Executive Order 10959—Authorizing the Appointment of Mr. Maurice L. Kowal to a Competitive Position Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules and Regulations
August 17, 1961
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that Mr. Maurice L. Kowal may be appointed to a competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and regulations.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 17, 1961
John F. Kennedy, Executive Order 10959—Authorizing the Appointment of Mr. Maurice L. Kowal to a Competitive Position Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules and Regulations Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237246