Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 404), it is hereby ordered that Baird Snyder, III, may be appointed to the position of Deputy Administrator in the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.

06/10/1940

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