Executive Order 7744—Authorizing the Solicitor of the Department of Labor To Act as Secretary of Labor
November 19, 1937
By virtue of the authority vested in me under the provisions of section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 6), I hereby authorize and direct the Solicitor of the Department of Labor to perform the duties of Secretary of Labor during the absence of the Secretary of Labor and the Assistant Secretary of Labor.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
November 19, 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7744—Authorizing the Solicitor of the Department of Labor To Act as Secretary of Labor Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210359