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Executive Order 9828 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9828—Transferring the Surplus Property Office of the Department of the Interior to the War Assets Administration

Harry S Truman Harry S Truman
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Friday, February 21, 1947
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2 min read (459 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1947-02-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring the Surplus Property Office of the Department of the Interior to the War Assets Administration." 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

▪ Whereas the War Assets Administrator, pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, has by Regulation No.
▪ The Surplus Property Office of the Department of the Interior is hereby transferred to the War Assets Administration.
▪ Such measures and dispositions as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the budget to be necessary to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this paragraph shall be carried out in such manner as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may direct and by such agencies as he may designate.
▪ The Department of the Interior and the War Assets Administration shall supply and render, each to the other, materials, supplies, equipment, work, and services in accordance with section 7 of the Act of May 21, 1920, as amended (31 U.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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Total Words
459
2,825 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
21.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 9828, Harry S Truman (Feb 21, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9828-transferring-the-surplus-property-office-the-department-the-interior.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
Whereas the War Assets Administrator, pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, has by Regulation No. 1, as revised, effective February 23, 1947, designated the War Assets Administration as the disposal agency for all personal property located in the territories and possessions of the United States for which the Department of the Interior has heretofore been the disposal agency: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Statutes of the United States, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows: 1. The Surplus Property Office of the Department of the Interior is hereby transferred to the War Assets Administration. 2. All records and funds (including all unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other available funds) of the Surplus Property Office of the Department of the Interior which are used primarily in the administration of the functions, powers, and duties of the Department of the Interior as a disposal agency under the Surplus Property Act, all property (including office equipment) purchased with such funds, all contracts and other valid obligations of such office relating primarily to the administration of such functions, powers, and duties, and all personnel of such office engaged primarily in the administration of such functions, powers, and duties, as the Secretary of the Interior and the War Assets Administrator shall jointly determine, shall be transferred to the War Assists Administration for use in connection with the exercise and performance of such functions, powers, and duties. Such measures and dispositions as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the budget to be necessary to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this paragraph shall be carried out in such manner as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may direct and by such agencies as he may designate. 3. The Department of the Interior and the War Assets Administration shall supply and render, each to the other, materials, supplies, equipment, work, and services in accordance with section 7 of the Act of May 21, 1920, as amended (31 U. S. C. 686), to the extent and for such period after the effective date hereof as may be mutually agreeable to the Secretary of the Interior and the War Assets Administrator in order to facilitate the purposes of this order. 4. The War Assets Administrator may in his discretion terminate the office transferred by paragraph 1 hereof as a separate organizational entity within the War Assets Administration. 5. This order shall become effective February 23, 1947. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, February 21, 1947