Executive Order 2754

In view of the fact that the Food Administration and the Fuel Administration are created to exist only during the present war with Germany, and that the temporary nature and the peculiarities of the work render it difficult and sometimes impossible to obtain from the competitive classified service of the United States eligibles for positions in these administrations, and because of conditions due to the war, such eligibles are often obtained only after delays which interfere with work of an urgent nature, these administrations are authorized to employ for the period of the war, without reference to the requirements of the Civil Service laws and regulations, such persons as in the judgment of those in responsible charge are best adapted to the work, it being understood that all possible use will be made of the Civil Service Commission, and that this order shall not affect any person already employed by or certified to these administrations under the Civil Service laws and regulations.

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 * 10 November, 1917.