Executive Order 6198—Administration of Public Work

Pursuant to the authority of "An Act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for other purposes," approved June 16, 1933, and in order to effectuate title II—Public Works and Construction Projects—thereof;

I hereby appoint Harold L. Ickes to exercise the office of Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 8, 1933.