Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-10-19
WILSON WAR ACT
SETS FOE APART
UNDER new LAW
Drastic Measures in ProClama-
ton Aimed Against Germany
and Her Allies.
BOARDS GIVEN MUCH POWER
Both War Trade Board and War Trade
Council Practically Without Re-
striction as to Their Acts
Exports of Gold Barred.

Washington. - Tremendous powers
and responsibilities are placed in the
hands of two executive boards by
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. Re guiaie and
Punish Trading With the Enemy and for
Other Purposes" approved October 6,
1917, and by title VII of the act approved
June 10. 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 acO, l hereby
make the following orders and rules and
regulations:
WAR TRADE BOARD.
hereby establish war trade board
to be composed of representatives, re-
spsctively, of the secretary of state, of
the secretary of the treasury, of the Sec
rotary of agriculture, of the secretary Of
commerce, of the food administrator and
vi Tue OHIleu states shipping pOaTO.
l hereby vest in said board the power
and authority to issue licenses under such
terms and conditions as are not incon-
sistgnt with law or to withhold or re-
fuse licenses for the expectation of ell
articles except coin, bullion or currency,
the expectation taking of which out
of tine United States may be restricted by
proclamations heretofore or hereafter is
sued by me under said title VII Of the
espionage act
l further hereby vest in said war trade
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 IL of
the trading with the enemy act.
l further hereby vest in said war trade
Board the power and authority not vested
m 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
10 trade either directly or indirectly with.
10 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
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.
l 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 or ally of enemy, insurance or rein
eurance companies, doing business within
1he United States through an agency or
branch office, or otherwise, applying
therefor within 80 days of October 6, 1917,
licenses temporary or otherwise to con-
tinue to do business, or said board may
withhold or refuse the same.
And l further hereby vest In said war
trade board the executive administration
of the provisions of section 4 (B) Of the
trading with the enemy act, relative to
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 I hereby au-
Gthorize said board to issue licenses not
Inconsistent with the provisions of law
or to withhold or refuse Licenses to slY
enemy or ally of enemy or partnership
of which an enemy or ally of enemy is
member or was a member at the begin
ming of the war to assume or use any
name other than by which such enemy
or ally of enemy or partnership was or
dinarily known at the beginning of the
war.
I hereby revoke the executive order of
August q. 1917, creating the exports adj
ministrative board. All proclamations
rules regulations and instructions made
lor 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 APP
tplicable to the war trade board, and all
employees of the export administrative
board are hereby transferred to and con-
stituted employees of the war trade
hoard in the same capacities, and said
war trade board is hereby authorized to
exercise without interruption the powers
heretofore exercised by said exports ad-
administrative board
The said war trade board Is hereby au-
ithorized and empowered to take all such
measures as may be necessary or expe-
dent to administer the powers hereby
conferred. And 1 hereby vest in the war
trade board the power conferred upon the
president by section (A) to make such
rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with law, as may be necessary and prop
Ter 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 treas.ry. secretary of
agriculture. secretary of commerce. the
food administrator and the chairman of
the shipping board. and I hereby author
67e and direct the said war trade council
thus constituted to act in an advisory
capacity in such matters under said acts
as may be referred to it by the president
of the war trade board
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
hereby vest in the secretary of the
treasury the executive administration OF