Executive Order 7709—Exemption of Lee C. Corbett 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 suchservice, 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 Lee C. Corbett, Principal Horticulturist, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, who during the month of October 1937 will reach tne retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, be exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until February 1, 1938:

Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt Lee C. Corbett from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until February 1, 1938.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 16, 1937.