Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby suspend for the duration of the national emergency declared by me on September 8, 1939, to exist, the provisions of the said act of March 3, 1931.

Context

Executive Order 8816—Suspending the Provisions of the Saturday Half-Holiday Act of March 3, 1931, as to Certain Employees of...

07/04/1941

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