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FDR: It is my desire that the heads of the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government will…

On the recordApril 12, 1937
It is my desire that the heads of the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government will immediately cause a survey to be made of the expenditure requirements of their departments and establishments for the remaining months of the fiscal year 1937.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to all Departments and Agencies on Eliminating Unnecessary Expenditures.

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