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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-11-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Code of Fair Competition for the Paper and Pulp Industry." 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 Code of Fair Competition for the Paper and Pulp Industry.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
299
1,778 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
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Flesch-Kincaid
32.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6437, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 17, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6437-code-fair-competition-for-the-paper-and-pulp-industry.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for my approval of a Code of Fair Competition of the Paper and Pulp Industry, and hearings having been held thereon and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an analysis of the said code of fair competition together with his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that the said code of fair competition complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of title I of said act and that the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 3 of the said act have been met: Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt , President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said code of fair competition be and it is hereby approved; however, feeling that the minimum W'age for this industry should be not less than 40 cents per hour, my order of approval is subject to the following condition: That within 90 days from the effective date of this code the Administrator hold such further hearing upon such notice as he, in his discretion, shall fix for the purpose of determining the adequacy of the minimum wages established in said code, after which his report and recommendation shall be submitted to me for further order, which order shall have the effect of a condition to my approval of this code. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval recommended: Hugh S. Johnson. Administrator. The White House, November 17, 1933.