Executive Order 8042—Authorizing Initial Appointments to Certain Positions in the Air Safety Board, Civil Aeronautics Authority, Without Compliance With the 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 (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that, subject to the establishment before the Civil Service Commission of the requisite qualifications in each case, initial appointments to each of the following-named positions under the Air Safety Board, Civil Aeronautics Authority, may be effected without compliance with the competitive requirements of the Civil Service Rules:

     Executive Officer
     Technical Adviser
     Chief of Investigation Division
     Chief of Examiners' Section
     Chief of Investigation Section
     Chief of Technical Section
     Chief of Information and Publications Division
     Chief of Liaison Section
     Chief of Information and Statistical Section

This order is recommended by the Chairman of the Air Safety Board, Civil Aeronautics Authority.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 30, 1939.