Executive Order 10143—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Ruth Edna McC. Somers to a Position in the Government Service Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that Mrs. Ruth Edna McC. Somers may be appointed to an appropriate position in the competitive service of the Government without regard to the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.
Mrs. Somers is the widow of the late Andrew Lawrence Somers, who served for more than twenty-four years in the House of Representatives from the State of New York.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 12, 1950
Harry S Truman, Executive Order 10143—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Ruth Edna McC. Somers to a Position in the Government Service Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/278962