EXECUTIVE ORDER 9600

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9240(1) ENTITLED "REGULATIONS RELATING TO OVERTIME WAGE COMPENSATION"

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, it is ordered that Section IB of Executive Order No. 9240 of September 9, 1942, entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation", be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"No premium wage or extra compensation shall be paid for work on customary holidays except that time and one-half wage compensation shall be paid for work performed on any of the following holidays only:

New Year's Day Thanksgiving Day
Fourth of July Christmas Day
Labor Day August 15, 1945
August 16, 1945

and either Memorial Day or one other such holiday of greater local importance."

HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 18, 1945.

(1) 3 Cum. Supp.