Executive Order 8485—Authorizing the Appointment of Peres D. Ziegler to a Position as Rural Letter Carrier Without Regard to the Requirements of 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 Peres D. Ziegler may be appointed to a position as rural letter carrier in the Postal Service without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.
Mr. Ziegler is a former member of the crew of the U.S.S. Panay and was injured in line of duty in the bombing and sinking of that vessel.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
July 16, 1940.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8485—Authorizing the Appointment of Peres D. Ziegler to a Position as Rural Letter Carrier Without Regard to the Requirements of the Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371591