Executive Order 5636—Classification of Attorney Positions in the Veterans' Administration by Revocation of Paragraph 1 of Section IX, Schedule B, Civil-Service Rules

Schedule B of the civil-service rules is hereby amended by eliminating paragraph 1 of Section IX, reading as follows:

"Attorneys of all grades."

The effect of this order is to place within the competitive classified service all positions of attorney in the Veterans' Administration.

Effective October 1, 1931, all employees of the Veterans' Administration who are occupying positions of attorney of any grade, and who are certified by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as capable and efficient, will be included, with their positions, in the classified civil service.

This order will be effective as of October 1, 1931.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
June 3, 1931.