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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1959-05-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10480, as Amended, Relating to the Defense Mobilization Program." 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
▪By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.
▪2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.
▪10480 of August 14, 1953, entitled "Further Providing for the Administration of the Defense Mobilization Program," as amended, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting for section 301 thereof, as amended by Executive Order No.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
223
1,410 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
18.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10819, Dwight D. Eisenhower (May 8, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10819-amendment-executive-order-no-10480-amended-relating-the-defense.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10480 of August 14, 1953, entitled "Further Providing for the Administration of the Defense Mobilization Program," as amended, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting for section 301 thereof, as amended by Executive Order No. 10574 of November 5, 1954, a new section 301 reading as follows: "SEC. 301. The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in this Part referred to as guaranteeing agencies, each officer having functions delegated to him pursuant to section 201(a) of this order, and each other agency of the Government having mobilization functions, shall, within areas of production designated by the Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, develop and promote measures for the expansion of productive capacity and of production and supply of materials and facilities necessary for the national defense." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, May 8, 1959.
