Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-10-19
EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATES
BODY TO ENFORCE TRADING
WITH ENEMY ACT.
VANCE MCCORMICK CHAIRMAN

New Law Foblds Trading With Enemy
Company or Agent at Home OF
Abroad Without License--Foreign
Language Papers Get Attention.
Washington. Broad war powers
conferred upon the president by the
trading with the enemy act were put
into operation under an executive or
der delegatng the authority under the
law to various government depart
ments and to newly created war
trade board.
The trade board is composed OF the
members Of the exports administrative
board which 1t will replace, with the
addition Of a representative OF the
treasury department 1t will continue
to license exports and will exercise
a similar control over imports as soon
as the president proclaims under au'
thority of the trading with the eneu'!
act the articles TO be restricted TRAD
ing 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
trade, board which also is authorized
to license enemy or ally of enemy
companies doing business in the Uni
ted States excepting insurance com
panies, whose supervision is entrust'
ed 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 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 ana 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 licens'
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
IS, the date the provision of the law
becomes effective All such papers,
except those graz ted licenses are re-
CURED under penalty to file with their ,
local postmasters before publication :
true translations Of all matters relat-
ing to the United States government or
the governmnt of any other nation
at war. The same section Of the law
makes il 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 a
APPOINTMENT fo- 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 existing passport means,
The secretary of commerce VIII retain
his present authority to review the de.
cisions OF customs collectors refusing
clearances to vessels carrying car :
goes in violation OF the trading with
the enemy act.
Personnel Of Board. T
The new war trade board is to con- ?
sist Of Vance c. Mccormick, chairman, e
representing the secretary Of state; s
DR.. Alonzo E. Taylor, representing the a
secretary of agriculture; Thomas D. e
Jones, representing the secretary OF
commerce; Beaver White. represent
ing the food administrator; Frank c. I
Munson, representing the shipping h
boad, and representative OF the sec. d
rotary of the treasury yet to be named. Z
The name Of the present exports II
council Is changed to war trade coun- 4
ell with the secretary Of the treasury
and Chairman Hurley Of the shipping "
board added to its membership, the $
secretaries OF state, agriculture, and s
commerce and the food administrator. n
This body will act in an advisory ca II
pacity to the president and the war Il
trade board.
The presidents order vests in the a
war trade board power to license trade
directly or indirectly with, to or r
from or for, or on account Of, or on Q
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 ally OF I
enemy, or is conducting or taking part e
IN such trade directly or indirectly for c
or on account Of or on behalf OF, or q
for the benefit of, any enemy or ally s
Of enemy" Only with Consent Of the t
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