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FDR: “But the Board shall seek to develop and strengthen the said services and shall not itself undertake or continue any…”

On the recordApril 7, 1935
But the Board shall seek to develop and strengthen the said services and shall not itself undertake or continue any statistical activity or part thereof unless, in the opinion of the Board, such activity cannot adequately, and consistently with said purpose, be performed by one of the agencies whose services it seeks to coordinate.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 7003—Amendment of Executive Order No. 6700, of May 4, 1934, Relating to the Central Statistical Board

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