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 1939-01-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Paragraph 5, 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 paragraph 5, Subdivision IV, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "5.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
206
1,316 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
21.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 8035, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 16, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8035-amendment-paragraph-5-subdivision-iv-schedule-b-civil-service-rules.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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 paragraph 5, Subdivision IV, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "5. Classified positions in the Ordnance Department at Large, and in the Chemical Warfare Service at Large at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, 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 under the Chemical Warfare Service at Large at Edgewood Arsenal 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 Chemical Warfare Service at Large, but will not record to such promoted 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, January 16, 1939.
