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.

05/31/1940

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