Executive Order 7419—Exemption of Charles Lee Cooke 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 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 Charles Lee Cooke, Head Administrative Officer (Ceremonials), Division of Protocol and Conferences, Department of State, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of one year by Executive Order No. 7099 of July 12, 1935, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until August 1, 1937;

Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt Charles Lee Cooke from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until August 1, 1937.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 20, 1936.