Executive Order 9286—Medal for Merit
12/23/1942
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I hereby exempt the said Herman G. A. Brauer from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending September 30, 1939.
It is, therefore, supremely important that negotiations should continue without interruption until a fair and constructive solution is reach...
Continued negotiations remain the only way by which the immediate problem can be disposed of upon any lasting basis.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely.