Address at Santa Barbara, California
05/08/1903
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Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...
The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.
This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.