Executive Order 6516—Excusing Federal Employees in the District of Columbia From Duty December 23 and 30, 1933

As an evidence of appreciation of the splendid service of the employees of the Government, most of whom have been working under exceptional pressure for the last 9½ months, it is hereby ordered that the several executive departments and independent Government establishments in the District of Columbia, including the Government Printing Office and the Navy Yard and stations, be closed on Saturday, December 23, 1933, and Saturday, December 30, 1933, and all clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia, except those who may for special public reasons be excepted from the provisions of this order, or those whose absence from duty would be inconsistent with the provisions of existing law, are hereby excused from duty on those days.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
December 20, 1933.