08/18/1942
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"It is under the authority of this Act that today's Order is issued."
"I have signed today an Executive Order, to take effect July 1,1941."
"I have decided to subject Government lawyers, like other professional men in the service of the Government, to the standards and the requirements of the merit system."
"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."