Executive Order 9600 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9600—Amending Executive Order No. 9240 Entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation"

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Saturday, August 18, 1945

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1 min read (120 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 Harry S Truman on 1945-08-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 9240 Entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation"." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, it is ordered that Section IB of Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

120

706 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9600, Harry S Truman (Aug 18, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9600-amending-executive-order-no-9240-entitled-regulations-relating.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, it is ordered that Section IB of Executive Order No. 9240 of September 9, 1942, entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation", be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "No premium wage or extra compensation shall be paid for work on customary holidays except that time and one-half wage compensation shall be paid for work performed on any of the following holidays only: New Year's Day Thanksgiving Day Fourth of July Christmas Day Labor Day August 15, 1945 August 16, 1945 and either Memorial Day or one other such holiday of greater local importance." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, August 18, 1945