South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-15
TRADING WITH
ENEMY MEASURE
IS IN OPERATION
Broad Powers of War Confer
red on Wilson Delegated
to Various Departments
and Trade Board.

WASHINGTON, Oct I5.-Broad
war powers conferred upon the
president by the trading with the
enemy act were put into operation
under an executive order issued
Sunday night delegating the au-
thority under the law 10 various
government departments and 10 4
newly created war trade board
This trade board is composed Of
the members Of the exports admin
istrdtive board, which il will re-
place, with the addition Of rep
resentative of the treasury depart
ment 1t will continue 70 license ex-
| ports and viii exercise d similar
control over imports as soon as the
| president pIcclaims under authority
Of the trading with the enemy act.
the articles TO be 50 restricted
Trading or commercial dealings
of any nature with any enemy com
pany or agent in this country or
abroad is forbidden, except under
license of the war trade board, which
also is authorized TO license enemy
or ally of enemy" companies do
ing business in the United States,
excepting insurance companies.
whose supervision is entrusted 70
the treasury.
Censorship i'm Hands of Board.
Censorship of mails, cables, radio
and telegraph messages passing out
Of the United States is placed in the
hands of a censorship board con-
sisting Of Representatives of the war
navy and pOstoGice departments, the
war trade board and Of George
Creel, chairman of the committee
on public information.
To the treasury is assigned the
regulation of ranstctiOns H. for
eign exchange and expectation Of
gold or silver coin under license and
! enforcement of the laws provision
against transmission to the enemy
of information by any other means
that regular mails. The treasury al
so is authorized TO license insur-
ance or reinsurance companies Of
the enemy or ally of the enemy do
ing 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.
Foreign Language Papers.
The postmaster general is entrust-
ed with supervision over and Hcens-
ing Of foreign language newspapers.
In anticipation OF this authority
Postmaster Gen. Burleson has been
receiving applications for licenses
and will begin issuing them before
| Tuesday. oct. 16, the date the pro-
vision Of the law is effective. All
such papers except those granted
those licenses are required under
penalty to file with their local post
masters for publication true transla
tons of all matter relating 10 the
United States government or the
governments of any other nation at
war. The same section OF the law
makes il unlawful TO circulate in
any manner matter 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 10 issue licenses exempt
ing enemy companies from his su-
pervision. An appointment for this
position will be made soon.
The secretary of state is empOw-
cred to license the transportation OF
enemies TO or from the United States
through the existing passport means.
The new war trade board is to
consist of Vance c. Mccormick
chairman. representing the secre-
tary Of state; DR.. Alonzo +. Taylor.
/ representing the secretary of agri-
culture; Thomas D. Jones, represent
/ ing the secretary of commerce;
Beaver White, representing the food
administrator: Frank G. Munson,
I representing the shipping board and
a representative of the secretary of
4 the treasury. yet to be named. All
/ but the treasury representative are
now members of the exports ad-
ministrative 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. which will act i'm an advis-
DRY capacity TO the president and
/ the war trade board.
Only with consent OF the board
may agents of enemy companies
do business in the United States
after Nov 3. Enemy companies al
so may not change the names they
/ usad At the beginning Of the war
without special license.