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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1942-12-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorizing the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department to Use Block Mica Acquired Pursuant to the Act of June 7, 1939." 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Authorizing the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department to Use Block Mica Acquired Pursuant to the Act of June 7, 1939.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
228
1,337 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
33.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.33
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9291, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 29, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9291-authorizing-the-procurement-division-the-treasury-department-use.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Whereas the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department has acquired by purchase pursuant to the provisions of the act of June 7, 1939, 53 Stat. 811, stocks of block mica suitable for the manufacture of military products required for the successful prosecution of the war; and Whereas the Chairman of the War Production Board has reported to me that a shortage of block mica for use in the manufacture of military products required for the successful prosecution of the war is imminent; Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by section 4 of the said act of June 7, 1939, it is ordered as follows: The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to make use of the stocks of such block mica which it had in stock on November 30, 1942, by transferring such stocks to the Metals Reserve Company, a corporation organized under section 5(d) of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended, upon such terms of sale as may be mutually agreeable to the Procurement Division and the Metals Reserve Company; and the Metals Reserve Company is hereby authorized and directed to use and dispose of such mica, by sale or otherwise, as the Chairman of the War Production Board shall direct. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 29, 1942.
