Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is hereby ordered that Mrs. Florence Bankhead of Alabama, may be appointed as Chief, National Memorials and Historic Sites Section, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.

Context

Executive Order 8653—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Florence Bankhead as Chief, National Memorials and Historic Sites...

01/27/1941

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