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It is ordered that the provisions of the said Civil Service Retirement Act be, and they are hereby, extended to apply to all employees who serve under appointments made without competitive examination

Executive Order No. 7520 of December 18, 1936, withdrawing lands for use of the War Department as a target range for the Arizona National Guard, is hereby revoked.

I do hereby exempt Stanley Searles from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until July 1, 1939.

I desire to know the extent of such reports and how far there is duplication among them.

I assume that exhibits of the questionnaires and report forms are already available in large part in the Board's files.

It has turned out to be of real value, not only for the bringing together of definite figures for the time that it was taken, but it also ended all kinds of perfectly crazy stories.

Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry.

The continuing fairness of that legislative process is the foundation of enduring democracy.

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403), it is ordered that paragraph 7, Subdivision III, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules, excepting from competitive civil-service requirements…

Executive Order No. 6814, dated August 9, 1934, and Executive Order No. 6895-A, dated November 2, 1934, are hereby revoked.

The enactment of the Social Security Act marked a great advance in affording more equitable and effective protection to the people of this country against widespread and growing economic hazards.

It is my hope that the Board will be prepared to submit its recommendations before Congress reconvenes in January.

I do hereby exempt Charles J. Carlton from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until May 1, 1939.

I do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe Monday, May 23, 1938, as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places.

Fairly construed, this language would seem to authorize taxation of income derived from state and municipal, as well as federal bonds.

These exemptions have violated the spirit of the tax law itself by actually giving a greater advantage to those with large incomes than to those with small incomes.

Our tax laws are intended to apply to all citizens equally.

Today it has created a vast reservoir of tax exempt securities in the hands of the very persons who equitably should not be relieved of taxes on their income.

The sovereignty of the United States will never be impaired.

The importance of what we are doing this year, in our own generation, to keep alive the spirit of American democracy, the spirit of opportunity, we cannot over-estimate.

I am glad also that the government of the United States can assure you today that it is taking definite, practical steps for the defense of the nation.

I would have to get you to give me two definitions first.

I will give you an example: One of our southern states... has a very large power company.

Such administrative or custodial positions in the field service of the United States Housing Authority relating to the management or maintenance of Federal low-rent housing projects, which in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission…

That means we would have to have a big enough Navy to keep them from getting into Mexico.