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Harry Truman: Purely executive duties--those that can be performed far better by a single administrative official--have been imposed…

On the recordMarch 12, 1950
Purely executive duties--those that can be performed far better by a single administrative official--have been imposed upon these commissions with the result that these duties have sometimes been performed badly.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plans 1 Through 13 of 1950.

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