"1746 PROCLAMATIOXS, 1934. United States or the District of Columbia within the geographical I stiPfb~on;ot ~~ limits of the States of the Union or the District of Columbia, shall r~. reval contain a provision to the effect that the rate of wage for all laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or any subcontractor on the public buildings covered by the contract shall be not less than the prevaiJ.Ulg rate of wages for work of a similar nature in the city, town, village, or other civil division of the State in which the public buildings are located, or in the District of Columbia if the public buildings are located there * * *. " National Industrial WHEREAS section 206 of the National Industrial Recovery Act RecoVer') ' Act. Ante, p. 2Of . (ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, 204) provides: Contract provisions. "All contracts let for construction projects and all loans and grants pursuant to this title shall contain such provisions as are necessary to insure * * * (2) that (except in executive, administrative, and supervisory positions), so far as practicable and feasible, no in- dividual directly employed on any such project shall be permitted to work more than thIrty hours in anyone week; (3) that all employees shall be paid just and reasonable wages which shall be compensation sufficient to provide, for the hours of labor as limited, a standard of living in decency and comfort * * *." WHEREAS the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of Public Works have informed me that the concurrent operation of the afore- said provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act cause administrative confusion and delay which could be avoided by suspension of the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act; Autbority of Pre5i· WHEREAS section 1 of the aforesaid Davis-Bacon Act auth~rizes dent in emergencies. the President to suspend the provisions of that act in case of a national emergency; and WHEREAS I find that a national emergency exists: Provisions of Davis- NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- Baoon Act suspended. dent of the United States of America, do by this proclamation suspend until otherwise provided the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act of March 31 1931, as to all contracts made or to be made, except those entered mto prior to June 16, 1933, and those entered into on or subsequent to June 16, 1933, which contain the provisions required by the said act of March 3, 1931. Executive Order 5778 And I do hereby suspend until otherwise provided the provisions suspended. of Executive Order No. 5778, of January 19, 1932, prescribing certain stifulations to be incorporated into public building contracts. N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 5" day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-four, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: WILLIAM PHILLIPS. Acting Secretary oj State. [No. 2088]
