A Code of Fair Competition for the Cotton Textile Industry has been heretofore approved by me on certain terms and conditions. In accordance with the provisions of further Executive orders culminating in an Executive order, dated November 27, 1933, hearings have been granted by the Administrator to certain persons directly affected by the said code who have claimed that applications thereof have been unjust to them and have applied for an exemption therefrom with reference to the limitation of the use of productive machinery as applied to the production of tire yarns or fabric for rubber tires. The application of said code with reference to said limitation has been stayed pending a determination by me of the issues raised. 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 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, do order that the application for exemption above described be and it is hereby denied, and that said stay shall be terminated and the provisions of said code with reference to the limitation of the use of productive machinery as applied to the production of tire yarns or fabrics for rubber tires shall be in full force and effect from and after December 11, 1933. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval recommended: Hugh S. Johnson. The White House, December 4, 1933.
Executive Order 6476—Terminating Stay of Provisions of the Cotton Textile Industry Code
Executive Brief • At a Glance
A Code of Fair Competition for the Cotton Textile Industry has been heretofore approved by me on certain terms and conditions.
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
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Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 4, 1933, this order concerns Terminating Stay of Provisions of the Cotton Textile Industry Code. A Code of Fair Competition for the Cotton Textile Industry has been heretofore approved by me on certain terms and conditions. In accordance with the provisions of further Executive orders culminating in an Executive order, dated November 27, 1933, hearings have been granted by the Administrator to certain persons directly affected by the said code who have claimed that applications thereof have been unjust to them…
Key Directives & Operative Actions
A Code of Fair Competition for the Cotton Textile Industry has been heretofore approved by me on certain terms and conditions.
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 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, do order that the application for exemption above described be and it is hereby denied, and that said stay shall be terminated and the provisions of said code with reference to the…
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Policy Areas & Topics
The Framers' Constitutional Council
1787 PrismEvaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
James Madison
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
Alexander Hamilton
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government." — Federalist No. 70 (1788)
Hamilton would view this directive as the natural and indispensable functioning of administrative leadership. Without the power to coordinate agencies, manage personnel, and resolve operational ambiguities, the modern presidency would be reduced to an impotent figurehead.
George Mason
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
Five Measurable "Constitutional Friction" Dimensions
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Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Administers commerce or fiscal programs requiring ongoing statutory delegation and legislative oversight.
Executive Scope & Faithfulness
Exercises standard supervisory executive authority to faithfully execute existing statutes.
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Engages state and local partners in cooperative federalism programs.
Due Process & Individual Rights
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
Youngstown Jacksonian Tier
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6476 (Dec. 4, 1933), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6476-terminating-stay-provisions-the-cotton-textile-industry-code.