Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-10-19
WAR TRADE ACT
GOES INTO EFFECT
ORDER OF PRECEDENT
WILSON.
Trading With the Allies Enemies or
the Latter's Friends to Be Under
Supervision of Newly Gre
ated Board.

Washington. Broad war powers
I conferred upon the president by the
| trading with the enemy act We're put
into operation under an executive ord
err issued October II, delegating the
authority under the law to various gov
eminent departments and TO a newly
created war trade board
This board is composed of the mem
bers of the exports administrative
board, which it viii replace, with the
addition of a representative Of the
treasury department. It will continue
to license exports and will exercise a
similar control over imports as soon
as the president prOclaims, under au-
thOrity of the trading with the enemy
act, the articles to be so restricted.
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 ally of en-
envy" companies doing business in the
United States, excepting insurance
companies, whose supervision is en-
trusted to the treasury.
Censorship of mails, cables, radio
and telegraph messages passing out of
the United States is placed in the
hands of a censorship board consist
ing of representatives Of the war, navy
and postOffice departments, the war
trade board and of George Creel, chair
man of the committee on public in
formation.
To the treasury is assigned the
regulation of transactions in foreign
exchange and expectation of gold or
silver coin under license, and enforce
ment of the laws provision against
transmission to the enemy of Informal
ton by any other means than regular
mails. The treasury also is authorized
to license insurance or reinsurance
companies of the enemy or ally of the
enemy doing business with the United
States.
Regulation of the use of enemy
owned or controlled patents for the
war, and of the granting or publica-
ton of patents containing informa-
ton valuable to the enemy, is given to
the federal trade commission.
The postmaster general is entrusted
with supervision over and licensing of
foreign language newspapers. In anti
cipation of this authority Postmaster
General Burleson has been receiving
applications for licenses and began
issuing them before Tuesday, October
10, the date the provision of the
law became effective. All such
papers, except those granted licenses.
are required under penalty to file with
their local postmasters before publ
cation thorough TRANSACTIONS of all
matter relating to the United States
government or the government of any
other nation at war. The same sec
ton of the law makes it unlawful to
circulate in any manner matter made
by the espionage act
The presidents order defines the
powers of the alien property custodian
to act as trustee for all enemy prop |
erty within the United States or to |
iSSuG nNCLStS tlAtilHAAhS thtAAf NtAh
panies from his supervision. An APP |
pointment for this position will be |
made soon.
The secretary of state is empowered
to license the transportation of en-
emies to or from the United States
through the existing passport means.
The secretary of comm wee will re-
tain his present authority to review
he decisions of customs collectors re-
using clearances to vessels carrying
.argoes in violation of the trading
With the enemy act.
The new war trade board is to con-
list of Vance c. Mccormick, chairman,
the secretary of state;
Dr. AIonzo L. Taylor, representing
he secretary ofa griculture Thomas
}. Jones, representing the secretary of
commerce Beaver White. representing
he food administrator; Frank y. Mum
on. representing the shipping board,
nd a representative of the secretary
f the treasury yet to be named. All
ut the treasury representative are
ow members of the exports admin
strative board. whose work hereafter
rill be done by the bureau of exports
f the war trade board.
The name of the present exports
ouncil is changed to war trade coun-
il. This body will act in an advisory
apacity TO the president and to the
ar trade board.
The presidents order vests in the
ar trade board power to license
'ade directly or indirectly with an
nemy or ally of enemy. Only with
Dnsent OF the board may agents of
lemy companies do business in the
nited States after November .. En-
NY companies also may not change
lie names they used at the beginning
the war without special license.