Executive Order 9189—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7 of the Military Appropriation Act, 1943, (Public Law 649, 77th Congress, 2nd Session) 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 date of said act, compliance with the provisions of the said section during the continuance of any of the wars in which the United States is now engaged.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 2, 1942.