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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1934-06-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "B—Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Plastering and Lathing Contracting Division of the Construction 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—Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Plastering and Lathing Contracting Division of the Construction Industry.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
317
1,984 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
35.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6750, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 27, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6750-b-supplementary-code-fair-competition-for-the-plastering-and-lathing.
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, and pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Section 5 of Article VIII of Chapter I of the Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, approved January 31, 1934, for my approval of the Plastering and Lathing Contracting Chapter of said Code, and hearings having been held thereon, and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an analysis of said Plastering and Lathing Contracting Chapter and of said Code of Fair Competition as supplemented by the addition thereto of said Plastering and Lathing Contracting Chapter, together with his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that the said Plastering and Lathing Contracting Chapter and the said Code of Fair Competition as supplemented by the addition thereto of said Plastering and Lathing Contracting Chapter, comply 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 June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Plastering and Lathing Contracting Chapter be and it is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety as supplemented by the addition thereto of said Plastering and Lathing Contracting Chapter. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval Recommended: Hugh S Johnson Administrator for Industrial Recovery. The White House, June 27, 1934.