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Revision as of 13:46, June 12, 2015
The Committee on Public Information, sometimes referred to as CPI or the Creel Committee, was a federal propaganda organization[1][2], organized by President Woodrow Wilson with executive order 2594.[3]
George Creel was chairman of the Committee.
With executive order 3154, the CPI was terminated on August 21, 1919.
Members
- Charles Merriam, a professor at the University of Chicago and an advisor to president FDR.
See Also
External Links
- How we advertised America; the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on public information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe, George Creel, (NY: Harper & Brothers, 1920)
references
- ↑ (2011) The End Of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 342.
- ↑ (2008) World War One. ABC-CLIO, 342.
- ↑ Executive Order 2594 - Creating Committee on Public Information (April 13, 1917).