Executive Order 9379 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9379—Executive Order Establishing a Special Emergency Board To Report on the Adjustment of Wages for Employees of the Pacific Electric Railway Company of Los Angeles, California

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Thursday, September 23, 1943

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2 min read (346 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 1943-09-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Executive Order Establishing a Special Emergency Board To Report on the Adjustment of Wages for Employees of the Pacific Electric Railway Company of Los Angeles, California." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ There is hereby established a Special Emergency Board of three members to be selected by me from the National Railway Labor panel who shall report to me what, if any, wage adjustments for employees of the Pacific Electric Railway Company of Los Angeles, California, should be made, within the limitations of the Act of October 2, 1942 and the Executive Orders and Directives issued thereunder.

▪ The Board's report shall be based upon the proceedings before the Emergency Board that reported to me May 21, 1943 on this dispute, the relevant, factual material in the Madris Report filed with the National Railway Labor panel September 10, 1943 and such further relevant evidence as the Special Emergency Board shall determine to receive.

▪ The Special Emergency Board shall report to the President on or before October 15, 1943.

▪ Copies of the report shall be filed at the same time with the Economic Stabilization Director, the National War Labor Board, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

346

2,163 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

20.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9379, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Sep 23, 1943). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9379-executive-order-establishing-special-emergency-board-report-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas a continuing labor dispute following final action on a report by an emergency board now threatens a disruption of transportation services rendered by the Pacific Electric Railway Company of Los Angeles, California, Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes and particularly by the First War Powers Act, 1941, as President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. There is hereby established a Special Emergency Board of three members to be selected by me from the National Railway Labor panel who shall report to me what, if any, wage adjustments for employees of the Pacific Electric Railway Company of Los Angeles, California, should be made, within the limitations of the Act of October 2, 1942 and the Executive Orders and Directives issued thereunder. The Board's report shall be based upon the proceedings before the Emergency Board that reported to me May 21, 1943 on this dispute, the relevant, factual material in the Madris Report filed with the National Railway Labor panel September 10, 1943 and such further relevant evidence as the Special Emergency Board shall determine to receive. 2. The Special Emergency Board shall report to the President on or before October 15, 1943. Copies of the report shall be filed at the same time with the Economic Stabilization Director, the National War Labor Board, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 3. The Economic Stabilization Director shall on behalf of himself or other Departments and Agencies concerned report to the President the effect of the recommendations on the general stabilization program. The report of the Economic Stabilization Director shall be made within ten days after the date on which the Special Emergency Board's report has been filed. At the time of the Director's report the recommendations of the Special Emergency Board in regard to proposed changes affecting wages and salary payments shall become effective, unless and except to the extent the Economic Stabilization Director otherwise directs. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, September 23, 1943.