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FDR: “I have deemed it important to try to work out ways and means whereby the country would have the advantages that come…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1941
I have deemed it important to try to work out ways and means whereby the country would have the advantages that come from a professional and permanent public service.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Transmittal to Congress of the Reed Committee Report on Civil Service

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