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Harry Truman: Salary limitations prevent the Government, in many instances, from securing the kind of executives required to manage…

On the recordJune 16, 1947
Salary limitations prevent the Government, in many instances, from securing the kind of executives required to manage its vital activities.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Commencement Address at Princeton University.

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