09/16/1976
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"I think our mind is pretty well made up, except within the bounds of the congressional deliberations."
"My goal is that at the end of the following fiscal year, in October, on October 1 of 1978, that we would have no more employees in the Federal Government than we had in October of 1976."
"I estimate that this plan and the other steps I am taking will reduce staff levels in the EOP by about 250, from 1,712 full-time permanent positions to about 1,460 and will save the taxpayers at least..."
"Public Law 95-66"