Herbert Hoover actually said...

Mr. George Henry Malone, yeoman, 1st class, U.S. Navy, may be appointed to the position of supervising clerk, Office of the Captain of the Yard, Naval Station, Cavite, P.I., to fill an existing vacancy, without regard to the Civil Service Act or Rules.

05/31/1929

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