
Executive Order 8253—Exemption of Walter I. Swanton From Compulsory Retirement for Age
Whereas, in my judgment, the public interest requires that Walter I. Swanton, associate engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, who, during the current month, will reach the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, applicable to him, be exempted from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year:
Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 382, 404 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 715a) I hereby exempt the said Walter I. Swanton from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending September 30, 1940.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
September 18, 1939.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8253—Exemption of Walter I. Swanton From Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362971