Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-15
IIjNTROL OF WAR
TRADE EFFECTED
,,.os;dpnt's Edict Estab-
fishes Censorship of All
Communication
CREATES NEW BOARDS
,,.,cs Mccormick Made Chair
man of Body Succeeding Ex-
ao,ts Administrative Council
WASHINGTON, oct. is.

WASHlENNr lO4Nt Wv h"'
:, The broad powe, s vested in the
~, AI,aon, bv Congress in the tra9lng-
Prssiyhen Pre- ,ho.enemy act are called into peius
49, form of a blanket proclamation
n.a.a at the White House.
,..org the vital war, policies affected
AZ prasident's proclamation are:
" .ls.,ion Il of War Trade Board to
ead the Exports Administrative
tu,scy and of an advisory board, TO
i,So1yn as the War Trade Council,
oOss,nnosed of department heads ana
srbceeding the Exports council
Establishment of censorship Doaro,
.on,rol all cables telegraph and mail
70 tooo,,,jcations oo, between the United
e,atss and foreign countries, and bring
~ fbe foreign.language press under
.aS,iation Of the Postmaster General.
les,.n,,,sion for appointment of an alien
.aertv custodian TO have control of
m property in the United States owned
~ enemies or allies of enemies
"vasting control in the Secretary OF
the Treasury OF an loleISH SNNH"ieS
"a transfer Of gold
Giving the Secretary of State power
:. license or forbid Into the United
s,ates or in any part of the country
snv enemy or enemy ally.
sunervision of patents held by Amer
,csns in enemy country and OF patents
N this country held by enemies Is
riyen to the Federal Trade Commis-
sion. -.-..
m. powers affected by the Presidents
.-ao,,,ive order control the commercial side
y ~ nations war activities. The author
n, given the President, and transferred by
~. N his agencies, extends not only to
troAing with an enemy or an ally or the
.nsrv hut makes it equally unlawful to
trade with any person who, there Is reason
shle cause to believe, Is acting Tor or on
j eecolnt of an enemy or any
"a imports is given to the War Trade
ecard which is to be exercised through the
s,sts Treasury, Postoffice, Commerce and
4 Jnstice Departments and the Federal TRADE
rosorission. AS no single existing deplrt-
r.snt Is interested in all Of the powers con-
f,rred upon the President by Congress- the
president provides for their joint admlnls-
ration by a War Trade Board composed OF
,.rresentatives of the departments when
,re most vitality concerned. u.,
Tho new War Trade Board so established
4, .omposed of Vance c. Mccormick, chair
wan Of Harrisburg, as representative OF the
secretary of state; representative or the
sscretary of the Treasury, to be appointed !:
nr Alonzo e. Taylor, as representative OF
ths Secretary of Agriculture Thomas ~
Iones as representative Of the secretary Oh
commerce. Beaver White, as representltlVe
:, tha food administration, and Frank O.
Munson, as representative OF the shipping
Board Thomas l.. ChadoourHe' 'i"
emnselor to the board.
eOT.ss poo,or TavIor is Benjamin Rush pro-
t,osor Of physiological chemistry in the
university of Pennsylvania, but for, many
months has devoted virtually all his time
N the Government and is making MS nome
n washington. In 1916 he made survey
Of Red Cross work in Europe serving as
An attache of the United States embassy
IN Berlin Last spring he went as. tood
expert to the Department OF AgricuIture,
one of his tasks being to study and make
recommendations on the matter restricting
tha use Of grains for alcoholic liquors.
The functions and organization OF this
board are as follows:
The War Trade Board, under the Presi-
aent's direction, succeeds to all the functions
Thich have been exercised by the Exports
Administrative Board, which goes out OF
sxIstence. The proclamations of the Presi-
dent forbiddng the expectation of various
articles without a license are continued in
full force and effect, but licenses will here
After be granted by the War Trade Board
instead of the Exports Administrative
board, and all applications for such IL
esnses and all correspondence with regard
70 them should be addressed to the Bureau
q Exports Of the War Trade Board.
Applications for licenses by an enemy
or "ally Of enemy" in the United states
70 continue to do business in the United
gtates should be sent to the War Trade
Board, except in the case of enemy" OF
ally Of enemy" insurance companies, In
which case they should be sent to the Treas
uy Department.
The act prohibits and imposes severe
penalties on taking or sending any com
munications in any form out of the United
States intended for any enemy or ally OF
the enemy, and also makes 1t unlawful to
bring In or take out of the United States
any form Of communication except by mail
Power Is given by the act, however, to re-
hsve pess prohibitions by license, and the
Secretary Of the Treasury Is empowered by
ne President to receive applications fol
and grant such licenses.
CENSORSHIP BOARD
The Censorship Board created by th'
PRESIDENT Is to be composed of the Postmas
er General representative of the Secretar!
q War the Secretary of the Navy, the Wa
Trade Board and George Creel, chairman o
me Committee on Public Information.
This board will administer such censor
nip regulations as the President may pre-
scribe governing the censorship of cables
telegraph and mail communications betweei
me United States and foreign countries.
Among the most important and far
feaehing Of the provisions Of the trading
wth-he-enemy act are those dealing will
me taking over by this Government o.
NE custody and control of enemy" prop
wy within the United States.
Ihe act makes 1t the duty Of every con
essn within the United States issuing shares
" SOCK within sixty days after the ap
ptoval OF the act to report to the aliel
ssvperty custodian the names of such of IL
sncers, directors and stockholders as ar,
1noWn to be or are reasonably believed I,
y enemies" or "allies Of enemy" and tn
amount OF stock or shares owned by each.