Executive Order 7887—Extending the Provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act to Employees Appointed Under Authority of Section 10 of Civil Service Rule II

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 3 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 470, U.S.C., title 5, sec. 693), and upon recommendation of the Civil Service Commission, it is ordered that the provisions of the said Civil Service Retirement Act be, and they are hereby, extended to apply to all employees who serve under appointments made without competitive examination under authority of section 10 of Civil Service Rule II and who are citizens of the United States, except those whose employment is intermittent or on a per diem when-actually-employed basis.

This order shall become effective on July 1, 1938.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 16, 1938.