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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I shall expect each of you, as the officers primarily responsible for the administration of the four major statutory…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1963
I shall expect each of you, as the officers primarily responsible for the administration of the four major statutory salary systems dealt with in the 1962 Act, to devote personal attention to these points.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Memorandum Upon Signing Order Providing for Administration of the Federal Salary Reform Act.

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