Executive Order 7181—Authorizing Initial Appointments to Certain Executive Positions in the Bureau of Motor Carriers of the Interstate Commerce Commission Without Compliance with the Civil Service Act and Rules

Whereas under the Motor Carrier Act, 1935 (Public, No. 255, 74th Cong.), providing for the regulation of the transportation of passengers and property by motor carriers operating in interstate or foreign commerce, it is necessary that a provisional form of organization be immediately established:

Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth of subdivision SECOND of section 3 of the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that the initial appointment to each of the following executive positions in the Bureau of Motor Carriers of the Interstate Commerce Commission may be made without compliance with the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Act and rules, the person proposed for such noncompetitive appointment, however, to establish before the Civil Service Commission the possession of requisite qualifications:

     2 Assistant Directors
     1 General Supervisor
     1 Chief, Section of Certificates
     2 Assistant Chiefs, Section of Certificates
     1 Chief, Section of Traffic
     1 Assistant Chief, Section of Traffic
     1 Chief, Section of Accounts
     1 Assistant Chief, Section of Accounts
     1 Chief, Section of Statistics
     1 Assistant Chief, Section of Statistics
     1 Chief, Section of Research
     1 Assistant Chief, Section of Research
     1 Chief, Section of Formal Cases
     1 Assistant Chief, Section of Formal Cases
     1 Chief, Section of Safety
     1 Assistant Chief, Section of Safety
     1 Chief Attorney
     1 Chief, Section of Finance

This order in recommended by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 6, 1935.