Excerpts of the President's News Conference
01/03/1924
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If some method can be worked out, I should be glad to see it done.
But I haven't seen any plan up to the present time that seemed to be feasible.
So far as the Commission may deem practicable, such appointments shall be made from the registers of eligibles.
I always tell people that I have so many places still to go to in the United States that I don't know when those will be...