Herbert Hoover actually said...

Mrs. Birdie E. Gordon may be reinstated as an operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, without regard to the length of time she ha...

Clause (a) section 1, Civil Service Rule IX, Reinstatement, is amended to read as follows:

The Post Office is a business institution--a service given by the Government to the public, and that the cost of that service should be born...

Provided, further, that he can qualify under an appropriate noncompetitive examination.