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Teddy Roosevelt: “Clarence Reeder may be appointed as private secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, without examination…”

On the recordJune 23, 1904
Clarence Reeder may be appointed as private secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, without examination under the civil-service rules.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Executive Order

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