Executive Order 6028 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6028—Authorizing the Appointment of Special Investigators in the Immigration Service, Department of Labor

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Thursday, February 16, 1933

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1 min read (125 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 Herbert Hoover on 1933-02-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorizing the Appointment of Special Investigators in the Immigration Service, Department of Labor." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Authorizing the Appointment of Special Investigators in the Immigration Service, Department of Labor.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

125

797 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6028, Herbert Hoover (Feb 16, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6028-authorizing-the-appointment-special-investigators-the-immigration.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

The following-named persons may be appointed special investigators in the Immigration Service, Department of Labor, without regard to the requirements of the civil-service rules: Wallace D. Bassford J. Theodore George Ervin F. Brown James Hoover W. Woodruff Chisum Thomas A. Lewis Carlo deVio James H. O'Connor Abraham Dickstein Mabel Rewman Edward S. Doak Harry L. Tetlow William L. Ford John W. Williams This order is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, who advises that these officials have been in the Department of Labor for varying periods of time and have each rendered such highly meritorious service, often under most trying and difficult circumstances, in the performance of their duties as to warrant this action. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, February 16, 1933.