12/07/1940
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"The Council shall advise and assist the President and the Commission in the protection and improvement of the merit system."
"Effective July 1, 1940, the United States Civil Service Commission is directed to establish within the Commission a Council of Personnel Administration."
"The Council shall carry on programs of study to coordinate and perfect the executive personnel service in all its branches."
"It is our duty to see that the burden is equitably distributed according to ability to pay so that a few do not gain from the sacrifices of the many."