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Harry Truman: I find that the extraordinary emergency described in the said Executive Order and constituting the basis of the…

On the recordJune 29, 1949
I find that the extraordinary emergency described in the said Executive Order and constituting the basis of the suspension effected thereby still exists.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10064—Further Extension of Executive Order No. 9898 of October 14, 1947, as Amended, Suspending the Eight-Hour Law

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