Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1945-08-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 9240 Entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation"." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, it is ordered that Section I B of Executive Order No.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
111
647 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
18.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9597, Harry S Truman (Aug 14, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9597-amending-executive-order-no-9240-entitled-regulations-relating.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, it is ordered that Section I B of Executive Order No. 9240 of September 9, 1942, entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation", be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "No premium wage for work on customary holidays except that time and one-half wage compensation shall be paid for work performed on any of the following holidays only: New Year's Day Thanksgiving Day Fourth of July Christmas Day Labor Day V-J Day And either Memorial Day or one other such holiday of greater local importance." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, August 14, 1945
