The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-10-19
WAR TRADE ACT
GOES into EFFECT
NEW WAR BOARD CREATED BY
ORDER OF PRESIDENT
WILSON.
Trading With the Allies Enemies or
the Latter's Friends to Be Under
Supervision of Newly Gre
ated Board.

Washington. - Broad war powers
conferred upon the president by the
trading with the enemy act were put
into operation under an executive ord
er, issued October IA, delegating the
authority under the law to various gov
eminent departments and to a newly
created wal 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 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 OF 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 en-
envy" companies doing business in the
United States, excepting insurance
NVAupdllCSf MlIDSG SupSL fLolOh % Gil
trusted to the treasury.
Censorship Board.
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 informa-
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.
Foreign Language Papers.
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
16, 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 translations 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 ann matter made
unavailable 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
issue licenses exempting enemy com
panies from his supervision. An ap'
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 commerce will re
tain his present authority to review
the decisions of customs collectors re
fusing clearances to vessels carrying
in violation of the tradin:
with the enemy act.
Vance Mccormick Chairman.
The new war trade board is to con
sist of Vance @. Mccormick, chairman
representing the secretary of state
DIR. AIonzo l.. Taylor, representing
the secretary ola griculture Thoma'
d. Jones, representing the secretary o
commerce; Beaver White, representa-
the food administrator Frank q. Nun
son. representing the shipping boarc
and a representative of the secretar,
of the treasury yet to be named. Al
but the treasury representative ar
now members of the exports admin
i~strative board, whose work hereaTte
will be done by the bureau of export
of the war trade board,
The name of the present export
council is changed to war trade cour
ell. This body will act in an advisor
capacity to the president and to tn
war trade board.
The presidents order vests in ID
war trade board power to lieens