Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The maximum age limit for entrance to examinations under the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, waived to permit Mrs. Florence S. Eilenberger to compete in the pending open competitive civil service examination for the position of Postmaster at East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

Context

Executive Order 8426—Waiver of Age Limit to Permit Florence S. Ellenberger To Compete in a Certain Civil Service Examination

05/31/1940

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