The reminiscences of Bernard L. Gladieux

Government official, management consultant. Topics include: early life and education, Oberlin College and Maxwell School, Syracuse University; administrative consultant in federal government, 1936-40; Chief, special staff on war organization, Bureau of the Budget, 1939-42; administration and budgetary management of the executive branch in wartime; preparation of executive orders for president; formation, operation, and budgets of Office of Production Management, Board of Economic Welfare, Supply Priorities and Allocation Board, War Production Board, Co-ordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Defense Transportation, Office of Strategic Services, Office of Civilian Defense, Office of War Information, Office of Economic Stabilization; wartime production and manpower problems; leadership and operational evaluations; later work in War Production Board, 1943-44; United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1944; Department of Commerce, 1945-50; Ford Foundation, 1950-51.