Executive Order 7477—Exemption of William McNeir From Compulsory Retirement for Age

Whereas section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 382, 404 (5 U.S.C., sec. 715a), 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 William McNeir, Chief of the Bureau of Accounts, Department of State, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of two years by Executive Orders No. 6865 of October 4, 1934, and No. 7205 of October 14, 1935, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until May 1, 1937;

Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt William McNeir from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until May 1, 1937.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 24, 1936.