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FDR: “It is hereby ordered as follows: Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Civil Service Commission is…”

On the recordSeptember 2, 1941
It is hereby ordered as follows: Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Civil Service Commission is authorized and directed to confer a classified civil service status upon any person employed aboard any vessel of the United States Coast Guard.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 8886—Authorizing a Classified Civil Service Status To Be Conferred Upon Certain Civilian Employees of the...

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