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  • and inflation, hut ~orked more generally in areas of forecasting overall economic outlook, concentl'ating ;leavily on prices, inflation, this of proi.:;:, ::1. SOy't fl,1: v~a.ges, Compared to the Kennedy-Johnson Administration; can you give me some
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Baker -- IV -- 6 Kennedy for the presidency in 1960 and overhearing some of the conversations with Governor Stevenson. Johnson's reaction, to me, I think Johnson felt
  • the originator, or were you in on the beginning of the socalled Troika and the Quadriad? H: Yes. Let me tell you a little about that. Again, I may not have the exact dates, but these can be checked out from the memos in the Kennedy period. We, fairly early
  • step, and then got into private banking, only at the beginning of 1965. i1: How di d you happen to be sel ected as an under secretary of the treasury in 1961? R: I think that was the result of the effort the group with President Kennedy were making
  • : You've got a problem. Back under Kennedy, you plugged for a cut in taxes to stimulate the economy. Now then you are starting to plug for a tax increase to slow down the economy. A: Right. F: In both cases you are delayed because of the political