Rufus E. Miles Campaign to Form a Seperate Cabinet Level Department of Education, 1964-1980

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This series includes a copy of the "Report of the President's Task Force on Government Reorganization" (Nov.1964) which recommended a cabinet level Department of Education; documents by former Secretary of HEW, Marion Folsom, opposing a separate Department; materials dealing with Miles' association with the American Council on Education and lobbying efforts on Jimmy Carter regarding this issue; Miles' testimony before Congress; correspondence with Shirley Hufstedler, the first Secretary of the Department of Education; Miles' articles, speeches etc. on this subject. Copies of and materials related to his studies The Department of Health Education and Welfare (1974) and A Cabinet Department of Education (1976) are contained here.

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