Brownlow Committee

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The President's Committee on Administrative Management, commonly known as the Brownlow Committee or Brownlow Commission, was a committee that in 1937 recommended sweeping changes to the executive branch of the United States government . The recommendations made by the committee resulted in the creation of the Executive Office of the President. It had three members; they were Louis Brownlow, Charles Merriam, and Luther Gulick.It famously stated that the President "needs help" and that was the impetus behind the gradual, yet substantial growth in the Executive Office.