Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The period of eligibility of those candidates for appointment as Foreign Service officers whose names were on the eligible list on March 20, 1934, is hereby extended one year and a half from the date on which their eligibility for appointment would otherwise expire.

Context

Executive Order 6950—Extension of Period of Eligibility for Appointment as Officers in the Foreign Service

01/22/1935

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