Executive Order 7367—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Eva Sweeney to a Classified Position in the Department of Agriculture Without Regard to the Civil Service Act and 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 of January 16, 1883 (ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that Mrs. Eva Sweeney may be appointed to a classified position in the Department of Agriculture without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Act and Rules.

Mrs. Sweeney is the widow of John P. Sweeney, who served long and faithfully in the Department of Agriculture, and who died on July 8, 1929, leaving his widow with six minor children, and without adequate means of continued support.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 9, 1936.