Executive Order 9188—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 109 of the Naval Appropriation Act, 1943 (Public No. 441, 77th Congress), and section 2 of the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1943 (Public No. 527, 77th Congress), 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, 1942, compliance with the provisions of the said sections during the continuance of any of the wars in which the United States is now engaged.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 30, 1942.