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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1934-06-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorization of Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, to Inspect Tax Returns." 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Authorization of Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, to Inspect Tax Returns.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
166
951 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
10.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6742, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 15, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6742-authorization-special-committee-investigating-the-munitions-industry.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 257 (a) of the Revenue Act of 1926 (ch. 27, 44 Stat. 9, 51), section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1928 (ch. 852, 45 Stat. 791, 809), and section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169, 189), it is hereby ordered that tax returns shall be open to inspection by the Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, authorized by Senate Resolution 206, Seventy-third Congress, to investigate the manufacture of and traffic in arms, munitions, and other implements of war, such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by the President under date of December 13, 1932, as amended under date of August 3, 1933, as further amended under dates of October 18, 1933, and May 21, 1934, and as further amended this date. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, June 15, 1934.
