Joint Committee under the Full Employment Act. Includes list of appointees to the committee from both the House and the Senate.
Date:
1946/07/05,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_07_0004.pdf
Authors:
To Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act
Date:
1946/07/31,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1946, To Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/008_08_0007.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Union and Nonunion Wages. Includes tables comparing relative wages and wage increases for union and non-union personnel for 1939 and 1947.
Date:
1947/05/13,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1947, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_08_0001.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Includes a memorandum on the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill.
Date:
1947/06/11,
Citation:
Thomas, Woodlief and Williams, Kenneth B., 1947, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_08_0003.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Tax Reduction in 1948. Includes attachments: Tax Program for 1948; Exhibit 1: Income Outlook for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1949; Exhibit 2: Budget Outlook for Fiscal 1949. Handwritten note in upper left corner of first page.
Date:
1947/09/17,
Citation:
Musgrave, Richard A., Stettner, Walter F. and Williams, Kenneth B., 1947, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/026_10_0009.pdf
Authors:
Memorandum to Chairman Eccles
Description:
Subject: Speech by Mr. Clarence W. Avery, "Industrial Relations and the Taft-Hartley Law."
Date:
1947/10/07,
Citation:
Williams, Kenneth B., 1947, Memorandum to Chairman Eccles, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/030_08_0005.pdf
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To Mr. Carpenter
Description:
Includes memorandum "Visual-Auditory Presentation," basis for the staff presentation of the economic situation to the Directors of the International Monetary Fund.
Date:
1950/05/17,
Citation:
Garfield, Frank R., Gehman, Clayton, Jones, Homer, Szymczak, Matthew S., Williams, Kenneth B., Youngdahl, Richard and Young, Ralph A., 1950, To Mr. Carpenter, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed Jun 18, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/035_08_0002.pdf
Authors:
