Executive Order 7981 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7981—Amendment of Subdivision IV, Schedule B, Civil Service Rules

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Thursday, September 29, 1938

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1 min read (191 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 1938-09-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Subdivision IV, Schedule B, Civil Service Rules." 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

▪ 403, 404), it is ordered that Subdivision IV of Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following paragraph: "5.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

191

1,227 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

20.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7981, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Sep 29, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7981-amendment-subdivision-iv-schedule-b-civil-service-rules.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is ordered that Subdivision IV of Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following paragraph: "5. Classified positions in the Ordnance Department at Large, War Department, when filled by the promotion of unclassified laborers, subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission." This order, which is recommended by the Civil Service Commission in view of the agreement by the War Department that hereafter unclassified laborer positions in the Ordnance Department at Large will be filled through appointment from appropriate classified registers as provided in section 3 of Civil Service Rule II, will permit unskilled laborers appointed from the unclassified laborer register to advance upon noncompetitive examination to classified positions in the Ordnance Department at Large, but such promotion will not accord to such employees a classified status or render them eligible for transfer to classified positions in other branches of the Federal service. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, September 29, 1938.