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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-08-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exempting Certain Positions from Salary Classification." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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 Exempting Certain Positions from Salary Classification.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
117
717 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
19.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 8222, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 21, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8222-exempting-certain-positions-from-salary-classification.
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 hereby ordered that there be exempted from the operation of Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, the positions of consultants, experts, specialists, attorneys, and other similar positions, the incumbents of which are intermittently employed on a per diem basis or employed on an annual basis at amounts representing the value of part-time service required, and who are or have been paid from the public works or other emergency funds administered by the Federal Works Administrator through the Commissioner of Public Works and available during the fiscal years 1940 and 1941. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, August 21, 1939.
