This volume celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Brownlow Committee report. President Roosevelt appointed the three-man committee in March of 1936; the report was submitted in January 1937. The President fully endorsed it, but Congress did not, and it was quickly labeled the 'dictator bill' because it granted broad reorganization powers to the President. Two years later, however, a similar plan was adopted and defined the responsibilities of the White House Office. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.
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This volume celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Brownlow Committee report. President Roosevelt appointed the three-man committee in March of 1936; the report was submitted in January 1937. The President fully endorsed it, but Congress did not, and it was quickly labeled the 'dictator bill' because it granted broad reorganization powers to the President. Two years later, however, a similar plan was adopted and defined the responsibilities of the White House Office. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.
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