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Executive Order 8829—Exemption of William D. Terrell From Compulsory Retirement for Age
Whereas, in my judgment, the public interest requires that William D. Terrell, Chief, Field Division, Engineering Department, Federal Communications Commission, who, during the month of August, 1941, 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 William D. Terrell from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending August 31, 1942.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
July 24, 1941.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8829—Exemption of William D. Terrell From Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371686