REMARKS OF MR. STERNMAN, NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN REGARD TO SUCCESS OF PRESIDENT'S MORATORIUM ON PURCHASE OF FILING CABINETS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2006
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• Publication Date: February 11, 1966
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11 February 1966
Remarks of Mr. Sternman, National Archives
In Regard to Success of President's Moratorium
On Purchase of Filing Cabinets
He does not expect that the moratorium will be lifted this year.
He does not anticipate that it will be extended to include other
types of filing equipment.
There was4,000,000 less spent in 1965 for file cabinets
than in 19611
In 1965 GSA approved the purchase of 13,000 file cabinets
for the entire Federal Government. The majority, approximately
84% of these, were for newly created organizations: (Poverty
Program 5,000 - HEW, Social Security Medicare Program 5,000
- and about 1,000 for NASA and its contractors).
As to our agency's participation he said he doesn't know of any
requests received from CIA for correspondence cabinets.
He indicated that President Johnson was favorably impressed with
the overall success of his moratorium.
The following was extracted from a report made by President
Johnson to the Cabinet - subject: Reviewing Cost Reduction Program
by Civilian Agencies:
"We can all make do with a little bit less if we try. The
moratorium on purchase of file cabinets has hurt no one".
The reference to above is contained in the Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents, Volume 1, number 8, page 263, dated Monday,
20 September 1965.
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