Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 7342—Authorizing Initial Appointments to Certain Executive Positions in the Railroad Retirement Board Without Compliance with the Civil Service Act and Rules

April 10, 1936

Whereas, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 967), providing for the retirement of railroad employees, it is necessary that a provisional form of organization be immediately established:

Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth of subdivision SECOND of section 2 of the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that the initial appointment to each of the following executive positions in the Railroad Retirement Board may be made without compliance with the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Act and Rules, the person proposed for such noncompetitive appointment, however, to establish before the Civil Service Commisson the possession of requisite qualifications:

3 Administrative Assistants to the Board Members
1 Executive Assistant to the Board
1 Chairman, Division of Review and Appeals
4 Members, Division of Review and Appeals
1 Chief Actuary
1 Assistant Chief Actuary
1 Chief Economist
3 Assistant Chief Economists—
      Old Age and Retirement Insurance
      Unemployment Insurance
      Statistical Analysis
1 Secretary to the Board
1 Chief, Division of Investigation
1 Chief, Division of Audits and Accounts
1 Director, Bureau of Accounts
1 Assistant Director, Bureau of Accounts
1 Chief, Division of Individual Accounts
1 Chief, Division of General Accounts
1 Chief, Field Audit Division
1 Director, Bureau of Claims
1 Assistant Director, Bureau of Claims
1 Chief, Field Division, Bureau of Claims
1 Chief, Claims Division, Bureau of Claims

This order is recommended by the Railroad Retirement Board.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 10, 1936.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7342—Authorizing Initial Appointments to Certain Executive Positions in the Railroad Retirement Board Without Compliance with the Civil Service Act and Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/356155

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