Political Quotes

“It is ordered as follows: The penultimate paragraph of Executive Order No. 9898 of October 14, 1947, which suspends until July 1, 1948, the eight-hour law as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force with respect to which the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, respectively, shall find suspension 'essential to (1) the supply and maintenance of the Army or the Air Force' is hereby amended by changing the preceding quoted language to read 'essential to (1) the supply and maintenance of the military or naval forces'.”