Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-25
POWERS GIVEN The
war TRADE BOARD
President Wilson Delegates the
Broad Authority Vested in
Him by Congress.
BODY CONTROLS ALIEN FIRMS
Only Those Holding Licenses Will b
Permitted to Have Dealings with
Enemy Concerns.

Washington, d. C.-Broad war
powers conferred upon the President
by the ng-With-the-Enemy Act
have been put into operation under an
executive order just issued delegating
the authority under the law to various
government officials and to a newly
created war trade board.
This board is composed Of the mem
bers of the exports administrative
board, which it will replace with the
addition of a representative of the
Treasury Department 1t will con-
tinue to license exports and will exer-
else similar control over imports as
soon as the President proclaims under
authority of the Trading-W ith-the-En-
envy Act the articles to be so re-
stricted.
Trading or commercial dealings of
any nature with any enemy company
or agent in this country or abroad is
forbidden except under license of the
war trade board, which also is author
lied to license enemy or tally of
enemy" companies doing business in
the United States, excepting insurance
companies. whose supervision is in
trusted to the treasury.
Censorship of mails, cables, radio and
telegraph MESA ges passing out of the
United States is placed in the hands of
q censorship board consisting of represent
tatives of the war, navy and postoffice de-
partments, the war trade board and the
chairman of the committee on public in
formation
To Regulate Coin Exports.
To the treasury is assigned the regula-
ton of transactions in foreign exchange
and expectation of gold silver coin
| under license enforcement
provision against transmission to the
enemy of information by any other mean ms
than regular mails The treasury also
is authorized to license insurance or re-
insurance companies of the enemy or
allies of the enemy doing business within
the United States.
Regulation of the use of the enemy own
ed, controlled patents for the war and
of the granting or publication of patents
containing information valuable to the
enemy is given to the federal trade COM
mission.
The postmaster general is entrusted
with supervision over and licensing of
foreign language newspapers In an
ticipation of this authority Postmaster
General Burleson has been receiving ap-
plications for licenses and will begin is
suing them before Tuesday, October 16,
the date the provision of the law be-
comes effective. All such papers, except
those granted licenses, required
der penalty to file with the local post
masters, before publication. true transla-
tons of all matter relating to the United
States government the government
of any other nation at war The same
section of the law makes it unlawful to
circulate in any manner matter unmail-
able by the espionage act
The Presidents order defines the powers
of the alien property custodian to act as
trustee for all enemy property within the
United States or to issue licenses exempt
ing companies from his supervision. An
appointment for this position will be
made soon
To Control Transportation
The secretary of state is empowered to
license the transportation of enemies to or
from the United States through the exist
ing passport means. The secretary of
commerce vii. retain his present author
ity to review the decisions of customs
collectors refusing clearances to vessels
carrying cargOeS in viola ton of the trad
ing with the enemy act.
Tire new trade board is to consist
of Vance c. Mccormick, chairman, repre-
senting the secretary of state; Dr. Alonzo
e. Taylor. representing the secretary of
agriculture; Thomas D. Jones, represent
ing the secretary of commerce.; Beaver
White. representing the food administra-
tor; Frank c. Munson, representing the
shipping board. and representive of the
secretary of the treasury. yet to be
named All but the treasury representa-
tives now members of the exports adj
mnistrative board, whose work hereafter
will be done by the bureau of exports of
the trade board.
The name of the present exports coun-
Gil is changed to war trade council, with
the secretary of the treasury and Chair
man Hurley of the shipping board added
to its membership, the secretaries of
state, agriculture and commerce and the
food administrator.
To Advise With President.
This body will act in an advisory ca
pacity to the President and to the war
trade board
The Presidents order vests in the
war trade board power to license trade
directly indirectly for, or on account
of, behalf of, or for the benefit of
an enemy ally of enemy Only with
the consent of the board may agents of
enemy companies do business in the
United States after November 5. Enemy
companies also may not change the names
they used at the beginning of the war
without special license.
Secretary McAdoo is vested by the
President with and is expected to turn
over to the federal reserve board the
executive administration of any investi-
CATION, regulation. or prohibition of any
transa action in foreign exchange. export or
earmarkng or gold silver coin, bull
lion currency transfers of credit in any
form, "other than credits relating solely
to transactions to be executed wholly
within the United States, and transfers
or evidences of Indebtedness or of the
Allegation Is Denied.