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Herbert Hoover: “It appears to me that the interpretation of the intention of this paragraph as contended by the Secretary of the…”

On the recordDecember 8, 1929
It appears to me that the interpretation of the intention of this paragraph as contended by the Secretary of the Treasury will secure employees of higher qualifications
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Executive Order 5236—Amendment of Schedule A, of Positions Excepted from Examination Under Civil Service Rules

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