Executive Order 7641 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 7641—Transferring to the Secretary of the Treasury the Functions Delegated to the Secretary of Labor by Executive Order No. 2889 of June 18, 1918
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-06-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring to the Secretary of the Treasury the Functions Delegated to the Secretary of Labor by Executive Order No. 2889 of June 18, 1918." 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
▪550), as amended and supplemented, it is ordered that all powers, rights, privileges, and duties (including the power to execute deeds, contracts, or other instruments of conveyance) delegated to the Secretary of Labor by Executive Order No.
▪This order shall supersede the said Executive Order No.
▪2889 of June 18, 1918, and shall become effective July 1, 1937.
Exec. Order No. 7641, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 22, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7641-transferring-the-secretary-the-treasury-the-functions-delegated-the.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act entitled "An Act To authorize the President to provide housing for war needs", approved May 16, 1918 (40 Stat. 550), as amended and supplemented, it is ordered that all powers, rights, privileges, and duties (including the power to execute deeds, contracts, or other instruments of conveyance) delegated to the Secretary of Labor by Executive Order No. 2889 of June 18, 1918, be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury to be exercised and performed by the said Secretary through the Director of Procurement; and the Secretary of Labor shall take such action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order, including the transfer of all the stock of the United States Housing Corporation, now held by the Secretary of Labor as trustee, to the Secretary of the Treasury as trustee for the United States. This order shall supersede the said Executive Order No. 2889 of June 18, 1918, and shall become effective July 1, 1937. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, June 22, 1937.
