Executive Order 6910 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6910-A—Purchase of Forest Lands for Emergency Conservation Work

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Saturday, December 1, 1934

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1 min read (167 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 1934-12-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "A—Purchase of Forest Lands for Emergency Conservation Work." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 412, 73d Congress), appropriating $899,675,000 as an additional amount for carrying out the purposes of the Acts enumerated under the above mentioned title, $10,000,000 of the amount heretofore allocated from the said appropriation to the Emergency Conservation Fund shall be transferred by the Treasury Department to the credit of the War Department.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

167

1,036 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6910, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 1, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6910-purchase-forest-lands-for-emergency-conservation-work.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, approved June 19, 1934 (Title II, Public No. 412, 73d Congress), appropriating $899,675,000 as an additional amount for carrying out the purposes of the Acts enumerated under the above mentioned title, $10,000,000 of the amount heretofore allocated from the said appropriation to the Emergency Conservation Fund shall be transferred by the Treasury Department to the credit of the War Department. The funds herein allocated, upon request of the Chief of Finance, under direction of the Director of Emergency Conservation Work, shall be transferred by the Treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture, and the funds so transferred shall be for withdrawal on requisition by the Secretary of Agriculture as an additional amount to carry out the purposes of the Executive Order of July 21, 1933 (No. 6208), and tho Executive Order of June 30, 1934 (No. 6787). FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, December 1, 1934.