I hereby authorize and direct the Assistant Secretaries of Labor, in the order of the date of their commissions, to perform the duties of the office of the Secretary of Labor in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of both the Secretary of Labor and the Under Secretary of Labor
Harry Truman: “I hereby authorize and direct the Assistant Secretaries of Labor, in the order of the date of their commissions, to…”
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Executive Order 9968—Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of Labor
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