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•EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT BUREAU OF THE BUDGET W A S H IN G T O N , 2 5 . D . C . MBMORAHDOM FOE THE PEESID13I? m 151946 Subjecti The Employment Bill of 1946 I am sanding to Mr. Latta todsy ay report on the enrolled bill, 3* 380, the laployment 8111 of 1946, which Is before you for your con sideration. the report contains a survey of administrative problems to be solved whm the bill becomes lew, and a general reference to these problems Is included in the statement proposed for issuance iften and If you sign the bill* Ihen the appointments to the Eoonosic Council are made, X suggest you address letters to these appointees, to members of the Cabinet, and to the Budget Director, In vbleh you outline in mere specific terse the way in which, during the early stages of activity under this Act, you expect the Economic Council to cooperate with your other advisers on econcsdc and fiscal matters. If you wish, X shall draft for your con sideration the substance of such letters at an early date* After ease experience with the operation of the Sconomle Council, you may then find It desirable to issue an executive order in which you formalise the assignments to, and the working arrangements between, the various divisions in the Executive Office, Such an executive order may also be used as a vehicle for introducing some other desirable improve ments in the Executive Office* It will also be neoessery to consider the arrangements that must be made within various operating departments for program planning and for preparing statistical material needed for an effective full employment policy. It may be necessary to recommend to Congress supplemental ap propriations for these purposes* Arrangements must be made for consultation with representatives of industry, agriculture, labor, business, consumers, State and local govern ments, and other groups as provided by the bill. Ton may not want to make a final decision on these arrangements before you have had an opportunity to discuss them with the appointees to the Economic Council* X shall submit to you an outline of possible ways in which these arrangements can be made* Director.
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