Rebbe’s Letter to George H Bush
A letter that the Rebbe wrote to President George H Bush references the Fourth of July - America’s Independence Day. Full Story
A letter that the Rebbe wrote to President George H Bush references the Fourth of July - America’s Independence Day. Full Story
to #7 1) Your statement “capital city did not experience the holiday”, is wrong. The quote that is listed in comment # 5 begins, “The act of Congress establishing Fourth of July as a holiday, but without pay, for federal employees and the District of Columbia occurred in 1870”. Therefore for 71 years prior to 1941, the federal employees in the District of Columbia enjoyed a holiday of not working on the Fourth of July. 2) A s legislation by Congress that represents the entire country, is not affected by what occurs in the capital. 3) Even according to your… Read more »
As long as the “capital city” “עיר הבירה” did not experiance the holiday, the “holiday” was not realy in its full תוקף, strength spirit and glory.
Just as the Rebbe explains in regards to yom kippur that it is
“אחת” in “עולם” “שנה” and “נפש”,so too להבדיל in regards to a NATIONAL HOLIDAY being that
“גופא בתר רישא אזיל”!
(ויש להאריך).
Sholom Dovid Geisinsky
From these facts we learn how completely the Rebbe applies הכל הולך אחר החיתום. Only upon the completion of the final kneitsch of the law (which affected less than 1% of the number of employees than the 1938 law) does the Rebbe consider it a proper declaration.
Additionally, this final kneitsch was not that in עיר הבירה they didn’t celebrate or get the day off, but rather that as of 1941 it’s a *paid* holiday in עיר הבירה! An inyan of parnosa!
the 1938 Federal holiday law failed to specify that employees of the Government of the District of Columbia also have the Fourth of July designated as a holiday with pay. Harry B. Mitchell, president of the United States Civil Service Commission responded back on April 7 that his office, as well as the Bureau of the Budget, had no objection to amending the 1938 law to include District of Columbia employees. On May 13, 1941, a “Holiday Leave for Per Diem Employees of the District of Columbia” amendment was enacted with the following change made to the 1938 law: In… Read more »
Federal Legislation Establishing the Fourth of July Holiday Researched by James R. Heintze. All rights reserved. On May 13, 1941, a “Holiday Leave for Per Diem Employees of the District of Columbia” amendment was enacted with the following change made to the 1938 law: In compliance with paragraph 2a of the Rule XIII, of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law are shown as follows (present law is in roman and new matter is in italics): (Act of June 29, 1938, 52 Stat. 1246) “That hereafter whenever regular employees of the Federal Government or of the… Read more »
to #2 . From the 3 legislations I mentioned in connection with July 4, you see that there are 2 points. 1) declaring July 4th federal holiday, which means that federal employees will not be working on that day. However with no pay for them.. 2) In addition to being a holiday federal employees in all the states,( which does not include the District of Columbia, since it s not a state). will be paid for the day.. On May 13, 1941 the legislation to be paid was extended to the federal employees from the District of Columbia. In the… Read more »
In 1870, the U.S. Congress made July 4th a federal holiday; in 1941, the provision was expanded to grant a paid holiday to all federal employees.
Congress declared that year that 4th of July should be a paid federal holiday for ALL workers. by doing so, they in essence made a declaration that July 4 is a federal holiday. Not a NEW declaration, but it was declared
The statement in the Rebbe’s letter “By Divine Providence also my arrival in the United States in 1941 coincided with the declaration by Congress that year, making July 4th a legal public holiday”, לפענ”ד requires clarification According to Google, in 1870, Congress made July 4th a federal holiday. However it was an unpaid holiday for federal employees. In 1938, JUly 4th was legislated as a Federal holiday with pay for its employees. However this did not include federal employees of the District of Columbia. In 1941, it became a paid holiday for the employees of the Government of the District… Read more »