Harry Truman: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil…”

On the recordNovember 12, 1950

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service act (22 Stat. 403), by section 3 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended by section 3 of the act of January 24, 1942, 56 Stat. 15, by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 631), and in effectuation of the purposes of section 1302 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951 (Public Law 843, 81st Congress), it is hereby ordered as follows:

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Harry Truman

Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10180—Establishing Special Personnel Procedures in the Interest of the National Defense

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