1961 (May 4) White House Memo Criticizing Williams Emergency Transit Bill
White House memo from James M. Landis dated May 4, 1961 providing an in-depth critique of Senator Harrison Williams’ proposed Emergency Mass Transportation Act.
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1961 (Mar. 20) Statement by Sen. Williams on His Mass Transit Bill
Statement of Sen. Harrison Williams prepared in advance of the the March 20, 1961 Senate hearing on his urban mass transit bill, S. 345.
1961 (Mar.) BoB and Commerce Memos on Urban Mass Transportation Act
Memos from March 1961 expressing the views of the Bureau of the Budget and the Department of Commerce on Senator Harrison Williams’ bill S. 345, the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1961, and related urban…
1961 Commerce/HHFA Report to JFK on Urban Mass Transit (Draft)
Undated draft report prepared by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator and the Secretary of Commerce for President Kennedy on urban transportation.
1975 (May) Rail Antitrust Immunity Decision Memo for President Ford
Set of memos from May 1975 preparing President Ford to decide whether or not the Administration’s forthcoming railroad policy bill would contain antitrust immunity for discussion by railroad rate bureaus of general rate increases. USDOT,…
1970 White House Transportation Policy Group Meeting
White House memos relating to a December 1, 1970 meeting of the “Transportation Policy Group” – White House, OMB, and DOT officials together with outside academic experts and representatives from other federal agencies. A two-page…
1972 Veto Debate of Airport Expansion Bill and PFC Ban
This is a series of Nixon White House memos from October 1970 – Congress had presented the President with the enrolled bill S. 3755, the Airport Development Acceleration Act of 1970. The bill would have…
1970 (Dec. 9) Final OMB Memo on Highway Bill Conference
December 9, 1970 OMB memo detailing a December 8 conversation between OMB staff and the House Republican members of the conference committee on the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 (H.R. 19504), who were trying to…
1970 (Dec. 8) Memo of Phone Call With Conference Staff on Highway Bill
Memo of December 8, 1970 providing a record of a telephone call between a Nixon Administration official and the Republican staff of the House Public Works Committee indicating how the House-Senate conference committee on the…
1970 (Dec. 2) Draft OMB Letter to Highway Bill Conferees
Draft letter from OMB to the conferees on the 1970 highway bill (H.R. 19504) expressing Administration views on items in the bill. The attachment had already been given to the staffs of the Public Works…
1970 (Dec. 1) Summary of USDOT Views on Pending Highway Bill
December 1, 1970 update of this document from the Department of Transportation expressing whether not DOT’s views on each of the major issues in dispute in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 (H.R. 19504) had…
1970 (Nov.) Summary of DOT, OMB and WH Views on Pending Highway Bill
OMB memo from sometime in November 1970 giving detail of each major issue at stake in the pending highway bill (H.R. 19504) about to go before the House of Representatives and summarizing the OMB, DOT…