11/28/1933
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"The reorganization bill now before the Congress is the culmination of an effort starting over forty years ago to make the business end, i.e., the Executive branch, of the Federal Government more busin..."
"Let me state to you categorically that if such a joint resolution were passed by the Congress disapproving an order, I would, in the overwhelming majority of cases, go along with carefully considered ..."
"I have too much historical background and too much knowledge of existing dictatorships to make me desire any form of dictatorship for a democracy like the United States of America."
"It is ordered that paragraph 4, Subdivision III, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:"