Whereas the Territory of Hawaii desires to construct, under the provisions of title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, 200), a road from Schofield Barracks toward Ilonouliuli, in the District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, known as "military road no. 256" and also designated as "Federal aid route no. 3"; and Whereas a certain portion of the lands necessary for said road, as hereinafter described, was reserved for military purposes by Executive order dated July 20, 1899 (G.O. 147, A.G.O., Aug. 10, 1899), modified by Executive order dated November 15, 1909 (G.O. 242, W.D., Dec. 4, 1909), added to by Executive order dated August 23, 1910 (G.O. 172, W.D., Sept. 12, 1910), and the description thereof revised by Executive Order No. 2800, dated February 4, 1918; Now, Therefore , pursuant to section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, entitled "An act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii" (ch. 339, 31 Stat. 141, 159), as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910 (ch. 258, 36 Stat. 443, 447), it is hereby ordered that the land hereinafter described, being a part of the military reservation of Schofield Barracks, situated in Waianae-Uka, District of Waianae, and ui Waikakalaua, District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, be and it is hereby restored to its previous status for use by the Territory of Hawaii as a right-of-way for the construction and maintenance thereon of a Territorial road or highway. The tract of land hereby restored to the Territory of Hawaii is a strip of land 100 foet wide extending for 50 feet on each side of the center line and is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the boundary line between concrete monuments nos. 96 and 97, Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, from which the azimuth (measured clockwise from true south) and distance to concrete monument no. 97 is 127°46'00"—61.40 ft.; from said concrete monument no. 97 the azimuth and distance to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation station "Maunauna" is 64°24'29"—10,528.94 ft.; thence 200°15'30"—599.35 ft.; On the curve to the right, with a radius of 955.37 ft., the chord of which bears 224°22'45"—780.84 ft.; 248°30'00"—217.74 ft. to the present southern boundary of Wright Avenue; Containing an area of 162,112 sq. ft., or 3.72 acres, more or less. The said tract of land shall revert to the jurisdiction and control of the War Department as part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation if not used by said Territory as a right-of-way for the construction of a road within 2 years from the date of this order, and sooner upon formal notification to the War Department by the Governor of Hawaii that the Territory of Hawaii does not desire to use or desires to discontinue the use of the said tract of land for the aforesaid purpose. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, January 20, 1934.
Executive Order 6570—Restoring to the Territory of Hawaii a Part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation
Executive Brief • At a Glance
The land hereinafter described, being a part of the military reservation of Schofield Barracks, situated in Waianae-Uka, District of Waianae, and ui Waikakalaua, District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, be and it is hereby restored to its previous status for use by the Territory of Hawaii as a right-of-way for the construction and maintenance thereon of a Territorial road or highway.
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Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 20, 1934, this order concerns Restoring to the Territory of Hawaii a Part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation. The land hereinafter described, being a part of the military reservation of Schofield Barracks, situated in Waianae-Uka, District of Waianae, and ui Waikakalaua, District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, be and it is hereby restored to its previous status for use by the Territory of Hawaii as a right-of-way for the construction and maintenance thereon of a Territorial road or highway.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
The land hereinafter described, being a part of the military reservation of Schofield Barracks, situated in Waianae-Uka, District of Waianae, and ui Waikakalaua, District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, be and it is hereby restored to its previous status for use by the Territory of Hawaii as a right-of-way for the construction and maintenance thereon of a Territorial road or highway.
The tract of land hereby restored to the Territory of Hawaii is a strip of land 100 foet wide extending for 50 feet on each side of the center line and is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the boundary line between concrete monuments nos. 96 and 97, Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, from which the azimuth (measured clockwise from true south) and distance to concrete monument no. 97 is 127°46'00"—61.40 ft.; from said concrete monument no. 97 the azimuth and distance to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation station "Maunauna" is 64°24'29"—10,528.94 ft.; thence 200°15'30"—599.35 ft.; On the curve to the right, with a radius of 955.37 ft., the chord of which bears 224°22'45"—780.84 ft.; 248°30'00"—217.74 ft.…
The said tract of land shall revert to the jurisdiction and control of the War Department as part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation if not used by said Territory as a right-of-way for the construction of a road within 2 years from the date of this order, and sooner upon formal notification to the War Department by the Governor of Hawaii that the Territory of Hawaii does not desire to use or desires to discontinue the use of the said tract of land for the aforesaid purpose.
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"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
"The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength must be under the direction of the single hand of the Executive." — Federalist No. 74 (1788)
Hamilton would forcefully champion executive discretion here. For foreign entanglements, commerce defense, and national security, deliberative assemblies are too slow and faction-ridden. A unified, energetic Executive exercising swift command is precisely what the Philadelphia Convention intended for national preservation.
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.
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Executive Scope & Faithfulness
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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.
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6570 (Jan. 20, 1934), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6570-restoring-the-territory-hawaii-part-the-schofield-barracks-military.