Lyndon Johnson actually said...

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.

Context

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

05/19/1966

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