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Eisenhower: “I declare, if you could provide for the government, through the Bureau of the Budget, a new accounting system, with the…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1957
I declare, if you could provide for the government, through the Bureau of the Budget, a new accounting system, with the utmost expedition and efficiency, it would certainly take you many months before you could reach the last echelon of government.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Presentation to President Hoover of a Citation for Distinguished Civilian Service.

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