THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 88

    WHEREAS, the production and distribution of bread
within the Commonwealth are, and may continue to be interfered
with, delayed or obstructed by the operation of certain laws
affecting said production and distribution.

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAURICE J. TOBIN, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting under the authority of
Acts of 1942, Chapter 13, Section 3, Clause (16), and Section 3,
and of all other authority vested in me, do hereby issue this
order as a measure necessary and expedient for meeting the supreme
emergency of the existing state of war between the United States
and foreign countries:

    The Commissioner of Labor and Industries of the Com-
monwealth is hereby authorized and empowered to suspend the appli-
cation or operation of any or all of the provisions of General 
Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 94, Sections 7,8,9, and 10, as amended,
when in such instances, and for such periods of time as the said
Commissioner deems such suspension necessary to remove any inter-
ference, delay or obstruction in connection with the production
or distribution of bread within the Commonwealth.

    The powers and authority herein delegated to and con-
ferred upon the Commissioner of Labor and Industries shall be exer-
cised by him by the issuance of permits to persons who have filed 
written applications therfor with the said Commissioner and who
have furnished to him such pertinent information as he may require.

Given at the Executive Chamber in 
Boston, this twenty-first day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and forty-six, and of the
Independence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and seventieth.

By His Excellency the Governor
Maurice J. Tobin

Frederic W. Cook
Secretary of State