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On the recordApril 12, 1946
SECTION 6 (a). Any person who, in order to perform active service with the military or naval forces of the United States, has left a position (other than a temporary position) which is covered into the classified civil service under section 1 of this order, shall be reinstated in such position or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay in the same department or agency, and may, upon reinstatement, acquire a classified civil-service status.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9712—Amendment of Executive Order No. 8743 of April 23, 1941, Extending the Classified Civil Service

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