01/12/1949
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"I served 10 years with the Congress--you will be a great bunch of young men."
"It is unreasonable and unfair that they should also have to pay for postal costs which should be borne by those who receive the direct benefit of postal service."
"It is a pleasure to see all these fine young men from, I understand, every State and Territory in the Union."
"The acquisition of competitive status by the employee must be recommended to the Civil Service Commission by the head of the agency in which he is employed within six months of the date of this order;"