Harry Truman actually said...

I feel constrained to point out to the Congress again, however, an opportunity which it has for a greater improvement of the public service than will be accomplished by this legislation, and at approximately the same cost.

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Special Message to the Congress on the Need for Raising the Salaries of Federal Executives.

06/22/1949

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