Executive Order 10574 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10574—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10480 Providing for the Administration of the Defense Mobilization Program

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Friday, November 5, 1954

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2 min read (396 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1954-11-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10480 Providing for the Administration of the Defense Mobilization Program." 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 laws of the United States, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.

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

▪ 10480 of August 14, 1953, entitled "Further Providing for the Administration of the Defense Mobilization Program", are hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC.

▪ The functions conferred by sections 303, 305 and 306 of this order shall be carried out in accordance with programs certified by the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

396

2,450 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10574, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nov 5, 1954). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10574-amendment-executive-order-no-10480-providing-for-the-administration.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Sections 301 and 312 of Executive Order No. 10480 of August 14, 1953, entitled "Further Providing for the Administration of the Defense Mobilization Program", are hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 301. The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and the General Services Administration, in this Part referred to as guaranteeing agencies, each officer having functions delegated to him pursuant to section 201 (a) of this order, and each other agency of the Government having mobilization functions, shall, within areas of production designated by the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, develop and promote measures for the expansion of productive capacity and of production and supply of materials and facilities necessary for the national defense. "SEC. 312. The functions conferred by sections 303, 305 and 306 of this order shall be carried out in accordance with programs certified by the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization. Each officer and agency of the Government having mobilization functions shall make recommendations to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization for the issuance of certificates or other action under sections 302 and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and for the issuance of certificates under subsections (e) and (g) of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, with respect to the materials and facilities which are, pursuant to the designation of areas of production by the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization under section 301 of this order, as amended, within the jurisdiction of such officer or agency." SEC. 2. Any reference in any regulation or other Executive document issued or approved by the President to any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 shall, except as may be inconsistent with the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or otherwise inappropriate, be deemed also to refer to the corresponding provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, November 5, 1954.