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Biography of an Ideal The First Fifty-five Years: 1883-1938
The immensely important new Civil Service Act was known as: "An Act to Regulate and Improve the Civil Service of the United States." Its basic principles, which have not changed in 120 years, have stood both the test of time and the transition of the United States from a pioneer society to one of the most complex in the world.
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