Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Mrs. Bertha Wetherton may be appointed in the Treasury Department to a position as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service rules.

Context

Executive Order 6206-C—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Bertha Wetherton

07/18/1933

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