Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

No appointment or reappointment made by the several executive departments, independent establishments, and emergency agencies to a position the compensation in connection with which is paid from emergency funds, shall be made for a period extending beyond the date of expiration of the emergency appropriation from which such compensation is paid.

Context

Executive Order 7609—Amendment of Executive Order No. 7070 of June 12, 1935, Prescribing Regulations Governing Appointments...

04/22/1937

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