04/13/1942
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"We ought now to appraise the qualities necessary for those who discharge those highest functions."
"The civil service conception is a postulate of our Government."
"We must do more to obtain the most effect from new plants, new houses, and, most important, from new workers."
"Their report has now reached me and in view of its importance for furthering the betterment of the national public administration, I consider it appropriate to bring it to the attention of the Congres..."