Executive Order 9368 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9368—Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of the Interior on Public Works Within the Territory of Alaska

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Monday, August 9, 1943

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1 min read (144 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 1943-08-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of the Interior on Public Works Within the Territory of Alaska." 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

▪ 340, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

144

817 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9368, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 9, 1943). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9368-suspension-the-eight-hour-law-laborers-and-mechanics-employed-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, 27 Stat. 340, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat. 726 (U.S.C., title 40, sec. 321), and as President of the United States, I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order 9360 of July 7, 1943, entitled "Suspension of Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of the Interior on Public Works Within the United States", to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of the Interior on any public work within the Territory of Alaska which is designated by the Secretary of the Interior as essential to the prosecution of the war, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in the said Executive order. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, August 9, 1943.