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Executive Order 9388 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9388—Establishing a Special Emergency Board To Report on Claims for Wage Adjustments of Nonoperating Railway Employees

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Saturday, October 16, 1943
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2 min read (416 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 1943-10-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing a Special Emergency Board To Report on Claims for Wage Adjustments of Nonoperating Railway Employees." 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

▪ 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.
▪ The recommendations of the Special Emergency Board in regard to proposed changes affecting wage and salary payments shall become effective fifteen days after the date of the filing of its report with me, unless and except to the extent the Economic Stabilization Director otherwise directs.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
416
2,532 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
27.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 9388, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oct 16, 1943). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9388-establishing-special-emergency-board-report-claims-for-wage.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
Whereas , the Director of Economic Stabilization found the report of May 24 and May 29, of the Emergency Board set up to consider the wage adjustment claims of the non-operating railway employees to be inconsistent with the stabilization program established under the Act of October 2, 1942, and the Executive Orders issued thereunder, and directed that the claims be reconsidered in light of the opinion filed by him on June 30, 1942, and Whereas , the Emergency Board originally constituted to consider the claims of the non-operating railway employees has been dissolved and it is necessary to provide further machinery for adjusting these claims in accordance with the Act of October 2, 1942, and the stabilization program established thereunder, 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 to reconsider the claims for wage adjustments of the nonoperating railway employees, and to recommend to me such wage adjustments which should be made, within the limitations of the Act of October 2, 1942, and the Executive Orders thereunder, and in conformity with the opinion of the Economic Stabilization Director of June 30, 1943. In making its recommendations to me, the Board may give such consideration as it deems appropriate to the report filed with me on September 25, 1943, by the Emergency Board appointed to consider the claims for wage adjustments of the operating railway employees. (2) The parties before the Special Emergency Board shall be the same as those included within the recommendation of the Emergency Board which reported to me on May 24 and May 29 in this dispute. (3) The Special Emergency Board shall report to me on or before November 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. The recommendations of the Special Emergency Board in regard to proposed changes affecting wage and salary payments shall become effective fifteen days after the date of the filing of its report with me, unless and except to the extent the Economic Stabilization Director otherwise directs. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, October 16, 1943.