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President John F. Kennedy asked Macy to return to the Civil Service Commission in 1961, and Macy chaired the commission through Kennedy and Johnson Administrations. He called for federal salaries to be put on par with private industry salaries.
Dec 25, 1986 · John W. Macy Jr., a White House adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson, head of several federal programs under three other Presidents and the first chief of the Corporation for Public...
Macy be-came the personnel adviser first to President Kennedy and then to President Lyndon Johnson, with whom he enjoyed a particularly close relationship. Johnson referred to Macy as "my talent scout" and extolled the chairman as "the best there is." For senior appoint-ments Macy submitted a list of three or four candi-
Buffeted by the new defense secretary's review of Vietnam policy and strategy and the public's faltering confidence in the Johnson administration, the president caved in to the peace views of several of his closest advisers, including McGeorge Bundy, Cyrus Vance, Jim Jones, and Harry McPherson.
John Macy, founder of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, the first director of FEMA during Carter?s presidency and a former White House advisor on personnel policy, discusses the role of presidential advisors focusing on the Johnson years.
Johnson's accomplishments as president were many: his vision of a "Great Society" required passage of major civil rights legislation, the use of federal funds to wage what Johnson called a "war on poverty," and important programs to support public education, housing, and jobs.
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During the Johnson Administration, Macy also directed the White House Personnel Appointment Office. Macy left the CSC in 1969 and served as president for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1969–1972).
