
Executive Order 8679—Authorizing Initial Appointments to the Positions of Assistant Director of the Naval Civilian Police Corps of the Navy Department Without Compliance With the Civil Service 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 (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that, subject to the establishment before the Civil Service Commission of the requisite qualifications in each case, the initial appointments to the two positions of assistant director of the Naval Civilian Police Corps of the Navy Department may be made without compliance with the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Act and Rules.
This order is recommended by the Navy Department.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
February 13, 1941.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8679—Authorizing Initial Appointments to the Positions of Assistant Director of the Naval Civilian Police Corps of the Navy Department Without Compliance With the Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210497