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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-06-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Relief of Unemployment Through the Performance of Useful Public Works." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
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
▪That such warrant officers of the Coast Guard, not exceeding 170, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine, are hereby attached to the War Department for duty in connection with new public works projects or the Civilian Conservation Corps, and are ordered to report to the Secretary of War for duty upon receipt of written orders from the Secretary of War.
▪These officers shall be called by the Secretary of War as the needs of public works projects or the Civilian Conservation Corps may determine and shall be given priority over members of the Army Reserve Corps, the Naval Reserve, and the Marine Corps Reserve.
▪When these officers are ordered to such duty, they shall be placed upon the pay rolls of the public works projects or the Civilian Conservation Corps and shall then be paid from the appropriate funds allocated.
▪Until ordered to such duty these officers shall be on furlough status.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
325
1,922 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
21.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6169, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 15, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6169-relief-unemployment-through-the-performance-useful-public-works.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Whereas it is provided by the act of Congress entitled "AN ACT For the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes", approved March 31, 1933 (Public, No. 5, 73d Cong.), that "the President is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe and by utilizing such existing departments or agencies as he may designate, to provide for employing citizens of the United States who are unemployed, in the construction, maintenance and carrying on of works of a public nature * * *", and Whereas I am advised by the Secretary of the Treasury that certain warrant officers of the Coast Guard are suitable and available for employment by the Director of Emergency Conservation Work, and Whereas this responsibility for assigning officers to this duty has been assigned to the War Department, Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me by said acta of Congress or otherwise, it is hereby ordered that such warrant officers of the Coast Guard, not exceeding 170, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine, are hereby attached to the War Department for duty in connection with new public works projects or the Civilian Conservation Corps, and are ordered to report to the Secretary of War for duty upon receipt of written orders from the Secretary of War. These officers shall be called by the Secretary of War as the needs of public works projects or the Civilian Conservation Corps may determine and shall be given priority over members of the Army Reserve Corps, the Naval Reserve, and the Marine Corps Reserve. When these officers are ordered to such duty, they shall be placed upon the pay rolls of the public works projects or the Civilian Conservation Corps and shall then be paid from the appropriate funds allocated. Until ordered to such duty these officers shall be on furlough status. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, June 15, 1933.
