Executive Order 7717—Amending Executive Order No. 7677-A, of July 26, 1937, Entitled "Civilian Conservation Corps"

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps, and for other purposes" approved June 28, 1937 (Public No. 163, 75th Congress), Paragraph No. 3 of Executive Order No. 7677-A dated July 26, 1937, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"3. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs are requested to cooperate with the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps in carrying out the purposes of the said Act of June 28, 1937. Each of the said Secretaries and the said Administrator shall appoint a representative who shall, upon request of the Director, confer with him and under his direction aid him in prosecuting effectively the purposes contemplated by the said Act."

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 29, 1937.