Taft, William Howard 1945- creator mixed material monographic eng 29,750 85 34 Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, daily records, and other papers documenting Taft's government service in the Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Ronald Reagan presidential administrations. Documents his work at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, and Dept. of Defense, particularly as legal adviser and assistant to Caspar W. Weinberger in many of the latter's cabinet positions. Also includes material relating to Taft's law practice with the firm Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin and Oppenheimer in Washington, D.C. Subjects include an investigation of the effectiveness of the FTC by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, meetings of the Domestic Council (U.S.) and the Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.), federal-state revenue sharing, effect of an aging population on entitlement programs, presidential impoundment of appropriated funds, tax expenditure analysis, the defense budget, economic effects of the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, welfare reform, negative income tax, school desegregation, swine flu vaccine liability, and national health insurance. Family correspondents include Helen Taft Manning, Barbara Hoult Bradfield Taft, John Thomas Taft, Julia Vadala Taft, Robert Taft (1917- ), and William Howard Taft (1915 Aug. 7- ). Other correspondents include Joseph Patrick Addabbo, Les Aspin, Chaplin B. Barnes, Terrel Howard Bell, Peter J. Brennan, Jack Brooks, Jonathan C. Brown, Frank Charles Carlucci, James H. Cavanaugh, Samuel M. Cohn, Lloyd N. Cutler, Robinson O. Everett, Lewis M. Helm, Michael Horowitz, Arthur B. Laffer, Russell B. Long, Forrest David Mathews, William A. Morrill, Tip O'Neill, Richard Norman Perle, Colin L. Powell, Melvin Price, Elliot L. Richardson, William V. Roth, John Derek Schoonmaker, Pat Schroeder, Carl R. Smith, Edward Byron Smith, Peter G. Stillman, David Alan Stockman, Charles M. Super, W. Paul Thayer, Strom Thurmond, John G. Tower, Caspar W. Weinberger, and Joseph Robert Wright. Restrictions apply. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Lawyer and government official. Known as William Howard Taft IV. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011046 Addabbo, Joseph Patrick 1925-1986 Correspondence Aspin, Les Correspondence Barnes, Chaplin B Correspondence Bell, Terrel H. (Terrel Howard) 1921-1996 Correspondence Brennan, Peter J 1918- Correspondence Brooks, Jack 1922-2012 Correspondence Brown, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Charles) 1942- Correspondence Carlucci, Frank Charles 1930- Correspondence Cavanaugh, James H. (James Henry) 1937- Correspondence Cohn, Samuel M. (Samuel Maurice) 1915-2005 Correspondence Cutler, Lloyd N Correspondence Everett, Robinson O Correspondence Ford, Gerald R 1913-2006 Helm, Lewis M 1931- Correspondence Horowitz, Michael Correspondence Laffer, Arthur B Correspondence Long, Russell B Correspondence Manning, Helen Taft 1891-1987 Correspondence Mathews, Forrest David 1935- Correspondence Morrill, William A. (William Ashley) 1930- Correspondence Nader, Ralph Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 1913-1994 O'Neill, Tip Correspondence Perle, Richard Norman 1941- Correspondence Powell, Colin L Correspondence Price, Melvin 1905-1988 Correspondence Reagan, Ronald Richardson, Elliot L 1920-1999 Correspondence Roth, William V 1921- Correspondence Schoonmaker, John Derek Correspondence Schroeder, Pat Correspondence Smith, Carl R. (Carl Richard) 1933- Correspondence Smith, Edward Byron 1944- Correspondence Stillman, Peter G Correspondence Stockman, David Alan 1946- Correspondence Super, Charles M Correspondence Taft, Barbara Hoult Bradfield 1917- Correspondence Taft, John Thomas 1950- Correspondence Taft, Julia Vadala Correspondence Taft, Robert 1917- Correspondence Taft, William Howard 1915 August 7- Correspondence Thayer, W. Paul 1919- Correspondence Thurmond, Strom 1902-2003 Correspondence Tower, John G. (John Goodwin) 1925-1991 Correspondence Weinberger, Caspar W Weinberger, Caspar W Correspondence Wright, Joseph Robert 1938- Correspondence Taft family United States. Department of Defense. United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. United States. Federal Trade Commission. United States. Office of Management and Budget. Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.) Domestic Council (U.S.) Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin and Oppenheimer. Entitlement spending United States Executive impoundment of appropriated funds United States Influenza vaccines National health insurance United States Negative income tax United States Older people United States Practice of law Washington (D.C.) Public welfare United States Revenue sharing United States School integration United States Swine influenza Tax and expenditure limitations United States Taxation United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States United States Appropriations and expenditures United States Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures United States Politics and government 1969-1974 United States Politics and government 1974-1977 United States Politics and government 1981-1989 Lawyers Public officials mm 89077559 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011046 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011046.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011046 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011046.3 Restrictions apply. DLC 890717 20260227111723.0 mm 89077559