Executive Order 2594

Executive Order 2594
by President of the United States
Creating Committee on Public Information

Signed by President Woodrow Wilson Saturday, April 14, 1917

See the Notes section for a list of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

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I hereby create a Committee on Public Information, to be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and a civilian who shall be charged with the executive direction of the committee.

As civilian chairman of the committee I appoint Mr. George Creel.

The Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized each to detail an officer or officers to the work of the committee.

Woodrow Wilson

The White House,

April 14, 1917.

Notes edit

Obsoleted by

Executive Order 3154, August 21, 1919.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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