Executive Order 2741 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 2741—Waiving Civil Service Regulations for Confidential Positions under the Trading with the Enemy Act

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Thursday, October 25, 1917

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1 min read (118 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 Woodrow Wilson on 1917-10-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Waiving Civil Service Regulations for Confidential Positions under the Trading with the Enemy Act." 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 Waiving Civil Service Regulations for Confidential Positions under the Trading with the Enemy Act.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

118

751 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 2741, Woodrow Wilson (Oct 25, 1917). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-2741-waiving-civil-service-regulations-for-confidential-positions-under.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Newspaper readers and translators selected by the Postmaster General for filling certain confidential positions under the Trading with the Enemy Act may be appointed during the period of the war with Germany without examination under the civil service law. The Postmaster General states that there are available to the Post Office Department for appointment in these lines men whose loyalty has been proven and who in some cases will accept employment at a nominal salary through patriotic desire to give service at this time. The Civil Service Commission concurs in the issuance of this order in view of the highly confidential character of the employments and the particular qualifications required. WOODROW WILSON THE WHITE HOUSE, October 25, 1917.