Excerpts of the President's News Conference
01/14/1929
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If some method can be worked out, I should be glad to see it done.
The country had been living beyond its means.
So far as the Commission may deem practicable, such appointments shall be made from the registers of eligibles.
Heroic effort was needed to substitute national loyalty for department and bureau loyalty.