Executive Order 8856—Authorizing the Appointment of Certain Employees in the Postal Service Without Regard to the 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 hereby ordered that temporary clerks, carriers, and laborers required for part-time or intermittent work in the Postal Service in connection with the holiday or seasonal business from November 15, 1941, to January 15, 1942, may be appointed without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.
This order is recommended by the Postmaster General.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
August 16, 1941.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8856—Authorizing the Appointment of Certain Employees in the Postal Service Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372163