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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1951-09-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 10276 with Respect to the Administration of Title I of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as Amended." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
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
▪By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 208(a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 1(b) of Executive Order No.
▪7535) shall be, and it is hereby, amended, effective as of the effective date of the said Executive Order No.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
255
1,556 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
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Flesch-Kincaid
24.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10293, Harry S Truman (Sep 27, 1951). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10293-amending-executive-order-no-10276-with-respect-the-administration.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 208(a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 1(b) of Executive Order No. 10276 of July 31, 1951 (16 F.R. 7535) shall be, and it is hereby, amended, effective as of the effective date of the said Executive Order No. 10276, to read as follows: "(b) All powers duties, and functions conferred upon the President by Title I of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, exclusive of section 4(e) thereof, as amended, shall be administered through the aforesaid Economic Stabilization Agency and may be exercised and performed by the Economic Stabilization Administrator or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the Economic Stabilization Agency as the said Administrator shall designate: Provided, That so much of the said powers, duties, and functions as consists of granting exceptions to the provisions of section 4 of Title I of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and to any regulations issued pursuant thereto, for persons engaged in national defense activities shall be exercised and performed in such consultation with the Housing and Home Finance Administrator or his representative as the Economic Stabilization Administrator and the Housing and Home Finance Administrator shall from time to time jointly determine." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, September 27, 1951
