The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-15
BROAD POWERS
DELEGATED TO
new War BOARD
Trading With The Enemy
Act Put Into Effect
By President
REGULATE EXPORTS;
CENS0RS THE MAILS
Postmaster General Is Civ
. en- Powers Over Foreign
Language Press
CBy Associated Press.)

10y ASsociaLe0 BreSS.l
/ Washington, Oct. 15.-Executive
departments OF the government and
a new war trade board, which re-
places the exports administrative
board, are vested today with extra
ordinary war time privileges under a
proclamation of President Wilson
putting into effect the authority
delegated him by the trading with
the enemy act
The trade board will regulate IL
censing of exports and imports and
OF enemy firms doing business in this
country. Censorship of outgoing
mails and cables is placed in the,
hands of a special commission and to
the postmaster general is given regu-
latory authority over foreign-Ian-
guage newspapers.
| This trade board is composed of
members of the exports administra-
tive board. which it will replace, with
the addition of representative of
| the treasury department. 1t will
continue to license exports, and will
exercise a similar control over i'm
ports as soon as the President pro-
claims the articles to be so re-
| stricted.
Trading or commercial dealings of
| any nature with any enemy COM
pany or agent in this country or
abroad is forbidden, except under Ii
cense Of the war trade board, which
also is authorized to license enemy
or ALLY of enemy companies doing
! business in the United States, ex-
cept insurance companies. whose SUI
pervision is entrusted to the treasury.
Censorship In Effect.
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 postoffice depart
ments the war trade board and Of
George Creel, chairman Of the COM
mittee on public information.
To the treasury is assigned the
regulation Of transactions in foreign
exchange and expectation of gold or
silver coin under license, and en-
forcement Of the laws provision
against transmission to the enemy
Of information by any other means
than regular mails. The treasury
also is authorized to license insur-
ance or reinsurance companies Of the
enemy doing business within 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 German Press.
The postmaster general Is en-
trusted with supervision over and
licensing of foreign language news
papers. In anticipation of this au-
thority Postmaster General Burleson
has been receiving applications for
| licenses and will begin issuing them
before Tuesday, Oct. 16, when this
provision becomes effective. All
such papers except those granted IL
censes are required under penalty TO
file with their local postmasters be-
fore publication true TRANSACTIONS
of all matter relating to the United
States government or the govern
ments of any other nation at war.
The same section makes it unlawful
| to circulate matter made unavailable
/ by the espionage act.
The Presidents order defines the
powers of the alien property GUS
| todian to act as trustee for all enemy
property within the United States,
or to issue licenses exempting enemy
| companies from his supervision. An
appointment IoE THIS pOSAIAOh "AAA
be made soon. ....
The secretary of state is empower
ed to license the transportation OF
enemies to or from the United
states through the existing passport
means. The secretary OF commerce
will retain authority to review the
decisions of collectors OF customs,
| refusing olearances to vessels car
rving cargoes in violation of the
| act.
The new war trade board Is to
consist of Vance G. Mccormick
chairman, representing the secretary
of state; DIR. Alonzo E. Taylor, repre-
senting the secretary of agriculture;
Thomas ID. Jones, representing the
secretary OF commerce; Beaver
White, representing the food adj
ministrator; Frank G. Munson, rep
resenting the shipping board and q
representative OF the secretary OF the
treasury, yet to be named. All but the
treasury representative are now
members of the exports administra-
tive board, whose work hereafter
will be done by the bureau Of exports
of the war trade board.
The name Of the present exports
council is changed to war trade
council, with the secretary OF the
treasury and Chairman Hurley OF the
shipping board. the secretaries OF
state, agriculture and commerce, and
the food administrator added to its
membership. This body will act In an
advisory capacitv to the President.