Executive Order 8476—Waiver of the Time Limitations in Civil Service Rule IX To Permit the Reinstatement of Mrs. Martha Overstreet to a Clerical Position in the Post Office at Douglas, Georgia
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that the time limitations contained in Civil Service Rule IX may be waived to permit the reinstatement of Mrs. Martha Overstreet to a clerical position in the post office at Douglas, Georgia.
Mrs. Overstreet was formerly employed in the post office at Douglas, Georgia, and is the widow of Post Office Inspector Thomas M. Overstreet, whose death occurred on January 27, 1940.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
July 10, 1940.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8476—Waiver of the Time Limitations in Civil Service Rule IX To Permit the Reinstatement of Mrs. Martha Overstreet to a Clerical Position in the Post Office at Douglas, Georgia Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371595