09/13/1937
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"It should be remembered that the laws provide that the departments and agencies shall carry out certain duties."
"I am confident that the Congress and the public will bear in mind certain fundamentals relating to the making of the National Budget."
"If the forecast of tax receipts made by these experts show that the departmental estimates of expenditures will exceed the estimated tax receipts, the President instructs the Director of the Budget to..."
"This year I recommend that such items be curtailed."