Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

All officers and employees in the executive branch of the Government appointed by the President who are subject to the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended, and who reach the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service between July 1, 1956, and September 30, 1956, both dates inclusive, and are not now exempted therefrom, are hereby exempted from automatic separation from the service until October 31, 1956.

Context

Executive Order 10674—Exempting Certain Officers and Employees in the Executive Branch of the Government From Automatic...

07/30/1956

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Dwight Eisenhower Quotes

To think that in this we were just trying to score a propaganda point, well, to my mind it's just--almost silly to talk of it in that way.
4/29/1958
I don't think in any general sense that they have been sufficiently numerous and powerful to create any dangerous situation.
4/15/1958
Never, in all the years I have been in the military, have I advocated the making of appropriations in one single lump sum.
4/15/1958
I think a man who has a duty to appear before a congressional committee has an absolute duty to give his convictions.
4/15/1958

View All Dwight Eisenhower Quotes