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Washington, Thursday, October 16, 1947

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9898
S uspension of the E ight -H our Law as to L aborers and M echanics E mployed by the D epartments of the Army and the Air F orce on Certain P ublic W orks
WHEREAS the Departments of the Army and the Air Force are engaged in public-work activities which are essen tial to the support of the military estab lishment and fulfilment of international commitments of the United States; and WHEREAS employees of the Depart ments of the Army and the Air Force work upon portions of the same projects upon other portions of which employees of contractors are working in excess of eigh t hours a day ; and WHEREAS such employees of the De partments of the Army and the Air Forcé are not able by working only eight hours a day to carry on the Government work at the same rate as the contract work, and the completion of such projects is thereby frequently delayed; and WHEREAS by section 1 of the act of August 1,1892 27 Stat. 340, as amended by the act-of March 3,1913 37 Stat. 726, 40 U. S. C. 321, the services of laborers and mechanics employed by the Govern ment of the United States upon any pub lic work of the United States is limited to eight hours in any one calendar day, except in case of extraordinary emer gency; and WHEREAS I find that as to those activities essential to the support of.the military forces or urgent construction projects being performed by or for the Departments of the Army and the Air Force an extraordinary emergency exists
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said act of August 1,1892, as amended by the said act of March 3, 1913, and as President of the United States, I hereby suspend until July 1, 1948, the abovementioned provisions of law, prohibiting more than eight hours of labor in any one day by laborers and mechanics em ployed by the Government of the United States, as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of the Army or the Depart ment of the Air Force with respect to which the Secretary of the Army or the

Secretary of the Air Force, respectively, shall find suspension essential to 1 the supply and maintenance I3fthe Army or the Air Force, 2 the completion of es sential construction, or 3 the fulfil ment of international commitments:
Provided, That the wages of all laborers and mechanics so employed by the De partment of the Army or the Department of the Air Force shall lie computed on a basic day rate of eight hours of work with overtime to be paid at time and onehalf for dll hours of work in excess of eight hours in any one day.
Executive Order No. 9290 of December 28, 1942, entitled Suspension of EightHour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the War Department on Public Works within the United States, is hereby superseded.
H arry S. T ruman T he W hite H ouse,
October 14,1947.

F. R. Doc. 47-9330; Filed, Oct. 14, 1947;
4:32 p. m.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9899
Creating an Emergency B oard T o I nves
tigate a D ispute B etween the A tlanta & W est P oint R ail R oad Company and the W estern R ailway of Alabama and Certain of T heir E mployees
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Atlanta & West Point Rail Road Company and the Western Railway of Alabama, carriers, and certain of their employees represented by the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, a labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not here tofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended;
and WHEREAS this .dispute, in the judg ment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce within the states of Alabama and Georgia to a degree such as to deprive th at portion of the coun try of essential transportation service:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended 45
U. S. C. 160, I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, Continued on next page
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order
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Atlanta &West Point Railroad Co.
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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See also Entomology and Plant Quarantine Bureau.
Proposed rule making:
Tobacco, Burley and flue-cured;
marketing quotas 2 docu m ents_________ - ____ 6785, 6786
Rules and regulations r Sugarcane in Louisiana; fair and reasonable wage rates for harvesting 1947 crop__ ;____ 6782
Alien Property, Office of
Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Bausch, Julia__ __________
Costs and expenses incurred in certain court actions:
Michigan, Ohio, and Illi nois______
Washington____________
Groh, Katharine C________
Hastedt, Herbert W., et al__
Kamei, Yasunari________
Kanjefsky, Herman P ______
Nagao, Taroichi, et al____ _
Reptowski, Mary______
Seitz, Johann_____________
Seitz, Joseph_____________
Seitz, Lorenz__________
Volkmann, J. D__________
Volkmann, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard____ ____________
Wagner, Anna 2 docu m ents___________ ;_ 6796, Willenbrock, Marie Louise Yanagihara, Kichitaro-------

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Entomology and Plant Quaran tine Bureau
Proposed rule making:
Fruits; administrative instruc tions on in-transit steriliza tion___________________ 6785
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