Executive Order 6623 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6623—Establishment of the Federal Employment Stabilization Office in the Department of Commerce, Etc.

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Thursday, March 1, 1934

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2 min read (382 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1934-03-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishment of the Federal Employment Stabilization Office in the Department of Commerce, Etc.." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 1517), provides for reorganizations within the executive branch of the Government, requires the President to investigate and determine what reorganizations are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the act, and authorizes the President to make such reorganizations by Executive order; and Whereas section 1 of Executive Order No.

▪ 6166 of June 10, 1933, provides in part as follows: "The Federal Employment Stabilization Board is abolished, and its records are transferred to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works if and when said administration is authorized and established." and Whereas the effective date of the above-quoted provision of section 1 of Executive Order No.

▪ 6166 of June 10, 1933, be, and it is hereby, revoked.

▪ It is further ordered that the said Federal Employment Stabilization Board be, and it is hereby, abolished.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

382

2,383 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6623, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 1, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6623-establishment-the-federal-employment-stabilization-office-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas section 16 of the act of March 3, 1933 (ch. 212, 47 Stat. 1517), provides for reorganizations within the executive branch of the Government, requires the President to investigate and determine what reorganizations are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the act, and authorizes the President to make such reorganizations by Executive order; and Whereas section 1 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, provides in part as follows: "The Federal Employment Stabilization Board is abolished, and its records are transferred to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works if and when said administration is authorized and established." and Whereas the effective date of the above-quoted provision of section 1 of Executive Order No. 6166 has been further deferred by Executive order of this date until such time as the functions of said Board may be transferred as hereinafter provided; and Whereas after further investigation I find and declare that the establishment in the Department of Commerce of an office to be known as the Federal Employment Stabilization Office, and the transfer thereto of the functions of said Board, would be in the public interest and would effectuate the purposes of said section 16; Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 16 of the act of March 3, 1933, it is ordered that the above-quoted provision of section 1 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, be, and it is hereby, revoked. It is further ordered that the said Federal Employment Stabilization Board be, and it is hereby, abolished. There is hereby established in the Department of Commerce an office to be known as the Federal Employment Stabilization Office, and there are hereby transferred to such office the functions of the Federal Employment Stabilization Board, together with its Director and other personnel, and records, supplies, equipment, and property of every kind. The unexpended balances of appropriations and/or allotments of appropriations of the Federal Employment Stabilization Board are hereby transferred to the Federal Employment Stabilization Office, Department of Commerce. This order will become effective in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of title III of the act of March 20, 1933 (ch. 3, 48 Stat. 8, 16). Done in triplicate. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, March 1, 1934.