I hereby suspend for the duration of the emergencies proclaimed by me on September 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941, the above-mentioned provisions of law prohibiting more than eight hours of labor in one day by laborers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States.
Executive Order 9290—Suspension of Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the War Department on Public...
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