"We have been making studies from time to time both in the War Department and the Navy Department to see if something could not be done relative to the promotion problem."
"That didn't seem to be practical to me."
"But I haven't seen any plan up to the present time that seemed to be feasible."
"If some method can be worked out, I should be glad to see it done."
"No very good plan has ever been presented to me."
"The margin between prosperity and depression is always very small."
"We have demonstrated that saving results from efficiency, and efficiency comes from saving."
"Exclusive devotion to their subordinate even though important departments must give place to loyalty to the whole Government."
"The National Government ought to be one great entity responsible for the happiness of 120,000,000 of people."
"Confidence in our entire economic structure had been shaken."
"The country had been living beyond its means."
"Heroic effort was needed to substitute national loyalty for department and bureau loyalty."