biography
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Smith, Harold Dewey
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| male
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| lived:
| (1898–1947)
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| biography:
| Public administrator, born in Haven, Kansas, USA. A specialist in fiscal management, he directed the Michigan Municipal League (1928–37), serving as state budget director. A powerful director of President Franklin D Roosevelt's Bureau of the Budget (1939–45), he reviewed all federal spending and legislation, urging wartime anti-inflation measures. He left to briefly head the World Bank (1946–7). |
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