Executive Order 9441 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9441—Suspension of Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Veterans' Administration on Public Work Within the United States

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Thursday, May 11, 1944

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2 min read (324 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 1944-05-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Suspension of Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Veterans' Administration on Public Work Within the United States." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 340, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat..

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

324

1,922 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

29.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9441, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 11, 1944). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9441-suspension-eight-hour-law-laborers-and-mechanics-employed-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas the Veterans' Administration is engaged in public-work activities within the United States (including, but not confined to, construction, alteration, repair, maintenance and operation of Veterans' Administration facilities needed for the care and treatment of war veterans) which are essential to the prosecution of the war; and Whereas there exists an acute shortage of laborers and mechanics; and Whereas the efficient and speedy accomplishment of such activities requires that laborers and mechanics therefor be employed in excess of eight hours a day; and Whereas by section 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, 27 Stat. 340, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat.. 726 (U.S.C., title 40, sec. 321), the services of all laborers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States upon any public work of the United States is limited to eight hours in any one calendar day, except in case of Extraordinary Emergency; and Whereas I find that by reason of the foregoing an Extraordinary Emergency exists: Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said act of August 1, 1892, as amended by the said act of March 3, 1913, and as President of the United States, I hereby suspend for the duration of the emergencies proclaimed by me on September 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941, the above-mentioned provisions of law prohibiting more than eight hours of labor in any one day by laborers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Veterans' Administration on any public work within the United States which is essential to the prosecution of the war: Provided , That the wages and overtime pay of all laborers and mechanics so employed by the Veterans' Administration shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of existing law. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, May 11, 1944.