09/24/1963
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"It is at these grades that we employ our top scientists, doctors, engineers, experts, and managers."
"Some years ago, as a Marine pilot, he raced the sun across this country--and lost."
"But this is the new ocean, and I believe the United States must sail on it and be in a position second to none."
"The pay schedules I am recommending will regularize and generally enlarge the differences in salaries between successive grade levels,"