Executive Order 10690—Suspension of Compliance With Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 202 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1957 (70 Stat. 323), and section 608 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1957 (70 Stat. 468), relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone, and deeming such course to be in the public interest, I hereby suspend, from and including the effective dates of the said acts, compliance with the provisions of the said sections: Provided, that this suspension shall not be construed to affect the provisions of the said sections relating to the amount of compensation that may be received by persons employed in skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, executive, or supervisory positions on the Canal Zone directly or indirectly by any branch of the United States Government or by any corporation or company the stock of which is owned wholly or in part by the United States Government.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 23, 1956.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Executive Order 10690—Suspension of Compliance With Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/306875