Executive Order 10311 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10311—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

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Monday, December 10, 1951

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1 min read (163 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 1951-12-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

163

988 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

35.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10311, Harry S Truman (Dec 10, 1951). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10311-suspending-certain-statutory-provisions-relating-employment-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 618 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1952 (Public Law 179, 82d Congress), and section 103 of the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1952 (Public Law 203, 82d Congress), relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone, and deeming such course to be in the public interest, I hereby suspend, from and including the effective date of the said acts, compliance with the provisions of the said sections: Provided, that this suspension shall not be construed to affect the provisions of the said sections relating to the amount of compensation that may be received by persons employed in skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, executive or supervisory positions on the Canal Zone directly or indirectly by any branch of the United States Government or by any corporation or company the stock of which is owned wholly or in part by the United States Government. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, December 10, 1951