Executive Order 7904 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7904—Exemption of Charles H. Hastings From Compulsory Retirement for Age

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Tuesday, May 31, 1938

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1 min read (216 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1938-05-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exemption of Charles H. Hastings From Compulsory Retirement for Age." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 7755 of November 26, 1937, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until December 1, 1938; Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt Charles H.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

216

1,293 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7904, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 31, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7904-exemption-charles-h-hastings-from-compulsory-retirement-for-age.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

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 H. Hastings, Chief, Card Division, Library of Congress, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of seven months by Executive Order No. 7755 of November 26, 1937, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until December 1, 1938; Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt Charles H. Hastings from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until December 1, 1938. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, May 31, 1938.