Executive Order 6793 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6793—Allocating Funds From the Appropriation to Meet the Emergency and Necessity for Relief in Stricken Agricultural Areas

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Wednesday, July 11, 1934

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1 min read (227 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 1934-07-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Allocating Funds From the Appropriation to Meet the Emergency and Necessity for Relief in Stricken Agricultural Areas." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ 412, 73d Cong.), appropriating $525,000,000 to meet the emergency and necessity for relief in stricken agricultural areas, there is hereby allocated from the said appropriation the sum of $15,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture for the planting of forest protective strips in the Plains region as a means of ameliorating drought conditions.

▪ The moneys herein made available shall be expended through such agencies, including corporations, as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate; and, with the consent of the State, county, or municipality concerned, the Secretary of Agriculture may utilize such State and local officers and employees as it may deem necessary in carrying out this order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

227

1,475 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

20.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6793, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 11, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6793-allocating-funds-from-the-appropriation-meet-the-emergency-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of, and pursuant to, the authority vested in me by the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, approved June 19, 1934 (Public, No. 412, 73d Cong.), appropriating $525,000,000 to meet the emergency and necessity for relief in stricken agricultural areas, there is hereby allocated from the said appropriation the sum of $15,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture for the planting of forest protective strips in the Plains region as a means of ameliorating drought conditions. In carrying out this order the Secretary of Agriculture shall have authority to make all necessary expenditures in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including but not limited to the employment of such officers, experts, and employees as he may find necessary, to prescribe their authorities, duties, responsibilities, and tenure, and to fix their compensation, for the procurement and/or production of seed and planting stock, for planting operations, for the purchase and/or leasing of the lands to be planted, for technical investigations, for fencing, and for rent. The moneys herein made available shall be expended through such agencies, including corporations, as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate; and, with the consent of the State, county, or municipality concerned, the Secretary of Agriculture may utilize such State and local officers and employees as it may deem necessary in carrying out this order. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, July 11, 1934.