William powell butz
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Earl L. Butz (White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files)
Abstract
The Presidential historical materials of Alexander P. Butterfield are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration under the provisions of Title I of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Act of 1974 (44 U.S.C. 2111 note) and implementing regulations. In accordance with the act and regulations, archivists reviewed this file group to identify personal and private materials (including materials outside the date span covered by the act) as well as nonhistorical items. Such items have been returned to the individual who has primary proprietary or commemorative interest in them.
Materials covered by the act have been archivally processed and are described in this register. Items that are security classified or otherwise restricted under the act and regulations have been removed and placed in a closed file. A Document Withdrawal Record (NA Form 14021) marks the original position of the withdrawn items. Employees of the National Archives will review periodically the unclas
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Earl L. Butz
U.S. secretary of agriculture
Earl L. Butz, who orchestrated a major change in federal farm policy as secretary of agriculture during the 1970s but came to be remembered more for a vulgar racial comment that brought about his resignation during the 1976 presidential election race, died Saturday in Washington. Mr. Butz, who lived in West Lafayette, Ind., was 98.
His death was announced by Purdue University, where he was dean of the College of Agriculture from 1957 to 1967. Randy Woodson, the current dean, told The Associated Press that had Mr. Butz died in his sleep while visiting his son William.
Serving under President Richard M. Nixon and his successor, Gerald R. Ford, Mr. Butz was a forceful, sharp-tongued figure who engineered legislation sharply reducing federal subsidies for farmers. He was the best known secretary of agriculture since Henry A. Wallace in the Depression days, when the federal government began to pay farmers to keep some of their cropland and livestock out of production in the face of plunging income.
Mr. Butz maintained that a free-market p
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Earl Butz
American government official
Earl Butz | |
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| In office December 2, 1971 – October 4, 1976 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Clifford M. Hardin |
| Succeeded by | John Knebel |
| Born | Earl Lauer Butz (1909-07-03)July 3, 1909 Albion, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 2008(2008-02-02) (aged 98) Kensington, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Powell (m. 1937; died 1995) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Purdue University, West Lafayette (BS, MS, PhD) |
Earl Lauer "Rusty"[1]Butz (July 3, 1909 – February 2, 2008) was a United States government official who served as the secretary of agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming and an end to New Deal programs.
Background
Butz was born in Albion, Indiana, and brought up on a dairy farm in Noble County, Indiana. He was the eldest of five children and worked on his parents' 160-acre (65 ha) farm
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