11/23/1948
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"The Department has done its vast job well and the effectiveness of its operations is a tribute to the loyalty and know-how of its more than 500,000 officers and employees."
"In order to strengthen further the management of the Post Office Department, I have transmitted a reorganization plan to the Congress."
"No authority of management is more important than that of selecting the personnel who are to operate the business."
"I recommend as one of the first steps that legislation be enacted by the Congress to place the Post Office Department under the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 so that it will have the bene..."