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Harry Truman: No authority of management is more important than that of selecting the personnel who are to operate the business.

On the recordJune 23, 1949
No authority of management is more important than that of selecting the personnel who are to operate the business.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Recommending Further Reorganization of the Post Office Department.

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