Executive Order 9592 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 9592—Extension of the Provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to Contracts of the Office of War Information and the Office of Alien Property Custodian
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1945-07-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Extension of the Provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to Contracts of the Office of War Information and the Office of Alien Property Custodian." 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
▪838), and as President of the United States, and deeming that such action will facilitate the prosecution of the war, I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
214
1,264 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
25.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9592, Harry S Truman (Jul 21, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9592-extension-the-provisions-executive-order-no-9001-december-27-1941.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and as President of the United States, and deeming that such action will facilitate the prosecution of the war, I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, as amended, to the Office of War Information with respect to all contracts made or to be made by it, and to the Office of Alien Property Custodian with respect to contracts to be made by it under authority contained in the National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1946, for the temporary employment of persons or organizations for special services without regard to the civil service and classification laws; and subject to the limitations and regulations contained in the said Executive order, as amended, I hereby authorize the Director of the Office of War Information and the Alien Property Custodian, and such other officers and employees as they may respectively designate, to perform and exercise, as to their respective agencies, all of the functions and powers vested in and granted to the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the United States Maritime Commission by such Executive order, as amended. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 21, 1945
