An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and the Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, approved January 31, 1934, for approval of an Agreement between certain employers who are members of the Electrical Contracting Division of said Code, and certain employees in the Region of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and that portion of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, bounded by Allegheny County and by the Allegheny River, by a straight line drawn from the east corporate limits of Garver's Ferry, Pennsylvania, to the east corporate limits of Export, Pennsylvania, and by a straight line drawn from the east corporate limits of Export, Pennsylvania, to that point where the Youghiogheny River and the boundary line between Allegheny County and Westmoreland County meet, all as shown on map attached to the Agreement and marked "Exhibit A", as defined in said agreement, and a hearing having been held thereon, and the National Industrial Recovery Board having rendered its report containing an analysis of said Agreement, together with its recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the National Industrial Recovery Board having found that said Agreement complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of said Act and of said Code: Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt , President of the United States, pursuant to authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, pursuant to said Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, and otherwise, do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the National Industrial Recovery Board and do hereby order that the said Agreement be and the same hereby is approved: Provided , that the National Industrial Recovery Board may provide such exceptions and exemptions from the operation of the provisions of this Agreement resulting from my approval, with or without conditions for the granting thereof, as appear necessary to effectuate the policies and purposes of the Act, or of the Code of Fair Competition under which this Agreement is made, or this Agreement, or to avoid undue hardship or hardships to any individual or individuals, and Provided, Further , that pending the establishment of the truly representative character of the sponsors in all the Region except Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, or any part or parts thereof, and pending such hearing or opportunity to be heard at a reconvening of the hearing held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and recessed on August 15, 1934, or otherwise, as the National Industrial Recovery Board deems necessary and proper, and findings to such effect by the National Industrial Recovery Board, which findings shall terminate the stay herein granted for all or such part of the Region to which said stay is applicable, as the National Industrial Recovery Board shall find the sponsors to be truly representative, the operation of this Agreement, insofar as my approval is required, shall be and it hereby is stayed as to all parties proposed to be made subject thereto in activities thereunder within all of the Region except Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval Recommended: National Industrial Recovery Board By: W. A. Harriman Administrative Officer The White House March 7, 1935.
Executive Order 6984-A—Approving Agreement Between Employer Members of the Division of the Electrical Contracting Division of the Construction Industry and Their Electrician Employees in Allegheny County, and Part of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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The said Agreement be and the same hereby is approved: Provided , that the National Industrial Recovery Board may provide such exceptions and exemptions from the operation of the provisions of this Agreement resulting from my approval, with or without conditions for the granting thereof, as appear necessary to effectuate the policies and purposes of the Act, or of the Code of Fair Competition under which this Agreement is made, or this Agreement, or to avoid undue hardship or hardships to any individual or individuals, and Provided, Further , that pending the establishment of the truly representative character of the sponsors in all the Region except Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, or any part or parts thereof, and pending such hearing or…
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Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 7, 1935, this order concerns Approving Agreement Between Employer Members of the Division of the Electrical Contracting Division of the Construction Industry and Their Electrician Employees in Allegheny County, and Part of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The said Agreement be and the same hereby is approved: Provided , that the National Industrial Recovery Board may provide such exceptions and exemptions from the operation of the provisions of this Agreement resulting from my approval, with or without conditions for the granting thereof, as appear necessary to effectuate the policies and purposes of the Act, or of the Code of Fair Competition under which this…
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The said Agreement be and the same hereby is approved: Provided , that the National Industrial Recovery Board may provide such exceptions and exemptions from the operation of the provisions of this Agreement resulting from my approval, with or without conditions for the granting thereof, as appear necessary to effectuate the policies and purposes of the Act, or of the Code of Fair Competition under which this Agreement is made, or this Agreement, or to avoid undue hardship or hardships to any individual or individuals, and Provided, Further , that pending the establishment of the truly representative character of the sponsors in all the Region except Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, or any part or parts thereof, and pending such hearing or…
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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
"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.
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Administers commerce or fiscal programs requiring ongoing statutory delegation and legislative oversight.
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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
Applies regulatory or compliance standards to private contractors or commercial entities.
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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Exec. Order No. 6984 (Mar. 7, 1935), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6984-approving-agreement-between-employer-members-the-division-the.