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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Employment needs are decreased as productivity rises and as ongoing programs can be reduced or terminated.”

On the recordOctober 10, 1962
Employment needs are decreased as productivity rises and as ongoing programs can be reduced or terminated.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Memorandum on Manpower Controls and Utilization in the Executive Branch.

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