FDR: “By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the…”

“By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C., sec. 631), it is hereby ordered that the employees... may acquire a competitive civil service status upon compliance with the provisions of section 6 of Civil Service Rule II, as amended by Executive Order No. 7408 of July 6, 1936.”