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Harry Truman: “In my judgment, the public interest requires that the said person be exempted from such compulsory retirement as…”

On the recordDecember 18, 1951
In my judgment, the public interest requires that the said person be exempted from such compulsory retirement as provided below:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10315—Exemption of William E. Lee from Compulsory Retirement for Age

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