Executive Order No. 2594

[Creating Committee on Public Information.]

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 13, 1917.

  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 this 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