Executive Order 8350—Exemption of Alexander E. Twomey From Compulsory Retirement for Age
Whereas, in my judgment, the public interest requires that Alexander E. Twomey, quarterman blacksmith, Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 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 Alexander E. Twomey from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 28, 1941.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
February 14, 1940.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8350—Exemption of Alexander E. Twomey From Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371556