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FDR: I strongly recommend, as urged in my communication to the Congress of June 2, 1937, that all but policy-forming…

On the recordJune 27, 1937
I strongly recommend, as urged in my communication to the Congress of June 2, 1937, that all but policy-forming positions in the Executive branch of the Government be included within the merit system.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter to the President of the Senate on Inclusions in the Merit System.

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