Harry Truman: “WHEREAS I find that as to public work being performed by the…”

On the recordJune 6, 1951

WHEREAS I find that as to public work being performed by the Department of Defense an extraordinary emergency exists:

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Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10251—Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of Defense on...

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