Executive Order 6346 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6346—In the Matter of the Application of the Greensboro Lumber Company and H. A. Taylor, for Certain Exemptions from the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries

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Friday, October 20, 1933

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1 min read (236 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-10-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "In the Matter of the Application of the Greensboro Lumber Company and H. A. Taylor, for Certain Exemptions from the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries." 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

▪ It appearing to me on the basis of the showing made at the hearings granted the applicants above mentioned as set forth in the report thereon, dated September 15, 1933, rendered to me by the Administrator, which is hereby adopted and approved, that no case of injustice and extreme hardship requiring special treatment has been made out by the above applicants: Now, therefore, I, Franklin D.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

236

1,467 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6346, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oct 20, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6346-the-matter-the-application-the-greensboro-lumber-company-and-h-taylor.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

A Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries has been heretofore approved by me. After such approval, and in accordance with the provisions of my further Executive order dated July 15, 1933, hearings have been granted by the Administrator to the named applicants, allegedly directly affected by said code, who have claimed that applications thereof have been unjust to them and have applied for an exemption therefrom with reference to the minimum wage provided in the said code. It appearing to me on the basis of the showing made at the hearings granted the applicants above mentioned as set forth in the report thereon, dated September 15, 1933, rendered to me by the Administrator, which is hereby adopted and approved, that no case of injustice and extreme hardship requiring special treatment has been made out by the above applicants: Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt , President of the United States, pursuant to the authority and discretion vested in me under title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, and in accordance with the provisions of my Executive order dated July 15, 1933, providing for hearing on the application of codes under certain circumstances, do order that the application for exemption by the above-named applicants be, and it is hereby, denied. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval recommended: Hugh S. Johnson. Administrator. The White House, October 20, 1933.