Executive Order 6920—Excusing Federal Employees From Duty at 1 P.M. on December 24 and at 1 P.M. on December 31, 1934

It is hereby ordered that the several executive departments, independent establishments and other government agencies in the District of Columbia, including the Government Printing Office and the Navy Yard and stations, be closed at 1 P.M. on Monday, December 24, 1934, the day preceding Christmas Day, and at 1 P.M. on Monday, December 31, 1934, the day preceding New Year's Day, and that all employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia, and in the field service of the executive departments, independent establishments and other agencies of the Government, except those who may for special public reasons be excluded from the provisions of this Order by the heads of their respective departments, establishments or agencies, or those whose absence from duty would be inconsistent with the provisions of existing law, are hereby excused from duty at 1 P.M. on Monday, December 24, 1934, and at 1 P.M. on Monday, December 31, 1934.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
December 13, 1934.