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FDR: All employees in the executive civil service of the Government whose fingerprints are not now on file in the Federal…

On the recordJune 11, 1941
All employees in the executive civil service of the Government whose fingerprints are not now on file in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, or in the agency in which they are employed, are hereby required to be fingerprinted in accordance with the procedure established by the head of the department or agency in which they are employed.
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Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 8781—Requiring Employees in the Executive Civil Service To Be Fingerprinted

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