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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1942-01-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Suspension of the Provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931, as to the War and Navy Departments and the Coast Guard." 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
▪678, and finding such action necessary in the interest of national defense, I hereby suspend for the War and Navy Departments and for the Coast Guard and their field services, during the period of the existing national emergency, the provisions of the act of March 3, 1931, 46 Stat.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
200
1,101 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
18.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
-0.19
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9018, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 12, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9018-suspension-the-provisions-the-act-march-3-1931-the-war-and-navy.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 (a) of the act of June 28, 1940, 54 Stat. 678, and finding such action necessary in the interest of national defense, I hereby suspend for the War and Navy Departments and for the Coast Guard and their field services, during the period of the existing national emergency, the provisions of the act of March 3, 1931, 46 Stat. 1482 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 26 (a)); and during such period the hours of employment of civil personnel in the War and Navy Departments and the Coast Guard and in their field services shall, subject to the provisions of the said section 5 (a) of the act of June 28, 1940, be in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy may respectively prescribe, such regulations, so far as they relate to the working hours of employees in the District of Columbia, to be subject, in the interest of uniformity as contemplated by the said act of June 28, 1940, to the coordination and approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 12, 1942.
