Executive Order 5283—Appointment of Mrs. Mabel V. Birch

Mrs. Mabel V. Birch may be appointed to a classified position in the Treasury Department without compliance with the requirements of the civil service rules.

Mrs. Birch is the widow of Platt H. Birch, who served very efficiently in the Treasury Department from February 6, 1919, to the date of his death on January 3, 1930. Before his appointment in the Treasury, Mr. Birch served in other branches of the Government from May, 1911, to February, 1919. Mrs. Birch and three minor children have been left without adequate means of support.

This order is recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
February 21, 1930.