The President's News Conference
02/28/1951
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the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.
I am happy to join with you in the recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Civil Service...
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and th...