Tag: Commander-in-Chiefship History
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Presidential Government of Labor Regulations
Presidential Government of Labor RegulationsThe most important segment of the home front regulated by what were in effect presidential edicts was the field of labor relations. Exactly six months before Pearl Harbor, on June 7, 1941, Mr. Roosevelt, citing his proclamation thirteen days earlier of an …
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Presidential War Agencies
Presidential War AgenciesWhile congressional compliance with the President's demand rendered unnecessary an effort on his part to amend the Price Control Act, there were other matters as to which he repeatedly took action within the normal field of congressional powers, not only during the war, …
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Sanctions Implementing Presidential Directives
Sanctions Implementing Presidential DirectivesTo implement his directives as Commander-in-Chief in wartime, and especially those which he issued in governing labor disputes, President Roosevelt often resorted to "sanctions," which may be described as penalties lacking statutory authorizati…
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Postwar Period
The Postwar Period and the PresidencyThe end of active hostilities did not terminate either the emergency or the Federal Government's response to it. President Truman proclaimed the termination of hostilities on December 31, 1946,1 and, in July 1…
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Evacuation of the West Coast Japanese
Evacuation of the West Coast JapaneseOn February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued an executive order, "by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy," providing, as a safeguard against subversion and sabotage, pow…
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Commander-in-Chiefship Theory
Presidential Theory of the Commander-in-Chiefship in World War II-And BeyondIn his message to Congress of September 7, 1942, in which he demanded that Congress forthwith repeal certain provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act of the previous January 30th,<a name=t1 href=#f1 target="_self&q…
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Constitutional Status of Presidential Agencies
Constitutional Status of Presidential AgenciesThe question of the legal status of the presidential agencies was dealt with judicially but once. This was in the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Employers Group v. National War Labor Board,<a name=t1 href=#…