Executive Order 6606 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6606-A—Supplement to and Amplification of Executive Order No. 6355 of October 23, 1933

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Saturday, February 17, 1934

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2 min read (328 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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 1934-02-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "A—Supplement to and Amplification of Executive Order No. 6355 of October 23, 1933." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 195), it is ordered that said Executive Order No.

▪ 6355 be, and it is hereby, supplemented and amplified as follows: 1.

▪ The Administrator for Industrial Recovery is hereby authorized to determine, after such hearings and proceedings as ho may deem necessary, whether, in any doubtful case, an organization is or is not a bona fide and legitimate cooperative organization entitled to the benefits and protection of this order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

328

2,057 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

22.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6606, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 17, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6606-supplement-and-amplification-executive-order-no-6355-october-23-1933.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas questions have arisen concerning the scope and meaning of Executive Order No. 6355, of October 23, 1933, defining the effect of certain provisions in codes of fair competition upon cooperative organizations; Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me under Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195), it is ordered that said Executive Order No. 6355 be, and it is hereby, supplemented and amplified as follows: 1. No provision in any code of fair competition, agreement or license which has heretofore been or may hereafter be approved, prescribed, or issued pursuant to Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, shall be construed or applied so as to make it a violation of any code of fair competition to sell to or through any bona fide and legitimate cooperative organization, including any farmers' cooperative, duly organized under the laws of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or of the United States, or to sell through any intervening agency to such cooperative organization. 2. No such code of fair competition shall be construed or interpreted so as to prevent any such cooperative organization from being entitled to receive, and/or distribute to its members as patronage dividends or otherwise the proceeds or benefits directly or indirectly derived from any discount, commission, rebate, or dividend (a) ordinarily paid or allowed to other purchasers for purchases in wholesale or middleman quantities or (b) paid or allowed pursuant to the requirements or provisions of any code of fair competition to other purchasers for purchases in wholesale or middleman quantities. 3. The Administrator for Industrial Recovery is hereby authorized to determine, after such hearings and proceedings as ho may deem necessary, whether, in any doubtful case, an organization is or is not a bona fide and legitimate cooperative organization entitled to the benefits and protection of this order. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, February 17, 1934.