Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 7666—Exemption of Albert F. Woods From Compulsory Retirement for Age

July 17, 1937

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 civilan 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 Albert F. Woods, principal pathologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of eight months by Executive Order No. 7492 of November 14, 1936, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until September 1, 1938;

Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt Albert F. Woods from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until September 1, 1938.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 17, 1937.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7666—Exemption of Albert F. Woods From Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362848

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