The wisdom of this step has been demonstrated by greatly improved staff assistance to the President, which has contributed importantly to the management of the Government during the trying years of war and of post-war adjustment.
Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 4 of 1949: National Security Council and National Security...
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