The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-10-18
-c,TIvE ORDER CREATES
aonx TO ENFORCE TRADING
WITH ENEMY ACT.
VANCE MCCORMICK CHAIRMAN
New Law Fobids Trading With Enemy
Company or Agent at Home or
abroad Without License-Foreien
anouaoe Papers Get Attention.


.orforred upon the president by the
trading with the enemy act were put
100 onpration under an executive or
aor defeating the authority under the
,o.y TO various government. depart
rnonts and to a newly created war
trade board.
The trade board is composed of the
,nombers of the exports administrative
hnord which it will replace, with the
addition of representative of the
troosnrv department. 1t will continue
- license exports and will exercise
Similar control over imports as soon
&c the president proclaims under au-
thoritv of the trading with the enemy
oct the articles to be restricted. Trad
mo or commercial dealings Of any ma
ture with an enemy company or agent
in this country or abroad is forbid
den except under license of the war
+rodo hoard, which also is authorized
20 license enemy or "ally of enemy"
oomnanies doing business in the Uni
tod States excepting insurance COM
nanies whose supervision is entrust-
cd to the treasury.
May Censor Mails.
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 department, the war
trade board and of George Creel, chair
man of the committee on public infor-
nation.
To the treasury is assigned the reg
ulation of transaction in foreign eX-
change and expectation of gold or sill
YER 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 must license
insurance or reinsurance companies
of the enemy or ally of the enemy do
ing business within the United
States.
Regulation of the use of the enemy
owned or controlled patents for the
war and of the granting or publica-
ton of patents containing information
valuable to the enemy is given to the
federal trade commission.
Foreign Language Newspapers.
The postmaster general is entrusted
with supervision over and the Hcens-
ing of foreign language newspapers.
In anticipation of this authority Post
master Burleson has been receiving
applications for licenses and will begin
issuing them before Tuesday, October
&c. the date the provision OF the law
becomes effective. All such papers,
except those granted licenses, are re-
quired under penalty to file with their
local pOstmasters before publication
true TRANSACTIONS of all matters reIat-
ing to the United States government or
the gOyernmnt of any other natlon
at war The same section Of the law
makes it unlawful to circulate in any
manner matter made unavailable by
the espionage act.
The presidents order defines the
powers of the alien property custo-
dian to act as trustee for all enemy
to issue licenses exempting enemy
property within the United States or
companies from his supervision. An
appointment for this position will be
made soon.
The secretary of state is empowered
to license the transportation OF enc
mics to or from the United states
through the exist ting passport means.
The secretary of commerce will retain
his present authority to review the de-
c1sions Of customs collectors refusing
clearances to vessels carrying car
goes in violation of the trading with
the enemy act.
Personnel Of Board.
The new war trade board is to con-
sist of Vance G. Mccormick, chairman,
representing the secretary of state;
Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, representing the
secretary Of agriculture; Thomas -.
Jones' representing the secretary OIL
commerce; Beaver White, represent
Ing the food administrator; Frank u
Munson, representing the shipping
Doad, and a representative OF thS Sec
Fetary Of the treasury yet to be named
The name Of the present exports
council is changed to war trade coun-
Gu with the secretary Of the treasury
and Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board added to its membership, the
secretaries of state, agriculture, ana
commerce and the food administrator
lnls body will act in an advisory ca
pacity to the president and the war
trade board.
The presidents order vests In the
war trade board power to license trade
directly or indirectly with. to or
from Or for, or On account Of, or on
"enaf of, or for the benefit OF. any
0'ner person, with knowledge or
reasonable cause to believe that such