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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1934-03-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "B—Code of Fair Competition for the Machinery and Allied Products Industry." 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on B—Code of Fair Competition for the Machinery and Allied Products Industry.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
Total Words
308
1,915 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
34.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6647, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 17, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6647-b-code-fair-competition-for-the-machinery-and-allied-products.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for my approval of a Code of Fair Competition for the Machinery and Allied Products Industry, and hearings having been held thereon and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an analysis of the said Code of Fair Competition together with his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that the said Code of Fair Competition complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of said Act, and that the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Section 3 of the said Act have been met: 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 Juno 16, 1933, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator, and do order that the said Code of Fair Competition be, and it is hereby approved, on condition that each of the trade associations representing the thirty-nine (39) subdivisions of this Code shall amend its constitution, by-laws and/or articles of incorporation or association to the satisfaction of the Administrator within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Code and that the code authority constituted under this Code and the code authority under the Code of Fair Competition for the Automotive Parts and Equipment Industry study the definitions contained in the two codes referred to, and within sixty (60) days from the effective date of this Code recommend to the Administrator such changes in said definitions as will eliminate any overlapping therein. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval Recommended: Hugh S Johnson Administrator. The White House, March 17, 1934.