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 labor in any one day.
Executive Order 9251—Suspension of Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Civil Aeronautics...
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