02/02/1925
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"I am hoping to hold it about where it is. Perhaps we can make a little reduction here and there."
"Not much change is being made in the personnel of the Government."
"There isn't much that can be done in the matter of reducing the personnel, but I have to stress that question some all the time, otherwise there is a tendency to load up the service with un-necessary ..."
"So I understand the 5th reservation is merely for the purpose of putting the United States in the same position as other countries."