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Executive Order 6242 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6242-C—In the Matter of the Application of Alabama Mills Company, a Bankrupt, by Paul A. Redmond, Trustee, for Certain Exemptions from the Cotton Textile Code

Friday, August 4, 1933
2 min read (302 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-08-04, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "C—In the Matter of the Application of Alabama Mills Company, a Bankrupt, by Paul A. Redmond, Trustee, for Certain Exemptions from the Cotton Textile Code." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

It appearing to me on the basis of the showing made at the hearings granted the applicants above mentioned as set forth in the report thereon dated July 31, 1933, rendered to me by the Administrator, which is hereby adopted and approved, that no case of injustice and extreme hardship requiring special treatment has been made out by the above-named applicants; Now, therefore, I, Franklin D.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
302
1,863 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
24.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6242, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 4, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6242-c-the-matter-the-application-alabama-mills-company-bankrupt-paul.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)