Executive Order 11565—Amending Executive Order No. 11145 With Respect to the Membership of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 11145 of March 7, 1964, "Providing for a Curator of the White House and Establishing a Committee for the Preservation of the White House," is hereby amended by substituting the following for section 2:

"Sec. 2. There is hereby established the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee'. The Committee shall be composed of the Director of the National Park Service, the Curator of the White House, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, the Chief Usher of the White House, and so many other members as the President may from time to time appoint. The Director of the National Park Service shall serve as Chairman of the Committee and shall designate an employee of that Service to act as Executive Secretary of the Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation."

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

October 13, 1970