Executive Order 10433 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10433—Further Providing for the Administration of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended

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Wednesday, February 4, 1953

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2 min read (372 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1953-02-04, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Providing for the Administration of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended." 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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ 63), and each reference to the Defense Production Administration in any prior Executive order, are hereby amended to refer to the Director of Defense Mobilization and the Office of Defense Mobilization, respectively.

▪ Notwithstanding such revocation, boards, committees, other subordinate agencies, and positions established thereunder shall be continued under the jurisdiction of the Director of Defense Mobilization unless and until other disposition thereof is made by him.

▪ 6106), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

372

2,381 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10433, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Feb 4, 1953). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10433-further-providing-for-the-administration-the-defense-production-act.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. (a) Except in instances wherein the provisions concerned have heretofore been or are hereby revoked or otherwise made inapplicable, and except for any references which have heretofore been eliminated by amendment, each reference to the Defense Production Administrator in any prior Executive order, including the reference to him in section 2 (e) of Executive Order No. 10200 of January 3, 1951 (16 F.R. 63), and each reference to the Defense Production Administration in any prior Executive order, are hereby amended to refer to the Director of Defense Mobilization and the Office of Defense Mobilization, respectively. (b) All records, property, personnel, and funds of the Defense Production Administration shall be transferred, consonant with applicable law, to the Office of Defense Mobilization. (c) Section 1 of Executive Order No. 10200 of January 3, 1951 (16 F.R. 61), is hereby revoked. Notwithstanding such revocation, boards, committees, other subordinate agencies, and positions established thereunder shall be continued under the jurisdiction of the Director of Defense Mobilization unless and until other disposition thereof is made by him. SEC. 2. Section 401 (a) of Executive Order No. 10161 of September 9, 1950 (15 F.R. 6106), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 401. (a) There is hereby created a new and independent agency to be known as the Economic Stabilization Agency, hereafter in this Part referred to as the Agency. There shall be at the head of the Agency an Economic Stabilization Administrator, hereafter in this Part referred to as the Administrator. The Director of Defense Mobilization (provided for in Executive Order No. 10193 of December 16, 1950 (15 F.R. 9031)) shell, ex officio, and without additional compensation, be the Administrator." SEC 3. All orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other actions relating to any function affected by this Executive order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent herewith or are hereafter amended or revoked under proper authority. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, February 4, 1953.