Executive Order 9652 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9652—Authorizing the Appointment of Certain Personnel in the Department of State

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Wednesday, October 31, 1945

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1 min read (181 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 1945-10-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorizing the Appointment of Certain Personnel in the Department of State." 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

▪ 9621 of September 20, 1945, and (2) any of the military personnel who shall hereafter be released from active military duty while engaged on work in connection with the activities transferred to the Department of State by paragraph 7 of Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

181

1,084 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9652, Harry S Truman (Oct 31, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9652-authorizing-the-appointment-certain-personnel-the-department-state.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403), it is hereby ordered as follows: Subject to such noncompetitive tests of fitness as the Civil Service Commission may prescribe, and under the provisions of the War Service Regulations of the Civil Service Commission, the Secretary of State may appoint, upon their release from active military duty, for civilian service in the Department of State in connection with the following-described activities. (1) any of the military personnel who were on September 30, 1945, engaged on work in connection with the activities transferred to the Secretary of State by paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 9621 of September 20, 1945, and (2) any of the military personnel who shall hereafter be released from active military duty while engaged on work in connection with the activities transferred to the Department of State by paragraph 7 of Executive Order No. 9630 of September 27, 1945. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, October 31, 1945