EXECUTIVE
ORDER EO
79-05
RESCINDING
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 71-08
WHEREAS, this
administration recognizes a commitment to provide job opportunities for veterans
and to alleviate unemployment among this group; and
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 71-08 signed
December 6, 1971, has not resulted in measurable benefits to veterans;
and
WHEREAS,
various state agencies, including the Employment Security Department, and the
Department of Veterans Affairs and the following veterans organizations,
American Veterans, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of
Foreign Wars agree to and endorse the revocation of Executive Order Re. 71-08;
and
WHEREAS, it
appears other avenues are available to assist veterans in employment and
increase productivity and efficiency in state government and it is in the best
interest of this administration;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, Dixy Lee Ray, Governor of the state of Washington, do hereby rescind
Executive Order No. 71-08.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
Set my hand and caused the seal of the state
of Washington to be affixed at Olympia
this 3rd day of October A.D. nineteen hundred
and seventy-nine.
DIXY LEE RAY
Governor of Washington
BY
THE GOVERNOR:
___________________
Secretary
of State