THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 02133

By His Excellency

MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS
GOVERNOR

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 253

Vietnam Era Veteran's Affirmative Action program
(Amending Executive Orders Nos. 227 and 235)

    WHEREAS, the intent of Executive Order No. 235 is to ensure
that veterans of the Vietnam Conflict fully participate in and
have equal access to employment opportunities within the govern-
ment of the Commonwealth, and

    WHEREAS, persons seeking employment with the Commonwealth who
are disabled are ensured equal access to such employment opportu-
nities by Executive Order No. 246, and

    WHEREAS, the reference in Executive Order No. 235 to disabled
persons is unnecessary,

    Now Therefore, I, Michael S. Dukakis, by the authority vested
in me as Supreme Executive Magistrate, do hereby order that
Executive Order No. 235 be amended by deleting the language "and
all persons disabled as a result of participating in the Vietnam
conflict" now contained in the last sentence of that executive
order.

Given at the Executive Chamber in
Boston this 12th day of April in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eighty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of
America two hundred and nine.

MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS, GOVERNOR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY
Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS