Executive Order 8187—Amendment of Subdivision VI, Schedule A, of the Civil Service Rules
June 29, 1939
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph EIGHTH, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), Subdivision VI of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:
"6. During the period beginning July 1, 1939 and ending June 30, 1940, all positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, except fingerprint classifiers."
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
June 29, 1939.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8187—Amendment of Subdivision VI, Schedule A, of the Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/368695