Press Conference
01/03/1938
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I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator
all clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia... are hereby excused from duty on those days.
it is hereby ordered that the several executive departments and independent Government establishments in the District of Columbia be closed ...
I urge all employers in trades and industries not covered by Codes to cooperate by continuing to maintain higher wages and shorter hours.