Jimmy Carter actually said...

I ask that you issue instructions limiting the number of appointments to full-time permanent positions in your agency to not more than 75 percent of the number of vacancies occurring after February 28, 1977.

Context

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Limitation on Hiring in the Federal Government

02/28/1977

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