Executive Order
Title
Executive Order
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25025
Date
1917 August
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWI0618, WWI0618B
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
EXECUTIVE ORDER
By virtue of authority vested in me by Title VII of the Act approved June 15, 1917, entitled “An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes”:
I hereby establish an Exports Administrative Board, to be composed of members appointed by the President representing respectively the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Food Administrator, and the Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, and I hereby vest in the said Administrative Board the Executive administration of all instructions issued by the President under Title VII and of the proclamations thereunder, and the said Administrative Board is hereby authorized and directed to take such measures as may be necessary to administer and execute the same, and to grant or refuse export licenses thereunder in accordance with those instructions.
I hereby establish an Export Council, to be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Food Administrator, and the Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, and I hereby authorize and direct the said Exports Council thus constituted to act in an advisory capacity upon such matters under said Title VII as may be referred to them by the President or the Administrative Board.
This Order supersedes the Executive Order of June 22, 1917, on the same subject.
The White House
By virtue of authority vested in me by Title VII of the Act approved June 15, 1917, entitled “An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes”:
I hereby establish an Exports Administrative Board, to be composed of members appointed by the President representing respectively the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Food Administrator, and the Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, and I hereby vest in the said Administrative Board the Executive administration of all instructions issued by the President under Title VII and of the proclamations thereunder, and the said Administrative Board is hereby authorized and directed to take such measures as may be necessary to administer and execute the same, and to grant or refuse export licenses thereunder in accordance with those instructions.
I hereby establish an Export Council, to be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Food Administrator, and the Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, and I hereby authorize and direct the said Exports Council thus constituted to act in an advisory capacity upon such matters under said Title VII as may be referred to them by the President or the Administrative Board.
This Order supersedes the Executive Order of June 22, 1917, on the same subject.
The White House
Original Format
Letter
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Executive Order,” 1917 August, WWP25025, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.