Executive Order 7661—Amendment of Subdivision XI, Schedule B, Civil Service Rules

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), Subdivision XI, Schedule B, of the Civil Service Rules is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:

"3. Classified positions in the field service of the Navy Department and the Marine Corps when filled by the promotion of unclassified laborers, subject to the approval of the Commission."

This order will permit unskilled laborers appointed from the unclassified laborer register to advance upon noncompetitive examination to classified positions in the field service of the Navy and Marine Corps, but such promotion will not accord to such employees a classified status nor render them eligible for transfer to classified positions in other branches of the Federal service.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 17, 1937.