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 any one day.
Executive Order 8859—Suspension of Eight-Hour Law as to Mechanics and Laborers Employed by the War Department in the...
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