Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, Federal officers and employees from holding state, territorial and municipal offices, be, and it is hereby, suspended and made inoperative insofar as the United States Civil Service Commission shall, by regulation, authorize appointments to positions directly concerned with national defense.

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Executive Order 8516—Suspending and Making Inoperative the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as Amended, Insofar as the...

08/14/1940

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