The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17

PRESIDENT ISSUES ORDERS DEL
EGATING AUTHORITY TO
VARIOUS DEPART.
MENTS,
General Has Supervision
Over and Licensing of Foreign Lam
guagc Newspapers.


Washington, Ort. 14.-BrOad war
powers conferred upon the president
by the Trading with the Enemy Act
were put into operation under an ex-
ecutive order issued tonight delegat-
Ing the authority under the law to
various government departments and
to a newly created war trade board.
The trade board is composed of the
members of the Exports Administra-
tive Board, whcih it will replace with
the addition Of a representative Of the
trade. 1t will continue to license ex-
ports and will exercise similar cor
troll over imports as soon as the pres
ident proclaims under authority of the
Trading with the Enemy Act, the arti-
cles to be restricted.
Trading or commercial dealings OF
any nature with an enemy company
or agent in this country or abroad
is forbidden, except under license Of
the war trade board, which is also
authorized to license enemy or "ally
of enemy" companies doing business
in the United States, excepting insur-
ance companies, whose supervision is
entrusted to the treasury
Censorship of mails, cables, radio
n fa1 nh,
the United States is placed in the
hands of a censorship board, con-
sisting of representatives of the war,
navy and postoffice departments, the
war trade board and Of George Creel.
chairman of the committee on public
information.
10 the treasury is assigned the reg
ulation of transactions in foreign ex-
change and expectation Of gold or sill
Yer coin under licenses and enforce
ment of the laws provision against
transmission to the enemy of informa
ton by any other means than reguar
mails The treasury must also license
insurance or reinsurance companies
or the enemy or ally of the enemy do
ing business with the United States.
Regulation of the use of enemy-owned
or controlled patents for the war and
for the granting or publication of
patents containing information valua-
BILE to the enemy is given to sthe Fed
eral Trade Commission
The postmaster general is entrusted
with supervision over and the Ices
Ting of foreign language newspapers.
In anticipation Of this authority Post
master General Burleson has been re-
ceiving applications for licenses and
will begin issuing them before Tues
day, October 16, the date the provision
or the law becomes effective. All such
papers except those granted licenses
are required under penalty to file with
their local postmasters before publica-
cation true translation of all matter
relating to the United States gov
ernment or the governments of any
other nations at war. The same sec
ton of the law makes it unlawful to
circulate in any way matter made un-
mailable 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 issue
licenses exempting companies from
his supervision. An appointment for
this position will be made soon.
The secretary Of state is empowered
to licensese the transportation OF enc
through the existing passport means.
The secretary of commerce will re-
tain his present authority to review
the decision of customs collectors re-
fusing clearances to vessels carrying
cargoes in violation Of the Trading
with the Enemy Act.
The new war trade board is to con-
sist of Vance c.. Mccormick, chair
man, representing the secretary of
state; DR.. AlonzO T.. Taylor, represent
ing the secretary of agriculture; Thos |
ID. Jones, representing the secretary
Of commerce; Beaver White, repre- |
senting the food administrator; Frank |
Munson, representing the shipping
board and representative of the |
secretary Of the treasury, yet to be
named.
The name of the present exports
council is changed to war trade
council with the secretary of the
reasury and Chairman Hurley, OF the
shipping board, added to its member
ship, the secretaries of state, agricul-
ure and commerce AMI the food ad-