03/07/1937
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"I think I ought to make it clear that these conversations are exploratory."
"The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to make available, from the stocks acquired by it pursuant to the said act of June 7, 1939, upon such terms of sal..."
"Executive Order No. 8955 of December 1, 1941, extending the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to certain positions in the War Department and in the Navy Department and establishing a salary diff..."
"Hope springs eternal."