Executive Order 2594

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

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Signed by President  Woodrow Wilson  April 14, 1917

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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

Obsoleted by

• Executive Order 3154, August 21, 1919.

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