“ Some are so crowded that their work is impeded, others are so scattered that they lose their identity. ”
Calvin Coolidge, State of the Union Address (6 December 1923). copy citation
| Author | Calvin Coolidge |
|---|---|
| Source | State of the Union Address |
| Topic | identity work |
| Date | 6 December 1923 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5036/5036-h/5036-h.htm |
Context
“I also recommend that the field force for prohibition enforcement be brought within the classified civil service without covering in the present membership. The best method for selecting public servants is the merit system.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Many of the departments in Washington need better housing facilities. Some are so crowded that their work is impeded, others are so scattered that they lose their identity. While I do not favor at this time a general public building law, I believe it is now necessary, in accordance with plans already sanctioned for a unified and orderly system for the development of this city, to begin the carrying out of those plans by authorizing the erection of three or four buildings most urgently needed by an annual appropriation of $5,000,000.”
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