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Lyndon Johnson: “It should not be too great a hardship to stretch out the filling of vacancies and, in some cases, even to forgo…”

On the recordMay 19, 1966
It should not be too great a hardship to stretch out the filling of vacancies and, in some cases, even to forgo replacing a portion of those who leave their positions in your agency.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Memorandum Further Restricting Employment in Federal Agencies and Travel by Federal Personnel

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