Calvin Coolidge: “We live in a republic.”

Mrs. Julia Behneke may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Labor without reference to the provisions of the civil service rules.

So far as the Commission may deem practicable, such appointments shall be made from the registers of eligibles.

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.

Mr. Marsh was a classified employee from 1893 to 1914 and has been employed temporarily and satisfactorily during the past seven years at the post office.