Executive Order 9456—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1945 (Public Law. 352, 78th Congress), section 108 of the Naval Appropriation Act, 1945 (Public Law 347, 78th Congress), and section 7 of the Military Appropriaton Act, 1945 (Public Law 374, 78th Congress), 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 the said Acts, 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,
July 13, 1944.