Executive Order 8045—Authorizing the Appointment of Frederick Morgan Davenport to a Classified Position in the Civil Service Commission and Designating Him as a Member and Chairman of the Council of Personnel Administration
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), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that Frederick Morgan Davenport may be appointed to a classified position in the Civil Service Commission; and I hereby designate the said Frederick Morgan Davenport as a member and Chairman of the Council of Personnel Administration established by section 7 of Executive Order No. 7916 of June 24, 1938, such designation to become effective upon his acceptance of the appointment herein authorized.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
February 8, 1939.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8045—Authorizing the Appointment of Frederick Morgan Davenport to a Classified Position in the Civil Service Commission and Designating Him as a Member and Chairman of the Council of Personnel Administration Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/368633