Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-06 | Page 11 | Alien Property not to be Sold Sout

ALIEN PROPERTY NOT TO BE SOLD OUT Action Only Will Be Taken" by Govern-, Govern-, meivt Where Concerns Are Being Liquidated. "WASHINGTON, March 5. A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, in a statement issued today, said there was no contemplation on the part of his office to sell enemy property In this country, except where concerns are being liquidated liqui-dated under license by the war trade board. "Some misunderstanding seems to have arisen relative to the policy of this office of-fice In respect to sales of enemy property," prop-erty," said the statement. "A number of businesses operated in this country by persons comlnq within the enemy clause, or by partnerships In which a member is an eneniv, are being liquidated under licenses li-censes Issued bv the war trade board, under un-der the supervision, management and control con-trol of the alien property custodian. The property of such concerns In process of liquidation Is. of course, being sold. There are also in various parts of the country quantities of commodities which are enemy en-emy owned and which may be sold to prevent waste. Outside of these eases, the alinen property custodian does not now have in contemplation any sale of enemy property. "ft has been suggested that the congress con-gress mav give the alien property custodian cus-todian larger powers to dispose of enemy property If such change in the law shall be made, the matter of sales of enemy properly will then be given considera- """n amendment to tho pending urgent deficiency appropriation bill to give the custodian larger powers for the disposition disposi-tion of property was offered in the senate sen-ate today.