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Executive Order 5972—Authorizing the Appointment of Miss Geraldine Rollins

December 15, 1932

Miss Geraldine Rollins may be appointed without regard to the provisions of the civil-service rules for service as a junior typist, $1,260 per annum, in the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Miss Rollins is the daughter of John Lester Rollins, who had been employed in the Executive Office for 21 years and died on October 29, leaving a widow and daughter, Geraldine, with limited resources.

The Secretary of the Treasury states that it is understood that Miss Rollins took a stenographic and typing course in connection with her high-school studies, and that additional typists are needed in the Bureau of Internal Revenue at this time.

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
December 15, 1932.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5972—Authorizing the Appointment of Miss Geraldine Rollins Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361528

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