Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Miss Watkins has performed highly creditable and capable service for more than eighteen years under an excepted appointment in the Department of Justice.

Context

Executive Order 8370—Authorizing the Appointment of Miss Edith M. Watkins to a Classified Position in the Department of...

03/07/1940

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