By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 204 of Part II of the act entitled "AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes," approved June 30, 1932, the following-named persons who have reached the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service are hereby exempted from the provisions of that section:
| Name | Department or Establishment |
| Millard J. Moore | Department of Commerce |
| Frank C. Skinner | " " " |
| Joseph A. Hill | " " " |
| Jasper S. Bilby | " " " |
| Timothy W. Stanton | Department of the Interior |
| Joseph Michaelson | Navy Department |
| William McLean | " " |
| Edgar Wommack | " " |
| William A. Newcome | Department of State |
| Sydney Y. Smith | " " " |
| George O. Von Nerta | Treasury Department |
| Joseph D. Nevius | " " |
| George W. Ashworth | " " |
| William D. Heins | " " |
| Thomas H. Carroll | " " |
| Henry B. Shuman | " " |
| William B. Hamilton | " " |
| George W. Koonce | War Department |
| Francis A. Sebring | District of Columbia |
| Frank H. Cole | Smithsonian Institution |
| Coates W. Shoemaker | " " |
| William E. Rollins | Senate Office Building |
The foregoing persons were temporarily exempted from the provisions of section 204 of the act above mentioned by Executive Orders Nos. 5873 and 5875 of June 30, 1932.
HERBERT HOOVER
The White House,
July 29, 1932.
Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5896—Exemption of Persons from Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361718