Executive Order 8514—Authorizing the Civil Service Commission to Permit Transfers During Probation to Appropriate Positions Directly Concerned With the National Defense Program
August 13, 1940
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 631), by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, the Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized to permit transfers during probation to appropriate positions directly concerned with the national defense program.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
August 13, 1940.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8514—Authorizing the Civil Service Commission to Permit Transfers During Probation to Appropriate Positions Directly Concerned With the National Defense Program Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/368399