Executive Order 8719—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6, Title I of the act of June 11, 1940, Public No. 588, 76th Congress, section 7 of the act of June 13, 1940, Public No. 611, 76th Congress, and section 2 of the act of June 24, 1940, Public No. 653, 76th Congress, relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone, and deeming such course to be in the public interest, I hereby suspend compliance with the provisions of the said sections during the continuance of the national emergency proclaimed to exist by Proclamation No. 2352 dated September 8, 1939.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 22, 1941.