Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

All employees in the field service of the executive departments... shall be excused from duty the entire day on Saturday, December 26, 1936.

Context

Executive Order 7499—Excusing Federal Employees from Duty on December 24 and 26, 1936, and January 2, 1937

11/26/1936

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