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Herbert Hoover: “Specialists in foreign relations, political, economic and financial, whose proposed compensation is $3,200 or more, and…”

On the recordAugust 7, 1929
Specialists in foreign relations, political, economic and financial, whose proposed compensation is $3,200 or more, and whose training and experience along the lines of their proposed duties meet the standard minimum qualifications set up in open competitive examinations for positions in the professional service for corresponding grades.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 5171—Amending Schedule A and Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules

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