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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1932-06-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exemption of Persons from Compulsory Retirement for Age." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Exemption of Persons from Compulsory Retirement for Age.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
353
1,990 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
7.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5872, Herbert Hoover (Jun 30, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5872-exemption-persons-from-compulsory-retirement-for-age.
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 exempted from the provisions of that section. Name Department or establishment Professor Charles F. Marvin Department of Agriculture Dr. William J. Humphreys " " Dr. Isaac M. Cline " " William M. Steuart Department of Commerce John Wyer " " C. David White Department of the Interior Dr. Elwood Mead " " Abraham L. Houk Post Office Department Charles C. Kellogg " " " James M. Carr " " " John W. McGee " " " George W. Hendrickson " " " George E. Danforth " " " James McD. Reid " " " William M. Philleo " " " Charles C. Shaffer " " " Leonard T. Cool " " " Alfred C. Hooker " " " Robert P. Skinner Department of State Edwin V. Morgan " " James J. Britt Treasury Department Clair A. Huston " " Allyn A. Packard " " Albert F. Zahm Library of Congress Charles Martel " " William Lincoln Brown " " Juul Dieserud " " Eliza J. Skinner " " John Greene Government Printing Office Edward A. Huse " " " Dell J. Mott Architect of the Capitol Morris M. Barnard District of Columbia LeClaire Hoover Federal Trade Commission Charles V. Bumside Interstate Commerce Commission Wilfred P. Borland " " " Elwyn Greene Panama Canal Charles E. McNabb United States Tariff Commission William H. Blackbume Smithsonian Institution J. N. B. Hewitt " " Walter Hough " " Dr. Leonhard Stejneger " " Charles King U.S. Soldiers' Home Dr. Alfred D. Wilkinson Veterans' Administration Pickens Neagle Navy Department Nelson P. Webster Executive Office George C. Haydon War Department Robert J. Mawhinney Department of Justice Franklin G. Wixson Department of Justice Frank Bond U.S. Geographic Board HERBERT HOOVER The White House, June 30, 1932.
