Executive Order 9835
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Executive Order 9835 was a 1947 directive by President Harry S. Truman that established a federal employee loyalty program aimed at rooting out suspected communist influence in the U.S. government during the early Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Executive Order 9835 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1063252 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Executive Order 9835 Context triple: [Truman administration, issuedExecutiveOrder, Executive Order 9835]
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A.
Executive Order 9346
Executive Order 9346 was a 1943 directive by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that strengthened and broadened federal efforts to prevent employment discrimination in war-related industries and government agencies.
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B.
Executive Order 9417
Executive Order 9417 was a World War II–era directive issued by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 that created the War Refugee Board to aid and rescue civilians, particularly Jews, threatened by Nazi persecution.
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C.
Executive Order 9347
Executive Order 9347 is a World War II–era presidential directive that established the Office of War Mobilization to coordinate and oversee the United States’ domestic war production and resources.
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D.
Executive Order 9182
Executive Order 9182 was a World War II–era directive by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that reorganized and consolidated federal information and propaganda activities under the Office of War Information.
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E.
Executive Order 11085
Executive Order 11085 is a directive issued by the U.S. President that created the modern framework and criteria for awarding the nation’s highest civilian honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Executive Order 9835 Target entity description: Executive Order 9835 was a 1947 directive by President Harry S. Truman that established a federal employee loyalty program aimed at rooting out suspected communist influence in the U.S. government during the early Cold War.
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A.
Executive Order 9346
Executive Order 9346 was a 1943 directive by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that strengthened and broadened federal efforts to prevent employment discrimination in war-related industries and government agencies.
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B.
Executive Order 9417
Executive Order 9417 was a World War II–era directive issued by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 that created the War Refugee Board to aid and rescue civilians, particularly Jews, threatened by Nazi persecution.
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C.
Executive Order 9347
Executive Order 9347 is a World War II–era presidential directive that established the Office of War Mobilization to coordinate and oversee the United States’ domestic war production and resources.
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D.
Executive Order 9182
Executive Order 9182 was a World War II–era directive by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that reorganized and consolidated federal information and propaganda activities under the Office of War Information.
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E.
Executive Order 11085
Executive Order 11085 is a directive issued by the U.S. President that created the modern framework and criteria for awarding the nation’s highest civilian honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States executive order
ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Civil Service Commission
ⓘ
Loyalty Review Board ⓘ |
| aimedAt | rooting out suspected communist influence in the U.S. government ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Loyalty Order ⓘ |
| appliesBranch | executive branch ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
applicants for federal employment in the executive branch
ⓘ
civilian employees of the executive branch of the U.S. federal government ⓘ |
| authorized |
investigation of federal employees by the FBI
ⓘ
loyalty investigations of federal job applicants ⓘ |
| context |
Second Red Scare
ⓘ
linked to:
McCarthyism
domestic anticommunism in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBody |
Loyalty Review Board
ⓘ
loyalty boards in individual federal agencies ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
encouraging guilt by association
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threats to civil liberties and due process ⓘ vague and broad definitions of disloyalty ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1947-03-21 ⓘ |
| definedConcept | reasonable grounds for belief in disloyalty ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1947-03-21 ⓘ |
| establishedStandard | no person shall be employed in the federal service who is disloyal to the Government of the United States ⓘ |
| focus |
identification of subversive activities
ⓘ
political loyalty of federal employees ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Cold War ⓘ |
| influenced |
later security clearance procedures
ⓘ
subsequent loyalty and security programs in federal agencies ⓘ |
| issuedByOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| legalBasis | presidential war and national security powers ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
House Un-American Activities Committee investigations
ⓘ
linked to:
House Un-American Activities Committee
growth of loyalty-security programs in the United States ⓘ |
| politicalImpact |
contributed to climate of fear about communism in government
ⓘ
expanded federal role in policing political beliefs of employees ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish a federal employee loyalty program
ⓘ
to investigate and remove disloyal persons from federal employment ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
McCarthyism
ⓘ
federal loyalty-security program ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Executive Order 10450 ⓘ |
| replacedByDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Harry S. Truman
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linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
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| subjectOf |
civil liberties debates in the United States
ⓘ
historical scholarship on the Second Red Scare ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
anti-communist politicians
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many members of Congress concerned about internal security ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Executive Order 9835 Description of subject: Executive Order 9835 was a 1947 directive by President Harry S. Truman that established a federal employee loyalty program aimed at rooting out suspected communist influence in the U.S. government during the early Cold War.
Referenced by (4)
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