Executive Order 8056—Amendment of Paragraph 4, Subdivision IV, Schedule B, Civil Service Rules

By virtue of the authority vested in me by paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is ordered that paragraph 4, Subdivision IV, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"4. Classified positions in the Ordnance Department at Large, and in the Chemical Warfare Service at Large at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, War Department, when filled by the promotion of unclassified laborers, subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission."

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 23, 1939.