Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It provides that those positions becoming vacant between July 1, 1941, and January 1, 1942, will automatically be brought within the civil service when they become vacant.

Context

Statement on the Executive Order on Extending the Classified Civil Service

04/22/1941

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