Executive Order 5940 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5940—Exemption of William Bertrand Acker from Compulsory Retirement for Age

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Wednesday, October 26, 1932

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1 min read (132 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1932-10-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exemption of William Bertrand Acker from Compulsory Retirement for Age." 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

▪ 5897, dated July 30, 1932, is hereby exempted from the provisions of that section.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

132

791 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5940, Herbert Hoover (Oct 26, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5940-exemption-william-bertrand-acker-from-compulsory-retirement-for-age.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

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, William Bertrand Acker, Chief Clerk, Department of the Interior, who has reached the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service and who was temporarily exempted from the provisions of that section and continued in the service until August 1, 1932, by Executive Order No. 5873, dated June 30, 1932, and further continued in the service until November 1, 1932, by Executive Order No. 5897, dated July 30, 1932, is hereby exempted from the provisions of that section. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, October 26, 1932.