Personnel actions should be based, in accordance with merit principles, solely on the ability of candidates to meet qualification requirements and physical standards of the position to be filled.
Memorandum on Utilization of Older Workers in the Federal Service.
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And to weaken and water down the pending program, to confuse and confine its flexibility with rigid restrictions and rejections, will not only harm our economy, it will hamper our security.
So the central responsibility, of course, is to try to develop a climate in this country where there is as close to full employment as we can get it, and then to give particular attention to those who are handicapped.
No, we are going to build a conventional carrier, which has already been announced at this time.
It gives them a greater security, a greater participation in the wellbeing of this country.
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