Mrs. Florence R. Hopkins may be appointed for one year, upon request of the Secretary of the Treasury, without compliance with the civil service rules, to a suitable position in the Treasury Department, but shall not by such appointment and service acquire a classified status or right to further employment.
Mrs. Hopkins is the widow of Henry I. Hopkins, who spent eighteen years in the Government service, and died on June 14, 1926, from injuries the cause of which has never been determined.
Mrs. Hopkins has four dependent children to support and is without adequate means of support.
HERBERT HOOVER
The White House,
May 12, 1930.
Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5347—Appointment of Mrs. Florence R. Hopkins Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372956