By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat. 726 (40 U.S.C. 321), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
The penultimate paragraph of Executive Order No. 9898 of October 14, 1947, which suspends until July 1, 1948, the eight-hour law as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force with respect to which the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, respectively, shall find suspension ‘‘essential to (1) the supply and maintenance of the Army or the Air Force’’ is hereby amended by changing the preceding quoted language to read ‘‘essential to (1) the supply and maintenance of the military or naval forces’’.
, January 17, 1948.
Notes
Amends: Executive Order 9898, October 14, 1947 Superseded by: Executive Order 10251, June 7, 1951 See Related: Executive Order 9974, July 1, 1948; Executive Order 10064, June 30, 1949; Executive Order 10135, June 30, 1950
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