Executive Order 9926 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9926—Amendment of Executive Order No. 9898, Suspending the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Departments of the Army and the Air Force on Certain Public Works

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Saturday, January 17, 1948

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1 min read (156 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 1948-01-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 9898, Suspending the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Departments of the Army and the Air Force on Certain Public Works." 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 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat.

▪ 321), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: The penultimate paragraph of Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

156

862 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9926, Harry S Truman (Jan 17, 1948). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9926-amendment-executive-order-no-9898-suspending-the-eight-hour-law.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat. 726 (40 U.S.C. 321), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: The penultimate paragraph of Executive Order No. 9898 of October 14, 1947, which suspends until July 1, 1948, the eight-hour law as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force with respect to which the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, respectively, shall find suspension "essential to (1) the supply and maintenance of the Army or the Air Force" is hereby amended by changing the preceding quoted language to read "essential to (1) the supply and maintenance of the military or naval forces". HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, January 17, 1948