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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1930-04-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Temporarily Changing the Order of Precedence of the Assistant Secretaries of War." 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
▪Under the authority of sections 177 and 179 of the Revised Statutes, the Assistant Secretary of War appointed under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1926, is hereby authorized and directed, pending further orders, to perform the duties of Secretary of War during the illness or temporary absence from the seat of government of the Secretary of War.
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Total Words
67
400 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
17.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5332, Herbert Hoover (Apr 22, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5332-temporarily-changing-the-order-precedence-the-assistant-secretaries.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Under the authority of sections 177 and 179 of the Revised Statutes, the Assistant Secretary of War appointed under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1926, is hereby authorized and directed, pending further orders, to perform the duties of Secretary of War during the illness or temporary absence from the seat of government of the Secretary of War. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, April 22, 1930.
