Executive Order

Title

Executive Order

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP21119

Date

1917 April 5

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957

Language

English

Text

EXECUTIVE ORDER.
In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the Constitution and the resolution of Congress of April 5, 1917, the following order is issued:The head of a department or independent office may forthwith remove any employee when he has ground for believing that the retention of such employee would be inimical to the public welfare by reason of his conduct, sympathies or utterances, or because of other reasons growing out of the war. Such removal may be made without other formality than that the reasons shall be a matter of confidential record, subject, however, to inspection by the Civil Service Commission.
This order is issued solely because of the present international situation, and will be withdrawn when the emergency is passed.

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Original Format

Enclosure

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WWI0125B.pdf

Collection

World War I Letters

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Executive Order,” 1917 April 5, WWP21119, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.