Executive Order 7050—Exemption of Charles Y. Dixon 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 Charles Y. Dixon, engineer in the Engineer Department at Large, War Department, Detroit, Michigan, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of 1 year by Executive Order No. 6717, dated May 25, 1934, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until June 1, 1936:

Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby further exempt Charles Y. Dixon from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until June 1, 1936.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 21, 1935.