Executive Order No. 8034 of January 14, 1939, is hereby revoked and the Federal Real Estate Board established thereby is hereby abolished.
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Signed by President Harry S Truman on September 6, 1951, this order concerns Revoking Executive Order No. 8304 of January 14, 1939 and Abolishing the Federal Real Estate Board. Executive Order No. 8034 of January 14, 1939, is hereby revoked and the Federal Real Estate Board established thereby is hereby abolished.
Executive Order No. 8034 of January 14, 1939, is hereby revoked and the Federal Real Estate Board established thereby is hereby abolished.
Evaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government." — Federalist No. 70 (1788)
Hamilton would view this directive as the natural and indispensable functioning of administrative leadership. Without the power to coordinate agencies, manage personnel, and resolve operational ambiguities, the modern presidency would be reduced to an impotent figurehead.
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
Operates within delegated statutory execution without modifying legislative appropriations or taxing powers.
Exercises standard supervisory executive authority to faithfully execute existing statutes.
Engages state and local partners in cooperative federalism programs.
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 8034 of January 14, 1939, is hereby revoked and the Federal Real Estate Board established thereby is hereby abolished. HARRY S. TRUMAN
September 6, 1951
1 order cited directly in this text, plus related actions from this administration.
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Harry S Truman Executive Order No. 10157 of August 28, 1950, entitled "Enabling Certain Employees of the Federal Government To Acquire a Competitive Status", as amended by Executive Order No. 10217 of February 26, 1951," is hereby further amended as follows: 1.
Harry S Truman The time stipulated in subsection (c) of section 601 of the Act on or before which requests must be filed under subsections (b) and (g) of that section is extended from December 31, 1950, to December 31, 1951. 2.
Harry S Truman WHEREAS there exist certain labor disputes between Kennecott Copper Corporation, Phelps Dodge Corporation, American Smelting and Refining Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, including International Smelting and Refining Company, and other employers who are similarly…
Harry S Truman Exec. Order No. 10,287 (Sept. 6, 1951), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10287-revoking-executive-order-no-8304-january-14-1939-and-abolishing-the.
