Whereas , a Code of Fair Competition for the Wheat Flour Milling Industry was approved by me June 9, 1934; and Whereas , the Executive Order approving such Code stayed the provisions of Article IX thereof until such time as the Secretary of Agriculture determines and declares in writing, after adequate investigation, that an emergency exists in the wheat flour milling industry, and then only for such periods of time and to the extent that the provisions of such article are found by the Secretary to be necessary to meet the circumstances of such emergency; and Whereas , it appears from facts presented by members of the industry that such stay should be modified in order to effectuate the declared policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act: 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 hereby order that the stay of the provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of such Code be terminated. Except as provided herein, the provisions of the Executive Order of June 9, 1934, approving such Code, shall remain in full force and effect. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, September 14, 1934.
Executive Order 6847-A—Terminating Stay of the Provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of Code of Fair Competition for the Wheat Flour Milling Industry
Executive Brief • At a Glance
The stay of the provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of such Code be terminated.
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 14, 1934, this order concerns Terminating Stay of the Provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of Code of Fair Competition for the Wheat Flour Milling Industry. The stay of the provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of such Code be terminated. Except as provided herein, the provisions of the Executive Order of June 9, 1934, approving such Code, shall remain in full force and effect.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
The stay of the provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of such Code be terminated.
Except as provided herein, the provisions of the Executive Order of June 9, 1934, approving such Code, shall remain in full force and effect.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
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
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Operates within delegated statutory execution without modifying legislative appropriations or taxing powers.
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. 6847 (Sept. 14, 1934), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6847-terminating-stay-the-provisions-section-1-article-ix-code-fair.