Executive Order 10301 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10301—Amending Executive Order No. 10161, as Amended, to Provide for Alternate Members of the Wage Stabilization Board

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Friday, November 2, 1951

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1 min read (295 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1951-11-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 10161, as Amended, to Provide for Alternate Members of the Wage Stabilization Board." 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 the statutes, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, 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 section 403 of Executive Order No.

▪ 10161 of September 9, 1950, as amended by Executive Order No.

▪ Not more than two of such alternate members shall be representative of the public, not more than two shall be representative of labor, and not more than two shall be representative of business and industry.

▪ Any alternate member shall participate as a member of the Board only in lieu of a member appointed under section 403(a) who is not participating, and only when called upon by the Chairman of the Board to so participate, and when so participating each alternate member shall have the same status and functions as a member appointed under section 403(a) of this Executive order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

295

1,725 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10301, Harry S Truman (Nov 2, 1951). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10301-amending-executive-order-no-10161-amended-provide-for-alternate.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, 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 section 403 of Executive Order No. 10161 of September 9, 1950, as amended by Executive Order No. 10233 of April 24, 1951, be, and it is hereby, further amended by re-lettering paragraph (b) thereof as paragraph (c) and by inserting after paragraph (a) of such section 403 the following new paragraph: "(b) In addition to the members of the Board provided for in section 403(a) of this Executive order, the Board shall have not more than six alternate members, who shall be appointed by the President at such times as he may deem necessary and for such periods of service as he shall prescribe. Not more than two of such alternate members shall be representative of the public, not more than two shall be representative of labor, and not more than two shall be representative of business and industry. Any alternate member shall participate as a member of the Board only in lieu of a member appointed under section 403(a) who is not participating, and only when called upon by the Chairman of the Board to so participate, and when so participating each alternate member shall have the same status and functions as a member appointed under section 403(a) of this Executive order. The designation by the Chairman of the Board of alternate members to participate as members of the Board shall be so ordered as to preserve the equal representation contemplated by the provisions of section 403(a) of this Executive order." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, November 2, 1951