Whereas, IN MY JUDGMENT, THE PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRES THAT Howell Cone, Collector of Customs for Customs for Customs Collection District No. 17, with headquarters at Savannah, Georgia, be exempted from compulsory retirement for age as provided below:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 404 (5 U.S.C. 715a), it is ordered, effective as of December 1, 1948, that the said Howell Cone be, and he is hereby, exempted from compulsory retirement for age under the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, for an indefinite period of time not extending beyond the appointment and qualification of his successor.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 27, 1951
Harry S Truman, Executive Order 10239—Exemption of Howell Cone from Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/279174