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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1949-02-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 9999, Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Amendment of Executive Order No. 9999, Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
222
1,363 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
33.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
-0.19
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10040, Harry S Truman (Feb 21, 1949). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10040-amendment-executive-order-no-9999-suspending-certain-statutory.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1949 (Public Law 782, 80th Congress), section 103 of the Department of the Navy Appropriation Act, 1949 (Public Law 753, 80th Congress), and section 4 of the Military Functions Appropriation Act, 1949 (Public Law 766 80th Congress), relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone, and deeming such course to be in the public interest, it is ordered as follows: The first paragraph of Executive Order No. 9999 of September 14, 1948, which suspends compliance with certain statutory provisions relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone during the continuance of the present national emergency, is hereby amended, as of September 14, 1948, by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding thereto the following proviso: "Provided, that this suspension shall not be construed to affect the provisions of the said sections relating to the amount of compensation that may be received by persons employed in skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, executive, or supervisory positions on the Canal Zone directly or indirectly by any branch of the United Stares Government or by any corporation or company whose stock is owned wholly or in part by the Untied Stares Government." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, February 21, 1949
