WHEREAS, in my judgment, the public interest requires that Bernice Pyke, Collector of Customs for Customs Collection District No. 41, with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio, be exempted from compulsory retirement for age as provided below:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 404 (5 U.S.C. 715a), it is ordered, effective as of April 1, 1950, that the said Bernice Pyke be, and she is hereby, exempted from compulsory retirement for age under the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, for an indefinite period of time not extending beyond March 31, 1952, the date on which her present term of office expires.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 17, 1951
Harry S Truman, Executive Order 10225—Exemption of Bernice Pyke from Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/231429