Executive Order 8620—Amending Subdivision IX of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules
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 ordered that subdivision IX of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended by the addition of the following paragraph:
"13. Rural Electrification Administration: One private secretary or confidential assistant to the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration."
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
December 23, 1940.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8620—Amending Subdivision IX of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371984