Executive Order 8134 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 8134—Modification of Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, as Modified, Prescribing Rates of Compensation of Government Employees in Emergency Agencies, Etc.
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 1939-05-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modification of Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, as Modified, Prescribing Rates of Compensation of Government Employees in Emergency Agencies, Etc.." 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
▪By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.
▪6746 of June 21, 1934, or in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
160
949 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
16.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 8134, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 15, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8134-modification-executive-order-no-6746-june-21-1934-modified.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, as modified, prescribing rates of compensation of Government employees in emergency agencies, etc., not subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, be, and it is hereby, further modified to provide that the heads of agencies operated in whole or in part from emergency funds the compensation of the employees of which may be fixed without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, may elect to classify the positions of the employees of their respective agencies, now in the service or hereafter appointed, and fix the rates of compensation therefor either in accordance with the salary schedule contained in Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, or in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, May 15, 1939 .
