Richard Nixon actually said...
Said approval shall be retroactive to the date when the first Commission employee was hired, shall apply only to the COLA paid Commission employees actually serving in Alaska, and shall remain in effect as long as: (a) the pay scale for Commission personnel corresponds exactly to that applicable to General Schedule Federal employees; (b) that portion of Regulation 4.4 which deals with the payment of COLA remains effective in substantially its present form; and (c) COLA is provided pursuant to Executive Order No. 10000 of September 16, 1948, entitled 'Regulations Governing Additional Compensation and Credit Granted Certain Employees of the Federal Government Serving Outside the United States,' to General Schedule Federal employees serving in Alaska.
Context
Executive Order 11744—Cost-of-Living Allowance Provided to Employees of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission...
10/23/1973