Executive Order 8272—Amendment of Subdivision VII, Schedule A, Civil Service Rules
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is ordered that Subdivision VII, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended by adding the following:
"5. 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, 1939, to January 15, 1940."
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
October 16, 1939.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8272—Amendment of Subdivision VII, Schedule A, Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371896