Executive Order 8283

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is ordered that section 6 of Civil Service Rule II be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

The provisions of this order shall also apply to the incumbents of positions heretofore or hereafter covered into the classified (competitive) service by section 1 of Executive Order No. 7916 of June 24, 1938, and section 3 of that order is modified accordingly.

This order is recommended by the Civil Service Commission.

, November 9, 1939.