Executive Order 9455 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9455—Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Declared Value Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns by the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives

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Tuesday, July 11, 1944

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1 min read (161 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 1944-07-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Declared Value Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns by the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ This order shall be published in the Federal Register .

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

161

995 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9455, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 11, 1944). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9455-inspection-income-excess-profits-declared-value-excess-profits-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 1204, and 729 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 1, 29, 111, 171; 54 Stat. 974, 989), it is hereby ordered that income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, and capital stock tax returns made under the Internal Revenue Code for the years 1939 to 1944, inclusive, shall be open to inspection by the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of House Resolution 21 (Seventy-eighth Congress, first session), passed January 19, 1943, and subject to the conditions stated in the Treasury decision relating to the inspection of such returns by that Committee, approved by me this date. This order is supplemental to Executive Order 9448, dated June 8, 1944. This order shall be published in the Federal Register . FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, July 11, 1944.