Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-06-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "B—Abolition of the National Committee on Wood Utilization." 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
▪There is hereby abolished The National Committee on Wood Utilization.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
101
616 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
14.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6179, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 16, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6179-b-abolition-the-national-committee-wood-utilization.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
There is hereby abolished The National Committee on Wood Utilization. All the property of every kind, files, and records, etc., belonging thereto are hereby transferred to the custody of the Secretary of Commerce for such disposition as he may determine; provided, that if the forest products industries desire to continue, in their own quarters and at their own expense, the work heretofore performed by the National Committee on Wood Utilization, the Secretary of Commerce may permit them to have access to or the use of the records and files of the Committee. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, June 16, 1933.
