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On the recordJune 16, 1948
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
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9968—Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of Labor

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