Executive Order 5588—Amendment of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules in Relation to Appointment of Private Secretaries without Examination Under Rule II, Section 3
The following clauses of Schedule A are revoked: XIV-1, XVI-1, XVII-1, XX-1, XZXI-1, XXII-1; and subdivision I is amended by the addition of clause 17 as follows:
17. One private secretary or confidential clerk to the head of each independent establishment, to the assistant to the head of each independent establishment, and to each member of commissions or boards; when such heads, assistants, or members are appointed by the President.
HERBERT HOOVER
The White House,
March 31, 1931.
Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5588—Amendment of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules in Relation to Appointment of Private Secretaries without Examination Under Rule II, Section 3 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361209