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EXECUTIVE ORDER 8543 · Exemption of Samuel J. Gompers From Compulsory Retirement for Age

SIGNED status graphic: EXECUTIVE ORDER 8543 · Exemption of Samuel J. Gompers From Compulsory Retirement for Age. Amends: EO 7958, August 19, 1938; EO 8252, September 14, 1939 Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register. — Illustrative executive-office thresholds illuminated in sequence at sunrise · labeled illustrative in the graphic

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As of: Sep 18, 1940
Source: FEDERAL REGISTER ↗

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Amends: EO 7958, August 19, 1938; EO 8252, September 14, 1939 Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

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