Executive Order 10324 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10324—Amending Executive Order No. 10161 of September 9, 1950, with Respect to the Definitions of "Solid Fuels" and "Domestic Transportation, Storage, and Port Facilities"

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Wednesday, February 6, 1952

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1 min read (299 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1952-02-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 10161 of September 9, 1950, with Respect to the Definitions of "Solid Fuels" and "Domestic Transportation, Storage, and Port Facilities"." 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 Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.

▪ 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ To the extent that provisions of any prior Executive order are inconsistent with the provisions of this order, the latter shall control, and any such prior provisions are amended accordingly.

▪ All orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other actions relating to any function affected by this order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent herewith or are hereafter amended or revoked under proper authority.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

299

1,924 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10324, Harry S Truman (Feb 6, 1952). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10324-amending-executive-order-no-10161-september-9-1950-with-respect-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Paragraphs (e) and (k) of section 901 of Executive Order No. 10161 of September 9, 1950 (15 F.R. 6105; 3 CFR, 1950 Supp., p. 123), as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows: "(e) The term 'solid fuels' shall mean all forms of anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, and lignitic coals; coke; and coal chemicals." "(k) The term 'domestic transportation, storage, and port facilities' shall include locomotives, cars, motor vehicles, watercraft used on inland waterways, in harbors and on the Great Lakes, and other vehicles, vessels, and all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership, and all services in or in connection with the carriage of persons or property in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce within the United States, its Territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia, except movement of petroleum and gas by pipeline; and warehouses, piers, docks, wharves, loading and unloading equipment, and all other structures and facilities used in connection with the transshipment of persons and property between domestic carriers and carriers engaged in coastwise, intercoastal, and overseas transportation." SEC 2. To the extent that provisions of any prior Executive order are inconsistent with the provisions of this order, the latter shall control, and any such prior provisions are amended accordingly. All orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other actions relating to any function affected by this order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent herewith or are hereafter amended or revoked under proper authority. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, February 6, 1952