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NUMBER 171

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Washington Wednesday September 3, 1941
The President
EXECUTIVE ORDER

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S uspending the P rovisions of the S at urday H alf -H oliday A ct of M arch 3, 1931, as to C ertain E mployees of the W ar D epartment and of the C oast G uard
THE PRESIDENT

R etailersfor -D efense W eek to Aid in t h e S ale of D efense S avings S tamps BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the Secretary of the Treas ury, pursuant to the authority of the Public Debt Act of 1941, is offering De fense Savings Stamps, in small denom inations, for sale to the people of the United States; and WHEREAS national trade associations of our country representing more than one million retail stores have pledged the whole-hearted support of their members in assisting the Treasury Department to sell Defense Savings Stamps, and have agreed to observe the week of September 15 to 20, 1941; as Retailers-for-Defense Week to Aid in the Sale of Defense Sav ings Stamps, and to make an intensive effort during that time to acquaint the American shopping public with the ad vantages of buying Defense Savings Stamps:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of September 15 to 20, 1941, as Retailers-for-Defense Week to Aid in the Sale of Defense Savings Stamps, and do call upon the people of the United States to cooperate in making that week a pe riod of outstanding achievement in the sale of Defense Savings Stamps.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 29th day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seal forty-one and of the Inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth.
F ranklin D R oosevelt By the President:
C ordell H ull ,
Secretary of State.
No. 25071
F. R. Doc. 41-6568; Piled, September 2, 1941;
11:25 a. m.

WHEREAS section 5 a of the act ap proved June 28, 1940, 54 Stat. 676, 678, authorizes the President to suspend, in whole or in part, for the War and Navy Departments and for the Coast Guard and their field services, during the period of the national emergency declared by him on September 8, 1939, to exist, the provisions of the Act of March 3,1931 46
Stat. 1482; U.S.C. 5, 26 a , if in his judgment such course is necessary in the interest of national defense, such provi sions, in effect, establishing Saturday half-holidays for certain Government employees; and WHEREAS I find it necessary in the interest of national defense to suspend the provisions of the said act of March 3, 1931, as to certain hereinafter-men tioned employees of the Government to which section 5 a of the said act of June 28, 1940, is applicable:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 a of the said act of June 28,1940,1 hereby suspend for the duration of the national emergency declared by me on September 8,1939, to exist, the provisions of the said act of March 3, 1931, as to all employees of the War Department and its field serv ices who are engaged in, or directly con nected with, the construction of works necessary to the military establishment in the United States, and as to all em ployees of the Coast Guard and its field services engaged in, or directly connected with, the construction, alteration, or re pair of vessels or shore facilities of the Coast Guard.
F ranklin D R oosevelt T he W hite H ouse ,
August 29,1941.
No. 8876
F. R. Doc. 41-6548; Filed, August 30, 1941;
12:20 p. m.

Proclamation:
Retailers-for-Defense Week to aid in the sale of defense savings stamps----------------Executive Orders:
Alaska, lands withdrawn for use of War Department__
Representation and post allow ances, amendment of order prescribing regulations----Saturday half-holiday, suspen sion as to certain em ployees of War Department and Coast Guard--------------

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RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 6 A gricultural C redit :

Farm Credit Administration:
Federal land banks, condi tional payments by bor rowers _______________
T itle 7A griculture :
Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration:
Conservation materials and services, fixing of fair prices______ ._________
Conservation program, 1940, amendments___________
Sugar Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion:
Domestic beet sugar area, supplement to 1941 quota allotment______________
Surplus Marketing Administra tion;
Milk, handling of in New York metropolitan marketing area __________________
Potatoes Irish, handling of in designated counties in Idaho and Oregon---------

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T itle 8A liens and N ationality :

Immigration and Naturaliza tion Service:
Civil air navigation, regula tions 2 documents----Continued on next page
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