Herbert Hoover actually said...

Mrs. Yetta B. Floyd may be appointed to the position of clerk-typist in the Bureau of Prohibition, Department of Justice, without regard to the civil-service rules.

Context

Executive Order 5766—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Yetta B. Floyd

12/29/1931

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