Budget Director Miller to Resign
Budget Director James C. Miller III is resigning effective Oct. 15 and will be replaced by his deputy, Joseph R. Wright Jr., President Reagan announced Wednesday.
Miller will become a fellow of the Center for Study of Public Choice at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., a Washington suburb. In addition to his post at George Mason, Reagan said Miller will become a fellow of Citizens for a Sound Economy, an advocacy and research organization in Washington favoring lower taxes, fiscal restraint and free trade. Peggy Murray, director of public relations for the group, said Miller would divide his time about equally between the two organizations.
Miller has been director of the Office of Management and Budget, the agency that writes the President’s budgets, since October, 1985. Before that he was chairman of the Federal Trade Commission for four years.
Wright joined the budget office six years ago after serving for one year in the Commerce Department. He has been deputy director of the office since 1982.
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