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Executive Order 6613 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6613-A—Amendment to Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries and Daily Newspaper Publishing Business

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Saturday, February 24, 1934
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2 min read (367 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1934-02-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "A—Amendment to Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries and Daily Newspaper Publishing Business." 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

▪ The Government members of the Code Authority of the Graphic Arts Industries shall give particular attention to the provisions authorizing minors to sell newspapers and periodicals and to deliver newspapers, periodicals and advertising newspapers.
▪ They shall report to the President not later than sixty days hence.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
367
2,284 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
25.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 6613, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 24, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6613-amendment-code-fair-competition-for-the-graphic-arts-industries-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
A Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries and a Code of Fair Competition for the Daily Newspaper Publishing Business having been approved respectively in Executive Orders dated February 17, 1934, and certain provisions in the two Codes being substantially identical in phraseology and alike in effect and meaning, to-wit, Section 17 (b) of Article I of the Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries and Article VII of the Code of Fair Competition for the Daily Newspaper Publishing Business, and Section 19 (b) of Article II of the Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries and Section 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Article V of the Code of Fair Competition for the Daily Newspaper Publishing Business, and whereas the conditions of approval of said sections and/or articles in the two Codes are different, Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, to bring about uniformity and for other purposes, do hereby modify and amend my said orders of approval of said Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries and said Code of Fair Competition for the Daily Newspaper Publishing Business, respectively, as follows: 1. The Government members of the Code Authority of the Graphic Arts Industries shall give particular attention to the provisions authorizing minors to sell newspapers and periodicals and to deliver newspapers, periodicals and advertising newspapers. They shall report to the President not later than sixty days hence. 2. My comment with respect to Article VII of the Code of Fair Competition for the Daily Newspaper Publishing Business applies also to Section 17 (b) of Article 1 of the Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries, but said Article VII of the Code of Fair Competition for the Daily Newspaper Publishing Business and said Section 17 (b) of Article I of the Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Industries are nevertheless respectively approved as submitted and without modification, condition or qualification. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval recommended: Hugh S. Johnson. Administrator. The White House, February 24, 1934.