AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT TO POSITIONS OF CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES (2)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth, subdivision Second, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that upon recommendation to the Civil Service Commission of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, any person entitled to veteran's preference who has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor may be appointed to the classified position of Contact Representative in the Veterans Administration without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 25, 1945.
(2) Tabulated in § 91.2 of Title 5, infra.