Executive Order 3232

Establishing a Maximum Rate of Pay for Alien Employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Panama Canal Act, approved August 24, 1912, it is hereby ordered:

1. That the Executive Order of February 2, 1914, be so amended that paragraphs 6 and 20 thereof shall read as follows:
   
   

   PARAGRAPH 6.

   All employees who receive compensation at the rate of more than $960 a year or 40 cents an hour, must be citizens of the United States or the Republic of Panama, and such citizens will be given preference for employment in all grades. Aliens may not be employed in such grades unless (a) they have occupied similar positions during the construction of the Canal for two years or more, or (b) in case of emergency, in which latter case they must be replaced by citizens of the United States or Republic of Panama as early as practicable.

   PARAGRAPH 20.

   All employees who are citizens of the United States, and aliens whose compensation is at a rate of more than $960 a year or 40 cents an hour, shall be entitled to leave privileges.




2. This Order shall take effect on and after this date.

Woodrow Wilson 

The White House,

11 February, 1920.

Notes

Amends

• Executive Order 1888, February 2, 1914

Amended by

• Executive Order 4721, September 14, 1927
• Executive Order 8986, December 19, 1941
• Executive Order 9164, May 18, 1942
• Executive Order 9467, August 19, 1944