September 02, 1932
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 204 of Part II of the act entitled "AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes," approved June 30, 1932, Albert D. Davis, a cabinet maker, United States Shipping Board, who has reached the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, is hereby exempted from the provisions of that section.
HERBERT HOOVER
The White House,
Sept. 2, 1932.
Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5917—Exemption of Albert D. Davis from Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361496