John Kennedy actually said...

It is essential that employment plans be scrutinized at every level to make sure that every opportunity for decreases is seized and increases, where necessary, are held to an absolute minimum.

Context

Memorandum on Manpower Controls and Utilization in the Executive Branch.

10/10/1962

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