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Dr. S t e e l m a n - Naples, F l o r i d a
Re: q u e s t i o n of w h e r e an d w h e n "one a r m e d e c o n o m i s t " w a s f ir st
used.

Dr. S t e e l m a n w a s in P r e s i d e n t T r u m a n ' s o f f i c e o n e day p r o b a b l y
a r o u n d 1 9 4 7 a n d Dr. No ur se , C h a i r m a n of t he O f f i c e of E c o n o m i c
A d v i s o r s w a s in th e o f f i c e an d w as t e l l i n g Mr. T r u m a n s o m e t h i n g
a n d he w a s s a yi ng,
other hand

. . . ."

"On^ t h e o n e h a n d

. . ., b ut t h e n on th e

A f t e r he left he s a i d to Dr. S t e e lm an ,

th a t he d i d n ' t h a v e any ide a w h a t Dr. N o u r s e h a d said.
"John,

He said,

do y o u t h i n k y o u c o u l d f i n d me a o n e - a r m e d e c o n o m i s t ? "

T h i s is, he t h i n k s t h e fir st t i m e thi s t e r m h a d b e e n used.

P e r t e l e p h o n e cal l f r o m Dr.




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