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Harry Truman: “The plan gives the Postmaster General the necessary authority to organize and control his department by transferring to…”

On the recordJune 19, 1949
The plan gives the Postmaster General the necessary authority to organize and control his department by transferring to him the functions of all subordinate officers and agencies of the Post Office Department.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 3 of 1949: Post Office Department.

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