Executive Order
Title
Executive Order
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25026
Date
1917 June 22
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Redfield, William Cox, 1858-1932
World War, 1914-1918--United States
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWI0618, WWI0618A
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 vest in the Secretary of Commerce the executive administration of all instructions issued by the President under said Title VII and of the proclamations thereunder, and the said Secretary 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 Exports Council, to be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Food Administrator, and I hereby authorize and direct the said Exports Council, thus constituted, to formulate, for the consideration and approval of the President, policies and make the recommendations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
WOODROW WILSON
The White House
22 June, 1917.
[No. 2645.]
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 vest in the Secretary of Commerce the executive administration of all instructions issued by the President under said Title VII and of the proclamations thereunder, and the said Secretary 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 Exports Council, to be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Food Administrator, and I hereby authorize and direct the said Exports Council, thus constituted, to formulate, for the consideration and approval of the President, policies and make the recommendations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
WOODROW WILSON
The White House
22 June, 1917.
[No. 2645.]
Original Format
Letter
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Executive Order,” 1917 June 22, WWP25026, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.