Executive Order 6857—Exemption of Herman M. Underwood from Compulsory Retirement for Age

Whereas section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932 (ch. 314, 47 Stat. 382, 404; 5 U.S.C., sec. 692b), provides:

"On and after July 1, 1932, no person rendering civilian service in any branch or service of the United States Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia who shall have reached the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, applicable to such person, shall be continued in such service, notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary: Provided, That the President may, by Executive order, exempt from the provisions of this section any person when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires: * * *."

And Whereas the public interest requires that Herman M. Underwood, associate engineer in the Engineer Department at Large, War Department, Brooklyn, New York, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of 4 months by Executive Order No. 6702, dated May 7, 1934, be further exempted from the provisions of tliis section and continued in the service until February 1, 1935;

Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt Herman M. Underwood from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until February 1, 1935.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 25, 1934.