Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-26
WILSON WAR ACT
SETS FOE APART
UNDER new LAW
Drastic Measures in ProcIama-
ton lined Against Germany
and Her Allies.
BOARDS GIVEN MUCH POWER
Both War Trade Board and War Trade
Council Practically Without Re-
strletion as to Their Acts
Exports Of Gold Barred.

Washington. - Tremendous powers
and responsibilities are placed in the
hands of two executive boards by a
proclamation issued by President VIII
son, putting into effect the purposes
Of the trading with the enemy act
passed at the war session of congress.
The proclamation
BY virtue of the authority vested in me
by AN Act to Define, Regulate and
Punish Trading With the Enemy and for
Other Purposes" approved October 6.
1911, and by title VII of the act approved
June IS. 1917. entitled "An Act to Punish
Acts OF Interference With the Foreign
Relations, the Neutrality and the Foreign
Commerce OF the United States, to Pun
ish Espionage and Better to Enforce the
Criminal Laws of the United States and
for Other Purposes Hereinafter desig
mated as the espionage acD hereby
make the following orders and rules and
regulations:
WAR TRADE BOARD.
hereby establish a war trade board
TO be composed of representatives, re-
spectively, of the secretary of state, of
the secretary of the treasury, of the Sec
retaVy OF agriculture, of the secretary of
commerce. of the food administrator and
of the United States shipping board.
hereby vest in said board the power
and authority to issue licenses under such
terms and conditions as are not incon-
sistent with law or to withhold or re-
fuse licenses for the expectation of all
articles except coin, bullion or currency,
the expectation or taking of which out
of the United States may be restricted by
proclamatons heretofore or hereafter is
sued by me under aaid title VII of the
espionage act.
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board the power and authority to issue
upon such terms and conditions as are
not inconsistent with law or to withhold
or refuse licenses for the importation of
all articles, the importation of which may
be restricted by any proclamation here
after issued by me under section II of
the trading with the enemy act.
further hereby vest in said war trade
board the power and authority not vested
in other officers by subsequent provisions
OF this order, to issue under such terms
and conditions as are not inconsistent
with law or to withhold or refuse licenses
to trade either directly or indirectly with,
to or from, or for, or on account of or on
behalf of or for the benefit of, any other
person with knowledge or reasonable
cause to believe that such other person
is an enemy or an ally of enemy or is
conducting or taking part in such trade
directly or indirectly for or on account
OF. or on behalf Of or for the benefit of,
an enemy or ally of enemy.
I further hereby vest in said war trade
board the power and authority, under
such terms and conditions as are not in
consistent with law, to issue to every
enemy or ally of enemy, other than enc
my OF ally of enemy, insurance or REIN
surance companies, doing business within
the United States through an agency or
branch office. or otherwise, applying
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licenses temporary or otherwise to con-
tinue to do business. or said board may
withhold or refuse the same.
And I further hereby vest In said war
trade board the executive administration
OF the provisions OF section (B) of the
trading with the enemy Sct relative 10
granting licenses to enemies and enemy
allies. TO assume or use other names than
those by which they were known at the
beginning of the war, and l hereby au-
thorize said board to issue licenses not
inconsistent with the provisions of law
OF. to withhold or refuse licenses to any
enemy or ally OF enemy or partnership
OF which an enemy or ally of enemy is a
member or was member at the begin
ming Of the war TO assume or use any
name other than by which such enemy
or ally OF enemy OF partnership was or
dinarily known at the beginning of the
war.
/ hereby revoke the executive OrQer ol
August 21, 1917, creating the exports ad.
ministrative board. All proclamations
rules. regulations and instructions made
or given by me under title VII of the
espionage act and now being administered
by the exports administrative board are
hereby continued. confirmed and made ap
plicabe to the war trade board and al
employees OF the export administrativ,
board are hereby transferred to and con
stituted employees of the war trad,
board in the same capacities, and sale
war trade board Is hereby authorized Il
exercise without interruption the power
heretofore exercised by said exports ad
mnistrative board.
The said war trade board is hereby au
thorized and empowered to take all sucl
measures as may be necessary or expe
dent to administer the powers hereb!
conferred. And l hereby vest in the wa
trade board the power conferred upon tn
president by section 5 (A) to make sucl
rules md regulations, not inconsisten
with Gew, as may be necessary and prop
er for the exercise of the power con
ferred upon said board.
WAR TRADE COUNCIL.
hereby establish a war trade council
TO be composed of the secretary of state
secretary Of the treasury, secretary o
agriculture secretary of commerce, tn
food administrators and the chairman G
the shipping board. and / hereby author
ize and direct the said war trade counc
thus constituted to act In an advisor
capacity IN such matters under said act
as may be referred to II by the presider
of the war trade board.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
1 hereby vest in the secretary of tn
treasury the executive administration {
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