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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1930-06-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Appointment of Miss Patia Smith." 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 Appointment of Miss Patia Smith.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
145
845 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5377, Herbert Hoover (Jun 23, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5377-appointment-miss-patia-smith.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Miss Patia Smith may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Commerce without reference to the provisions of the civil service rules. Miss Smith is the daughter of Curtis M. Smith, a former employee of the Bureau of Standards, who was seriously injured in an explosion which occurred while he was on duty in the dynamometer laboratory of the Bureau of Standards in September, 1923. As a result of his heroic action in preventing loss of life and further damage to Government property by closing the liquid ammonia valves of the altitude chamber and pumping out the ammonia coils to a vacuum, Mr. Smith was seriously injured and incapacitated for duty for some time prior to his death on March 15, 1929. This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, June 23, 1930.
