FDR: “In making the initial adjustment of salaries under this order, where it is necessary to reduce the present rate of an…”

“In making the initial adjustment of salaries under this order, where it is necessary to reduce the present rate of an employee to conform to the rate scheduled for the grade to which his position is allocated under the salary schedule herein approved, the head of the department...may fix such basic rate at an amount not more than 20 percent in excess of such scheduled rate.”