Executive Order 10513 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10513—Designating Certain Officers To Act as Secretary of Labor

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Tuesday, January 19, 1954

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1 min read (221 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 1954-01-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designating Certain Officers To Act as Secretary of Labor." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Designating Certain Officers To Act as Secretary of Labor.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

221

1,223 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10513, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Jan 19, 1954). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10513-designating-certain-officers-act-secretary-labor.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 6) and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, it is ordered as follows: I hereby authorize and direct the Assistant Secretaries of Labor and the Solicitor of Labor, in the order designated as hereinafter provided, to perform the duties of the office of the Secretary of Labor in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of both the Secretary of Labor and the Under Secretary of Labor. The Assistant Secretaries of Labor and the Solicitor of Labor shall act as Secretary of Labor as herein provided (1) in such order as the Secretary of Labor (or the Under Secretary when acting as Secretary) may by order designate from time to time, or (2) if no such designation order is in effect at the time, in the order of the respective dates of their commissions, or in the event that two or more of their commissions bear the same date, in the order in which they shall have taken their oath of office. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9968 of June 17, 1948, entitled "Designation of Certain Officers To Act as Secretary of Labor." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, January 19, 1954.