Executive Order No. 2596

[Allowing Treasury Department employees to be appointed on defense
organizations.]

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 14, 1917

  The provisions of the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, prohibit-
ing Federal employees from holding office under any State, Territorial,
or Municipal Government, are hereby waved to permit the appointment
of such employees in and under the Treasury Department, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, on any State, county, or
municipal council or committee of defense for purposes of mobilizing
and conserving the resources of the country.
  This order is issued on the recommendation of the Secretary of the
Treasury.

WOODROW WILSON