Executive Order 9737 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9737—Revoking Section 3 of Executive Order 3928 of April 8, 1942, Relating to the Stabilization of Wages, Prices, and Salaries

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Monday, June 17, 1946

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1 min read (92 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 1946-06-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Revoking Section 3 of Executive Order 3928 of April 8, 1942, Relating to the Stabilization of Wages, Prices, and Salaries." 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 the Constitution and the statutes, including the First War Powers Act, 1941, as amended, and the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that section 3 of Executive Order No.

▪ 9328 of April 8, 1943, relating to the authority of the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission in connection with the stabilization of wages, prices, and salaries, be, and it is hereby, revoked.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

522 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9737, Harry S Truman (Jun 17, 1946). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9737-revoking-section-3-executive-order-3928-april-8-1942-relating-the.

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, including the First War Powers Act, 1941, as amended, and the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that section 3 of Executive Order No. 9328 of April 8, 1943, relating to the authority of the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission in connection with the stabilization of wages, prices, and salaries, be, and it is hereby, revoked. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, June 17, 1946