Herbert Hoover actually said...

Mrs. Wanda Coolidge Carver may be appointed as under clerk, grade CAF-1, $1,260 per annum, navy yard, Washington, D. C., in lieu of an existing vacancy in the rating of typewriter, grade CAF-1, without regard to the civil-service act or rules.

Context

Executive Order 5811—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Wanda Coolidge Carver

02/26/1932

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