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Harry Truman: “There shall be an Executive Director of the Commission, who shall be appointed by the chairman of the Commission after…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 1952
There shall be an Executive Director of the Commission, who shall be appointed by the chairman of the Commission after consultation with the other members of the Commission and without regard to the civil service laws.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10318—Establishing the Missouri Basin Survey Commission

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