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Harry Truman: “I hereby exempt the said William E. Lee from compulsory retirement for age for an indefinite period of time not…”

On the recordDecember 18, 1951
I hereby exempt the said William E. Lee from compulsory retirement for age for an indefinite period of time not extending beyond the expiration of his present term of office as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission:
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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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