Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-17
GREAT POWER GIVEN
WAR TRADE BOARD
EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATES
BODY TO ENFORCE TRADING
WITH ENEMY ACT.
VANCE MCCORMICK CHAIRMAN
New Law Fobids Trading With Enemy
Company or Agent at Home or
Abroad Without License-Foreign
Language Papers Get Attention.


Language Papers Get Attention.
Washington. Broad wal powers
conferred upon the president by the
trading with the enemy act were put
into operation under an executive Or
der d~elegating the authority under the
law to various government depart
ments and to a newly created war
trade board.
The trade board is composed of the
members of the exports administrative
board which it will replace, with the
addition of a representative of the
treasury department. 1t 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 restricted. Trad
ing or commercial dealings of any ma
ture with an enemy company Or agent
in this country or abroad is forbid
den, except under license of the wal
trade, board, which also is authorized
to license enemy or "ally of enemy
companies doing business in the Uni
ted States excepting insurance COM
panies, whose supervision is entrust-
ed to the treasury.
May Censor Mails.
Censorship of mails, cables, radio
and telegraph messages passing out
of the United States is placed in the
hands of a censorship board consisting
of representatives of the war, navy
and p~ostoffice department, the wal
trade board and of George Creel, chair
man of the committee on public infor-
nation.
To the treasury Is assigned the reg
ulation of transaction in foreign ex-
change and expectation of gold or sill
yer coin under license n enforce
ment of the laws provision against
transmission to the enemy of informa-
ton by any other mean than regular
mails. The treasury also must license
insurance or reinsurance companies
of the enemy or ally of the enemy do
ing business within the United
States.
Regulation of the use of the enemy
owned or controlled patents for the
war. and of the granting or publica-
ton of patents containing information
valuable to the enemy is given to the
federal trade commission.
Foreign Language Newspapers.
The postmaster general is entrusted
with supervision over and the licens-
ing of foreign language newspapers.
In anticipation of this authority Post
master Burleson has been receiving
applications for licenses and will begin
issuing them before Tuesday, October
16, the date the provision of the law
becomes effective. All such papers,
except those granted licenses, are re-
uuired under penalty to file with their
local postmasters before publication
true translations of all matters relat-
ing to the United States government or
the governmnt of any other nation
at war. The same section Of the law
makes it unlawful to circulate in any
n matter made unavailable by
the espionage act.
The presidents order defines the
powers of the alien property custo-
dian to act as trustee for all enemy
to issue licenses exempting enemy
property within the United States or
companies from his supervision. An
appointment for this position will be
made soon.
The secretary of state is empowered
to license the transportation OF enc
mics to or from the United States
through the existing passport means.
The secretary Of commerce will retain
his present authority to review the de-
cisions of customs collectors refusing
cIearances to vessels carrying car
goes in violation of the trading with
the enemy act.
Personnel of Board.
The new wal trade board is to con-
sist of Vance C. Mccormick, chairman,
representing the secretary of state;
DR.. Alonzo E. Taylor, representing the
secretary Of agriculture; Thomas u.
Jones, representing the secretary OF
Beaver White, represent
ing the food administrator: Frank c..
Munson, representing the shipping
boad, and a representative of the sec
rotary of the treasury yet to be named.
The name of the present exports
council is changed to war trade o
Gil with the secretary Of the treasury
and Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board added to its membership, the
secretaries of state, agriculture, and
commerce and the food administrator.
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