On the recordJune 1, 1937
Please let me urge upon the Congress the desirability of placing all but policy-forming positions under the merit system.
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presidency.ucsb.eduFDR: “Please let me urge upon the Congress the desirability of placing all but policy-forming positions under the merit…”
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Letters on the Extension of the Merit System in the Civil Service
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