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FDR: We ought now to appraise the qualities necessary for those who discharge those highest functions.

On the recordFebruary 23, 1941
We ought now to appraise the qualities necessary for those who discharge those highest functions.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Transmittal to Congress of the Reed Committee Report on Civil Service

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