THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 02133

By His Excellency

MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS
GOVERNOR

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 235

Revising and Amending Executive Orders 74, 224 and 227

    WHEREAS, veterans are deserving of full employment
opportunities in recognition of their service to this nation:
and

    WHEREAS, veterans of the Vietnam War have never received
just recognition of their service to this nation: and

    WHEREAS, the Director of the State Office of Affirmative
Action is the chief affirmative action officer for internal
employment for the Commonwealth and is charged with the
responsibility of carrying out the Commonwealth's policy on
nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action;
and
    
    WHEREAS, our Commonwealth already expresses employment
preference for members of other groupings in an effort to
promote employment among disadvantaged groups: and

    WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 224 purported to revise
and amend Executive Orders 114, 116 and 117, and

    WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 114 had previously been
revoked by Executive Order NO. 223, and

    WHEREAS, Executive Order NO. 74, as amended by Executive
Orders 116, 117 and 227, is the Governor's code of Fair
Practices relating the Commonwealth's policy of affirmative
action,

    NOW THEREFORE, Executive Order No. 74, as most recently
amended by Executive Order No. 221, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end the following paragraph:-

    Article XV.  Within 60 days of the date of this 
Executive Order, the State Office of Affirmative Action shall
issue guidelines for the revision of the current affirmative
action plans of state agencies.  These guidelines shall provide
for the development of affirmative action strategies for the
employment of Vietnam Era Veterans and persons disabled as a
result of participating in the Vietnam conflict.

    This Order shall take effect immediately.

Given at the Executive Chamber
in Boston this 10th day 
of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred 
and eighty-three, and of the
Independence of the United 
States of America two hundred
and eight.

MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS
GOVERNOR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS