Executive Order 8812—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the Naval Appropriation Act, 1942, section 2 of the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1942, and section 7 of the Military Appropriation Act, 1942, relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone, and deeming such course to be in the public interest, I hereby suspend, effective July 1, 1941, compliance with the provisions of the said sections during the continuance of the unlimited national emergency proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2487 of May 27, 1941.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 30, 1941, 6:30 p. m. E.S.T.