12/23/1943
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"This year I recommend that such items be curtailed."
"The result is that the President and the Director of the Budget arrive at a figure for each department and agency which they believe to be the proper amount under which the functions required by law c..."
"The estimates have been developed after analysis of the revenues, obligations, and reasonable needs of the Government."
"We hope that the calendar year 1938 will bring an improvement in business conditions and, therefore, in tax receipts."