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Executive Order 5644 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5644—Designation of Unhealthful Posts in the Foreign Service

Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover
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Monday, June 8, 1931
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2 min read (447 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1931-06-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designation of Unhealthful Posts in the Foreign Service." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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 Designation of Unhealthful Posts in the Foreign Service.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
447
3,041 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
51
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 5644, Herbert Hoover (Jun 8, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5644-designation-unhealthful-posts-the-foreign-service.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
Under and pursuant to the provisions of section 26, paragraph (k), of the act of Congress approved February 23, 1931 (46 Stat. 1212), which paragraph reads as follows: "(k) The President is authorized from time to time to establish, by Executive order, a list of places which by reason of climatic or other extreme conditions are to be classed as unhealthful posts, and each year of duty subsequent to January 1, 1900, at such posts inclusive of regular leaves of absence, of officers already retired or hereafter retired, shall be counted as one year and a half, and so on in like proportion in reckoning the length of service for the purpose of retirement, fractional months being considered as full months in computing such service: Provided, however , That the President may at any time cancel the designation of any places as unhealthful without affecting any credit which has accrued for service at such posts prior to the date of the cancellation." the following places, which include those heretofore established as unhealthful posts for the purpose of retirement, under the act of May 24, 1924, by Executive orders dated April 1, 1925, October 20, 1927, November 28, 1927, and April 10, 1930, which Executive orders are hereby canceled, such cancellation to be effective July 1, 1931, are hereby established as unhealthful posts for the purposes of retirement within the meaning of the law above quoted, which supersedes the act of May 24, 1924: Acapulco, Mexico La Guaira, Venezuela Aden, Arabia La Paz, Bolivia Alvaro Obregon (Frontera), Mexico Léopoldville, Belgian Congo Amoy, China Loanda, Angola Antilla, Cuba Lourenço Marques, East Africa Asunci6n, Paraguay Madras, India Baghdad, Iraq Managua, Nicaragua Bahia, Brazil Manaos, Brazil Bangkok, Siam Manzanillo, Cuba Barranquilla, Colombia Manzanillo, Mexico Batavia, Java Maracaibo, Venezuela Belize, British Honduras Martinique, French Bluefields, Nicaragua West Indies Bombay, India Matanzas, Cuba Buenaventura, Colombia Maza tian, Mexico Caibarien, Cuba Medan, Sumatra Calcutta, India Monrovia, Liberia Canton, China Nanking, China Cartagena, Colombia Nuevitas, Cuba Ceiba, Honduras Para, Brazil Changsha, China Penang, Straits Settlements Chungldng, China Pernambuco, Brazil Cienfuegos, Cuba Port Limon, Costa Rica Colombo, Ceylon Progreso, Mexico Corinto, Nicaragua Puerto Barrios, Guatemala Dakar, Senegal Puerto Cabello, Venezuela Foochow, China Puerto Castilla, Honduras Georgetown, British Guiana Puerto Cortes, Honduras Guayaquil, Ecuador Puerto Plata, Dominican Guaymas, Mexico Republic Habana, Cuba Rangoon, India Hankow, China Sagua la Grande, Cuba Hong Kong Saigon, French Indo-China Karachi, India Salina Cruz, Mexico Lagos, Nigeria Santa Marta, Colombia Santiago, Cuba Swatow, China Santo Domingo, Dominican Taihoku, Taiwan Republic Tampico, Mexico Shanghai, China Tananarive, Madagascar Singapore, Straits Tela, Honduras Settlements Vera Cruz, Mexico Surabaya, Java This order shall become effective July 1, 1931. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, June 8, 1931.