Mrs. Frances Kearney may be appointed a clerk in the classified service of the Bureau of Prohibition, Department of Justice, without compliance with the requirements of the civil service rules.
Mrs. Kearney is the widow of former Federal Prohibition Agent Dale F. Kearney, who was ambushed and shot to death while in the performance of his official duties at Aguilar, Colo., on the night of July 6, 1930, leaving Mrs. Kearney with two young children and with no means of support.
This order is recommended by the Attorney General.
HERBERT HOOVER
The White House,
September 4, 1930.
Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5437—Appointment of Mrs. Frances Kearney Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/373060