Executive Order 9654 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9654—Adopting and Ratifying the Capture of the German Steamship "Milwaukee"

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Saturday, November 3, 1945

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1 min read (107 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 1945-11-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Adopting and Ratifying the Capture of the German Steamship "Milwaukee"." 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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4613 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, and by the act of August 18, 1942, 56 Stat.

▪ 746, as amended by the act of July 1, 1944, 58 Stat.

▪ 678, and for the purposes of such statutes, I hereby adopt and ratify the capture made as prize by Captain J.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

107

592 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9654, Harry S Truman (Nov 3, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9654-adopting-and-ratifying-the-capture-the-german-steamship-milwaukee.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4613 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, and by the act of August 18, 1942, 56 Stat. 746, as amended by the act of July 1, 1944, 58 Stat. 678, and for the purposes of such statutes, I hereby adopt and ratify the capture made as prize by Captain J. F. Devlin of the War Shipping Administration on or about August 1, 1945, of the German Steamship MILWAUKEE, her engines, boilers, furniture, tackle, apparel, spare parts, equipment, and contents, and of property on board. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, November 3, 1945