COLLECTION FINDING AID



JUDITH R. HOPE FILES, 1974-77

Associate Director for Transportation
Domestic Council




SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Prominent topics include domestic and international aviation, Department of Transportation budgets, highways, motor vehicle safety and energy efficiency, railroads, trucking, mass transit, domestic waterways and transportation industries regulatory reform. There is a small file on federal paperwork reduction.

QUANTITY
18.4 linear feet (ca. 36,800 pages)

DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession numbers 77-27, 77-107, 82-2)

ACCESS
Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT
Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by William McNitt, February 1980
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INTRODUCTION

Judith Richards Hope, a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard Law School, was associated with law firms in Washington, DC and California. She also spent one year as deputy director of the California Rural Development Corporation before joining the Domestic Council.

Hope was appointed to the Domestic Council Staff on a part-time basis as a consultant in October 1975. In her first few months she handled policy studies on paperwork reduction, antitrust matters, and prison reform. In January 1976 she was named Associate Director for Transportation and served in that position until the end of the administration.

While most of Hope's materials date from 1976-1977 she inherited earlier files from both her predecessors, Michael Raoul-Duval and Stephen G. McConahey. Raoul-Duval was in charge of transportation as Associate Director for Natural Resources until May 1975, then became Associate Director for Energy and Transportation. McConahey was hired as an assistant to Raoul-Duval in September 1975 and was named Associate Director for Transportation upon Raoul-Duval's departure from the Domestic Council in October. In January 1976 McConahey became Associate Director for Intergovernmental Affairs and Judith Hope took over transportation.

As Associate Director for Transportation, Hope handled policy formulation and policy coordination in the transportation area. She worked closely with officials in the Department of Transportation, the Office of Management and Budget, and other government agencies on the development of Ford administration legislative proposals, analysis of bills before Congress, drafting briefing materials for the President, and coordinating the administration's response to issues that developed. For the most part Hope handled only the domestic aspects of transportation issues and not matters relating to international policy.

This collection documents Hope's work with the Domestic Council both as a consultant and as an Associate Director. The paperwork reduction subject file and several folders in the general subject file relate to her work as consultant. The transportation files relate to the movement of both people and freight by airplanes, boats, motor vehicles, and trains.

Throughout the administration the Ford White House was very active in transportation matters. One of the main thrusts of the Ford regulatory program was in easing controls over transportation industries and bills reforming the regulation of airlines and railroads were passed by Congress in 1975 and 1976. Paul Leach of the Domestic Council handled most regulatory reform matters, but Judith Hope and her predecessors shared responsibility with him for proposals relating to the transportation industries.

Hope's work on regulatory reform of the transportation industries is documented by memoranda between her and other government officials, correspondence from companies affected by the changes, copies of legislative proposals, analyses of bills before Congress, and Congressional testimony. Other major transportation topics include the development of the National Transportation Plan, the bombing at La Guardia airport, restrictions on aviation noise, the budget of the Department of Transportation, highway construction, the Marine Affairs Council, labor agreements with transit unions, Amtrak, and Conrail.

Hope's files consist of correspondence with local transportation officials and executives of transportation corporations, memoranda between Hope and her White House colleagues or other Federal officials, press releases, briefing papers, referral sheets, Congressional testimony, budget proposals, reports, publications and newspaper clippings. Most of Hope's mail from the general public was referred to the Department of Transportation for a reply.

Related Materials (February 1980)
Researchers should consult the transportation files of Michael Raoul-Duval and Stephen G. McConahey for additional materials which they did not pass on to Judith Hope. Another collection containing related material is the Domestic Council files of Paul Leach who handled regulatory reform. Hope worked briefly on Indian Affairs before taking over responsibility for transportation issues and a small amount of Hope material on Indians can be found in the Janet Brown series of the Arthur Quern files.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

General Subject File, 1974-77.  (Boxes 1-10, 4.0 linear feet)
Correspondence with local transportation officials, transportation organizations, and the general public; memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Management and Budget; press releases; briefing papers; briefing books; referral sheets; and publications. Most of the correspondence from the general public was referred to the Department of Transportation and not responded to by Ms. Hope. Major topics of this series include the day-to-day operations of the Domestic Council, Hope's speeches and trips, the Domestic Council public forums, the Department of Transportation, and general transportation matters such as the National Transportation Plan.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Airline Subject File, 1974-77. (Boxes 11-18, 3.2 linear feet)
Correspondence, mainly with airline company officials; memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members, the Department of Transportation, the Office of Management and Budget, the Council on International Economic Policy, and the Civil Aeronautics Board; reports; presentations by airlines to the C.A.B.; press releases; and publications. Major topics include the Aviation Act of 1975, airline regulatory reform, international aviation policy, the bombing at La Guardia airport, and the individual airline companies.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Aviation Noise Subject File, 1976-77. (Boxes 19-22, 1.6 linear feet)
Testimony; policy statements; memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members, the Department of Transportation, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Council on International Economic Policy; press releases; and newspaper clippings. This series contains only a small amount of correspondence and most of that is copies of letters from airlines to the Department of Transportation. Major topics include aviation noise and the problem of financing either the retrofit or replacement of older airplanes.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Department of Transportation Budget File, 1974-77. (Boxes 23-24, 0.8 linear feet)
Memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members, budget proposals, and responses by D.O.T. to questions submitted by Congress. Most of the materials in this file are copies of documents created by the D.O.T. or the Office of Management and Budget, so there is little original material.

Arranged by fiscal year (FY 1976-78) and thereunder alphabetically by subject.

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Highways Subject File, 1974-76. (Boxes 25-26, 0.8 linear feet)
Correspondence with highway and transportation officials; memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Management and Budget; reports; press releases; and publications. Major topics include the Highway Act of 1975, highway safety, repair of roads damaged during construction of the Alaska pipeline, and other highway construction projects.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Marine Affairs Subject File, 1975-76. (Boxes 27-28, 0.8 linear feet)
Correspondence with maritime organizations, memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members or the Department of Transportation, reports, press releases, and publications. Major topics include extension of American jurisdiction to 200 miles from the coasts, waterway user charges, navigability, the Marine Affairs Council, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the Coast Guard.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Mass Transit Subject File, 1974-76. (Boxes 29-33, 2.0 linear feet)
Correspondence with local mass transit officials, memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members or the Department of Transportation, reports, press releases, and publications. Major topics include subways, buses, commuter trains, rural transit, specific local transportation projects, and the controversy over section 13© of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 which covers labor agreements with transit unions.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Motor Vehicle Subject File, 1974-77. (Boxes 34-38, 2.0 linear feet)
Correspondence with officials of automobile companies and trucking firms, memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members or the Department of Transportation, reports, press releases, and publications. Major topics include the Interagency Task Force on Motor Vehicle Goals Beyond 1980, trucking industry regulatory reform, the 55 m.p.h. speed limit, no-fault insurance, airbags, and traffic safety. A small amount of material relates to the busing of school children, although that was only marginally a transportation issue.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Paperwork Reduction Subject File, 1975-76. (Box 39, 0.4 linear feet)
Correspondence and memoranda from other members of the White House staff and officials of government agencies and departments, reports, and publications concerning the work of the Commission on Federal Paperwork and an attempt by Hope to determine which government reports were believed unnecessary by the departments and agencies.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Railroad Subject File, 1974-76. (Boxes 40-42, 1.2 linear feet)
Correspondence with officials of railroad companies; memoranda between Hope and other White House staff members, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Management and Budget; reports; press releases; and publications. Major topics include Amtrak, Conrail, the Rail Transportation Improvement Act, the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, and individual railroad companies.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Reference File, 1974-76. (Box 43-45, 1.2 linear feet)
Publications received by Hope during her service with the Domestic Council. One third of these relate to the federal budget for FY 1976 and 1977 and the others relate to such subjects as consumer affairs, President Ford's voting record in Congress, and intergovernmental relations. Some items were removed from this file and transferred to the Ford Library book collection. (See transfer sheets in last folder).

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Oversize Materials File, 1974-76. (Box 46, 0.4 linear feet)
Two oversize items removed from other series. One relates to the National Transportation Plan and the other to mass transit in Seattle.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - General Subject File

  • Alaska Pipeline
    - Background
    - Correspondence
    - Interim Report of Fact Finding Team: Two Copies (1)-(4)
  • American Public Transit Association
  • Antitrust
  • Beach Cleanup
  • Budget Message - Press Releases and Publications

Box 2 - General Subject File

  • Coal Transportation
  • Complaints
  • Delta Queen - H.R. 13326
  • Department of Transportation
    - Energy Policy (1)-(3)
    - Internal Regulatory Review
    - Legislative Program
    - Legislative Reports (1)-(2)

Box 3 - General Subject File

  • District of Columbia Commuter Tax
  • Domestic and Foreign Policy Update
  • Environmental Protection Agency - Budget, FY 1977 (1)-(4)
  • Hope, Judith
    - Speech to the Transportation Association of America, 6/8/76
    - Trip to Detroit, 3/9/76

Box 4 - General Subject File

  • Hope, Judith
    - Trip to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, 3/19-28/76 (1)-(2)
    - Trip to New York, 4/76
    - Trip to Boston, 8/30-31/76
    - Trip to San Francisco, 10/26/76
    - Trip to Chicago, 10/29/76
  • House and Senate Floor Schedules (1)-(2)
  • Indianapolis Public Forum
  • International Women's Year

Box 5 - General Subject File

  • Interstate Commerce Commission
  • Issues (1)-(3)
  • Laird / Cole Briefing Book, 1973 (1)-(2)
  • Legislation - Staffing
  • Los Angeles Public Forum

Box 6 - General Subject File

  • Metropolitan Transportation Initiative
  • Miscellaneous
  • National Governor's Conference
  • National Growth and Development Report
  • National Transportation Plan - Draft (1)-(3)
  • National Transportation Policy (1)-(2)
  • National Transportation Week

Box 7 - General Subject File

  • Newark Transportation Report
  • President Ford's Two Year Report
  • Prison Reform - Memos and Correspondence
  • Prison Reform - Publications (1)-(2)
  • Question and Answer Briefing Sheets
  • Referrals (1)-(3)

Box 8 - General Subject File

  • Referrals (4)-(10)

Box 9 - General Subject File

  • Referrals (11)-(12)
  • Renegotiation Act
  • Safety
  • State of the Union (1)-(2)
  • Transportation Message
  • Urban Development and Neighborhood Revitalization, President's Committee on Urban Policy
  • Value Capture
  • War Risk Insurance (1)

Box 10 - General Subject File

  • War Risk Insurance (2)
  • Watch List (1)-(3)
  • White House - Administration
  • White House - Initiatives
  • White House - Memos
  • White House - Press Releases
  • Women in the Department of Transportation

Box 11 - Airline Subject File

  • Air Freight
  • Airline Fares
  • Air Transportation Association
  • Airline Industry Financial Analysis
  • Airline Regulatory Reform (1)-(5)
  • Airline Safety

Box 12 - Airline Subject File

  • Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments of 1975
  • Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments of 1975 - Signing Ceremony
  • Allegheny Airlines
  • American Airlines
  • Atlanta Airport Grant
  • Aviation Act of 1975 (1)-(3)

Box 13 - Airline Subject File

  • Aviation Act of 1975 (4)-(7)
  • Aviation Act of 1975
    - Civil Aeronautics Board Testimony (1)-(2)
    - Department of Transportation Testimony
    - Legislative Strategy
  • Aviation Fees
  • Aviation Policy Office

Box 14 - Airline Subject File

  • Boeing
  • Braniff International
  • Charter Floor Case
  • Charter Minimum Rates
  • Civil Aeronautics Board (1)-(3)
  • Civil Aeronautics Board - Advance Booking Charter Rule
  • Civil Aeronautics Board - Presidential 801 Review
  • Commuter Airlines
  • Concorde Supersonic Transport (1)-(2)
  • Continental Airlines
  • Delta

Box 15 - Airline Subject File

  • Domestic Airlines Proposal
  • Eastern Airlines
  • Elderly and Handicapped
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Federal Express (1)-(3)
  • Freight Forwarders
  • Frontier Airlines
  • General Aviation Manufacturers Association
  • Hijacking
  • Hollywood - Burbank Airport
  • Hughes Airwest
  • International Air Transport Association
  • International Aviation Policy (1)

Box 16 - Airline Subject File

  • International Aviation Policy (2)-(3)
  • La Guardia Airport Explosion
  • La Guardia Airport Explosion - Federal Aviation Administration Report
  • Microwave Landing System
  • Miscellaneous
  • National Air Carriers Association - Annual Reports
  • National Airlines
  • No-Fault Aviation Insurance
  • North Central Airlines
  • Northwest Airlines
  • Northwest Orient Airlines

Box 17 - Airline Subject File

  • Ozark Airlines
  • Pacific Southwest Airlines
  • Pan American World Airways (1)-(2)
  • Pan American World Airways - Employees
  • Pan American World Airways - Iran
  • Pan American World Airways - TWA Route Swap (1)-(2)
  • Pan American World Airways - War Risk Insurance
  • Piedmont Airlines

Box 18 - Airline Subject File

  • St. Louis Airport
  • Seaboard World Airways
  • Southern Airways
  • Strikes and Slowdowns
  • Texas International
  • Trans World Airlines
  • Transatlantic Route Case
  • United Airlines
  • Western Airlines

Box 19 - Aviation Noise Subject File

  • Aviation Noise Financing Hearing
  • Draft Memos
  • Federal Aviation Regulation Part 36 - Environmental Impact Statement
  • Noise - Background Materials (1)-(2)

Box 20 - Aviation Noise Subject File

  • Noise - Background Materials (3)-(9)
  • Noise Control Policy (1)

Box 21 - Aviation Noise Subject File

  • Noise Control Policy (2)
  • Retrofit - Background Materials (1)-(2)
  • Retrofit - Correspondence (1)-(4)

Box 22 - Aviation Noise Subject File

  • Retrofit - Correspondence (5)-(11)
  • Retrofit - Notes
  • Staffing on Cannon Decision Memo

Box 23 - Department of Transportation Budget File

  • DOT Budget FY 1976
    - Director's Review
  • DOT Budget FY 1977
    - Budget Appeals
    - Budget Estimates: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
    - Director's Review
    - DOT Answers: Assistant Secretary for Administration
    - DOT Answers: Office of Civil Rights
    - DOT Answers: Coast Guard
    - DOT Answers: Environment, Safety and Consumer Affairs
    - DOT Answers: Federal Aviation Administration
    - DOT Answers: Federal Highway Administration
    - DOT Answers: Materials Transportation Bureau
    - DOT Answers: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Box 24 - Department of Transportation Budget File

  • DOT Budget FY 1977
    - DOT Answers: St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
    - DOT Answers: Systems Development and Technology
    - DOT Answers: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
    - Miscellaneous
    - Presidential Review
    - Spring Planning Review
  • DOT Budget FY 1978
    - Fall Review Process
    - Miscellaneous
    - Presidential Review
    - Spring Planning Review (1)-(2)

Box 25 - Highways Subject File

  • Alaska Highways
  • Dulles Airport Access Road
  • Federal Highway Administration Briefing Book
  • Highway Act of 1973
  • Highway Act of 1975 (1)-(3)

Box 26 - Highways Subject File

  • Highway Act of 1976
  • Highway Legislation
  • Highways - Unified Transportation Assistance Program
  • Los Angeles Highways
  • Miscellaneous
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • New York City - Westside Highway
  • Oakland, CA - Freeway
  • Portland, OR - Highway
  • Railroad - Highway Demonstration Project
  • Roadside Billboards
  • Safety
  • Waggoner, Joe - Meeting With, 10/3/75

Box 27 - Marine Affairs Subject File

  • Alton Locks and Dam
  • Coast Guard
  • Coast Guard - Aircraft
  • Coast Guard Military Aide to the President
  • Council of Lake Erie Ports
  • Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway (1)-(2)
  • Hudson River Tolls
  • Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire - Background

Box 28 - Marine Affairs Subject File

  • Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire - Correspondence
  • Marine Affairs Council - Background
  • Marine Affairs Council - Correspondence
  • Navigability
  • New Brunswick, NJ - Bridge
  • Oceans
  • Two Hundred Mile Limit
  • Waterway User Charges

Box 29 - Mass Transit Subject File

  • Atlanta
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit District (B.A.R.T.)
  • California Mass Transit
  • Denver
  • Detroit
  • Handicapped
  • Los Angeles - Correspondence and Memos
  • Los Angeles - Publications (1)-(3)

Box 30 - Mass Transit Subject File

  • Mass Transit - General (1)-(2)
  • National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • People Mover (1)-(2)
  • Rural Transit (1)-(2)

Box 31 - Mass Transit Subject File

  • San Francisco
  • Seattle - Correspondence and Memos
  • Seattle - Publications (1)-(3)
  • Southern California Rapid Transit District
    - Correspondence and Memos
    - Publications
  • Taxicabs
  • Transbus

Box 32 - Mass Transit Subject File

  • Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
  • Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
    - Section 13c Background
    - Section 13c Correspondence (1)-(5)

Box 33 - Mass Transit Subject File

  • Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
    - Section 13c Correspondence (6)-(7)
    - Section 13c Pending
  • Urban Mass Transportation Administration
  • Urban Mass Transportation Administration - Grants
  • Washington, D.C. - METRO (1)-(2)

Box 34 - Motor Vehicle Subject File

  • Airbags - Background (1)-(4)
  • Airbags - Correspondence (1)-(2)
  • Automotive Emissions and Fuel Economy Review
  • Busing - Background

Box 35 - Motor Vehicle Subject File

  • Busing - Correspondence
  • Catalytic Converter
  • Clean Air Amendments of 1976
  • Fuel Consumption
  • General Motors Corporation (1)-(3)
  • Interagency Task Force on Motor Vehicle Goals Beyond 1980
  • Interagency Task Force on Motor Vehicle Goals Beyond 1980
    - Air Quality
    - Automotive Manufacturing and Maintenance (1)

Box 36 - Motor Vehicle Subject File

  • Interagency Task Force on Motor Vehicle Goals Beyond 1980
    - Automotive Manufacturing and Maintenance (2)
    - Fuel and Materials Resources
    - Marketing and Mobility
    - National Industrial and Consumer Economics
    - Safety
  • Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform - Background (1)-(3)

Box 37 - Motor Vehicle Subject File

  • Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform - Correspondence (1)-(3)
  • Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform - Notes
  • Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 105-75
  • Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 121 (1)-(4)

Box 38 - Motor Vehicle Subject File

  • Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222
  • National Traffic and Motor Safety Act of 1966
  • No-Fault Insurance (1)-(3)
  • School Bus Safety
  • Speed Limit - 55 m.p.h. (1)-(2)
  • Tire Grading Standards
  • Trucking Industry

Box 39 - Paperwork Reduction Subject File

  • Agency Responses (1)-(5)
  • Correspondence
  • Drafts
  • Miscellaneous
  • Paperwork, Commission on

Box 40 - Railroad Subject File

  • Amtrak (1)-(4)
  • Amtrak - Publications
  • Chessie and Southern Railroads - Negotiations
  • Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

Box 41 - Railroad Subject File

  • Conrail
  • Conrail - Maps
  • Federal Railroad Administration
  • Hutchinson, John G.
  • Miscellaneous (1)-(3)
  • Northeast Corridor (1)-(2)

Box 42 - Railroad Subject File

  • Rail Transportation Improvement Act
  • Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
  • Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
    - Implementation
    - Signing Ceremony (1)-(3)
  • Southern Pacific Company
  • Southern Railway
  • Union Pacific Corporation

Box 43 - Reference File

  • Budget FY 1976 - Publications (1)-(2)
  • Budget FY 1977 - Publications (1)-(3)

Box 44 - Reference File

  • Civil Rights - Publication
  • Consumer Affairs - Publications (1)-(2)
  • Economics - Publications
  • Ford Voting Record in Congress

Box 45 - Reference File

  • Intergovernmental Relations - Publications
  • Law - Publications
  • Miscellaneous - Publications
  • Nuclear Energy and Weapons - Publications
  • Philanthropy - Publications
  • Public Management - Publications
  • Items Transferred to the Book Collection

Box 46 - Oversize Materials File

  • National Transportation Plan Draft, Nov. 19, 1976 (see box 6)
  • Seattle - Publications (see box 31)