Excerpts from the Press Conference
10/17/1940
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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States.
I hereby exempt the said Samuel J. Gompers from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending September 30, 1939.
All that any government... can possibly undertake is to help make sure that the facts are known and fairly stated.
I hereby exempt the said Frank S. Smith from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending September 30, 1939.