Gerald Ford actually said...

Appointments and promotions in the career service must not be made on the basis of either politics, race, creed or sex.

This Government must set an example of fiscal restraint for the people of America and the world.

The law to which this message pertains is no exception.

I intend to keep it that way--and I call upon you to see to it that the merit principles contained in the Civil Service Act and the personne...