Executive Order 2889

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the first section of the act of Congress entitled "An act authorizing the President to coordinate or consolidate executive bureaus, agencies, and offices, and for other purposes, in the interest of economy and the more efficient concentration of the Government," approved May 20, 1918, and by the other acts of Congress hereinafter mentioned, I hereby direct that the Secretary of Labor shall have and exercise all power and authority vested in me by the act of Congress entitled "An act to authorize the President to provide housing for war needs," approved May 16, 1918, and by the act of Congress entitled "An act making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, on account of war expenses and for other purposes," approved June 4, 1918, in so far as the same related to "housing for war needs."

Woodrow Wilson 

The White House,

June 18, 1918.