Harry Truman: “We are not going to do that.”

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.