Executive Order 7874—Waiver of Time Limitations Contained in Civil Service Rule IX to Permit the Reinstatement of Mrs. Jessie Scott Arnold to a Position in the Classified Service

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that the time limitations contained in Civil Service Rule IX may be waived to permit the reinstatement of Mrs. Jessie Scott Arnold to a classified position in the Federal Trade Commission.

Mrs. Arnold has served in the War Department and the Federal Trade Commission, and is the wife of John Knox Arnold, who has been retired from his position in the Federal Trade Commission on account of permanent and total disability.

This order is recommended by the Federal Trade Commission.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 22, 1938.