Executive Order 9152 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9152—Directions and Regulations Concerning Census Reports

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Wednesday, April 29, 1942

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1 min read (241 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 1942-04-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Directions and Regulations Concerning Census Reports." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Directions and Regulations Concerning Census Reports.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

241

1,461 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

28.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9152, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 29, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9152-directions-and-regulations-concerning-census-reports.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas section 1401 of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, approved March 27, 1942, authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, at the direction of the President, to make such special investigations and reports of census or statistical matters as may be needed in connection with the conduct of the war, and, in carrying out that purpose, to dispense with or curtail any regular census or statistical work of the Department of Commerce: Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing statutory provision, and in order to carry out the purposes thereof, I hereby issue the following directions and regulations: 1. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to make, subject to the exercise by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget of his responsibilities for the coordination of Federal statistical activities, such special investigations and reports of census or statistical matters as may be needed in connection with the conduct of the war. 2. In order to carry out the purpose of section 1 hereof, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to dispense with the taking of the census of manufacturing industries for 1941, and to dispense with or curtail, subject to the exercise by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget of his responsibilities for the coordination of Federal statistical activities, any other regular census or statistical work of the Department of Commerce. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 29, 1942.