Executive Order 7216—Waiver of the Civil-Service Rules to Permit the Appointment of Mrs. Ella W. Budge to a Position in the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture

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 Mrs. Ella W. Budge may be appointed to a position in the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.

Mrs. Budge is the widow of Ernest J. Budge, who was employed in the Government service for almost 12 years, and who died on June 16, 1935, while in the service. Mrs. Budge has three small children, and is without adequate means of continued support.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 28, 1935.