Herbert Hoover actually said...

This order, which is recommended by the commission and concurred in by the department, is designed to diminish the number of excepted positions and improve the service, and shall be effective February 1, 1932.

Context

Executive Order 5787—Amendment of Schedule A of the Civil-Service Rules, Excepting Positions in the Department of Justice

02/01/1932

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