Executive Order 9694 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9694—Inspection of Income, Excess-profits, and Declared Value Excess-profits Tax Returns By the War Contracts Price Adjustment Board

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Wednesday, February 6, 1946

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1 min read (111 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 Harry S Truman on 1946-02-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Inspection of Income, Excess-profits, and Declared Value Excess-profits Tax Returns By the War Contracts Price Adjustment Board." 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

▪ That income, excess-profits, and declared value excess-profits tax returns made under the Internal Revenue Code for the year 1939 and subsequent years, shall be open to inspection by the War Contracts Price Adjustment Board, subject to the conditions stated in the Treasury decision relating to the inspection of such returns by such Board approved by me this date.

▪ This Order shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

111

644 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9694, Harry S Truman (Feb 6, 1946). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9694-inspection-income-excess-profits-and-declared-value-excess-profits.

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, and 729 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat., 1, 29, 111; 45 Stat 974, 989), it is hereby ordered that income, excess-profits, and declared value excess-profits tax returns made under the Internal Revenue Code for the year 1939 and subsequent years, shall be open to inspection by the War Contracts Price Adjustment Board, subject to the conditions stated in the Treasury decision relating to the inspection of such returns by such Board approved by me this date. This Order shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, February 6, 1946