Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby suspend compliance with the provisions of the said sections during the continuance of the national emergency proclaimed to exist by Proclamation No. 2352 dated September 8, 1939.

Context

Executive Order 8719—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

03/21/1941

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