Calvin Coolidge: “It is a fundamental principle of our country that the people are sovereign.”

No employee entitled to military preference in appointment shall be discharged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary if his record is good.

Mr. Raymond F. Mulherin, for many years a post office employee and post office inspector, may be reinstated to an appropriate position in the classified service without regard to the time limit upon his eligibility for reinstatement.

Miss Virginia Ladd may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position in the classified service without regard to the provisions of the civil service rules.

The names of disabled veterans, their wives, and the widows of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines shall be placed above all others.