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to orig filed Ber Bud DRAFT OF REMARKS FOR THE PRESIDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL ON FEDERAL REPORTS - October 14, 1952 I am glad to be with you on your tenth anniversary, even if only for a few minutes, to express the appreciation of your Government for the fine work which the Advisory Council on Federal Reports has done in the past decade. Good statistics are an important tool of management both in business and in Government. Neither could function effectively unless it had at hand a fund of reliable information on which to draw in making important decisions. In many instances business and Govern- ment use the same fund of basic information. It is important that that information be as complete and accurate as we can make it. The Council's contribution toward this end has been extremely valuable and I am sure that all of you will continue your fine work in seeking to improve our method of gathering statistics and the manner in which we use them. This Council is unique in many ways, but principally because it shows the way in which Government and business can sit down together, and with their combined talents, work out problems and procedures that benefit both. From these flow efficiency and economy from which all the American people benefit. I wish we could somehow get the message across to the American people that such organizations as this Council can and do work effectively here in Washington. Making Government more economical