Executive Order 9620 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9620—Abolishing the Office of Economic Stabilization and Transferring Its Functions to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion

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Thursday, September 20, 1945

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1 min read (219 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 1945-09-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Abolishing the Office of Economic Stabilization and Transferring Its Functions to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion." 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

▪ As follows: The Office of Economic Stabilization, established by Executive Order No.

▪ The Economic Stabilization Board, established by Executive Order No.

▪ All prior regulations, rulings, and other directives relating to the Office of Economic Stabilization shall remain in effect except insofar as they are in conflict with this order or are hereafter amended by the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion.

▪ All prior Executive orders in conflict herewith are amended accordingly.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

219

1,408 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9620, Harry S Truman (Sep 20, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9620-abolishing-the-office-economic-stabilization-and-transferring-its.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, particularly by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and section 2 of the act of October 2, 1942, 56 Stat. 765, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: The Office of Economic Stabilization, established by Executive Order No. 9250 of October 3, 1942, and the office of Economic Stabilization Director, are abolished. All functions, authority, records, property, personnel, and funds of the Office of Economic Stabilization are transferred to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, and all functions of the Economic Stabilization Director are transferred to the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion. The Economic Stabilization Board, established by Executive Order No. 9250, is transferred to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion for the purpose of advising and consulting with the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion with respect to the functions transferred by this order. All prior regulations, rulings, and other directives relating to the Office of Economic Stabilization shall remain in effect except insofar as they are in conflict with this order or are hereafter amended by the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion. All prior Executive orders in conflict herewith are amended accordingly. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, September 20, 1945