Description
The Budget of the United States Government, fiscal year 1973-1978, from the library of Treasury Secretary Paul H. O’Neill. The 1977 Budget is inscribed by President Gerald R. Ford to Paul O’Neill.
This set includes six fiscal budgets and six appendices. All bound in quarter green morocco, title stamped in gilt on spine, marbled leafends, gray endpapers. All volumes free of notable wear or markings. The budget volumes measure 6″ x 9.5″. The quarto budget appendices measure 9.75″ x 11.5″.
The 1977 Budget is inscribed by President Ford: “To my very good friend, Paul O’Neill, with gratitude for your outstanding work in making the F.Y. 77 Budget the very best and with appreciation of your dedication, expertise and loyalty. Warmest best wishes. Jerry Ford.”
The Gerald R. Ford presidential holds identical volumes of this work, from 1976-1981, which were given to President Gerald Ford during his presidency. Many of the copies in the Ford library bear the signature of President Ford or President Carter.
This set is from the library of Paul O’Neill (1935-2020) who served as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from January 2001 to December 2002 under President George W. Bush. Before his government role, he was chairman and CEO of Alcoa from 1987 to 1999. O’Neill joined the Office of Management in Budget (OMB) in 1967, serving as its deputy director from 1974 – 1977, before returning to the private sector when Gerald R. Ford lost the 1976 election. O’Neill joined the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation in 1981, serving until his death in 2020. O’Neill was known for his outspoken views on economic policy and opposition to the Bush administration’s tax cuts. His tenure was marked by tensions with other officials, and he was asked to resign in December 2002. After leaving office, he criticized the administration’s decision-making process in the 2004 book The Price of Loyalty.
