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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1932-06-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Temporary Exemption of Persons from Compulsory Retirement for Age in Order to Afford Time for Filling Vacancies." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪These persons hold positions which the public interest requires be continuously filled so that the temporary exemptions herein granted are for such period only as is absolutely necessary to afford time in which to appoint successors to the present incumbents of these positions.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
131
813 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
21.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5874, Herbert Hoover (Jun 30, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5874-temporary-exemption-persons-from-compulsory-retirement-for-age-order.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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 temporarily exempted from the provisions of that section and continued in the service until July 10, 1932. These persons hold positions which the public interest requires be continuously filled so that the temporary exemptions herein granted are for such period only as is absolutely necessary to afford time in which to appoint successors to the present incumbents of these positions. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, June 30, 1932.
