| Show effit GOES EFFECT NEW WAR BOARD CREATED BY ORDER OF PRESIDENT WILSON trading with the allies enemies or the tatters friends to be under supervision of newly cre abed board washington broad war powers conferred upon the bv the trading with the enemy ac were put into operation under an executive ord er issued october 14 delegating the authority under the law to various government departments and to a newly created war trade board this blaid Is composed of the members of the exports administrative baird which it will replace with alie addition of n of the treasury department it will continue to license exerts and will exercise a similar control over imports fis soon as the president proclaims under au of the trading with the enemy act the articles to be so restricted trading or commercial dealings of any nature with adv enemy company or agent in this country or abroad Is except under license of the war trade board which also Is authorized to license enemy or ally of enemy companies doing business in the united states excepting insurance companies whose supervision is entrusted to the treasury censorship board censorship of malls 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 departments the war trade board and of george creel chairman of the committee on public in formation treasury is assigned the regulation of transactions in foreign exclia and exportation of gold or silver coin under license and enforcement of the laws provision against transmission to the enemy of information bv any other means than regular malls the treasury also is authorized to license insurance or reinsurance companies of the enemy or ally of the enemy doing business with the united states t regulation of the use of enemy owned or controlled patents for the war and of alie granting or aton of patents containing alon valuable to the enemy Is given to alie trade commission i foreign language papers alie postmaster general Is entrusted with supervision over and licensing licen cing of foreign language newspapers in anticipation ci bf ahls authority postmaster general burleson lias been receiving applications tor licenses and began issuing them before tuesday october 10 the date the provision of the law became effective all such papers except those granted licenses are required under penalty to file with their local postmasters before cation thorough translations of all matter relating to the united states government or the government of any other nation at war the same section of the law makes it unlawful to circulate in any manner matter made by the act the presidents order defines the powers of the alien property custodian to act as trustee for all enemy property within the united states or to issue licenses exempting enemy corn panics from his supervision an ap for this position will be made soon the secretary of state Is empowered to license the transportation of en emlis 0 o or from the united states through alie existing passport means the secretary of commerce will retain his present authority to review the decisions of customs collectors refusing clearances to vessels cargoes in violation of the trading with the enemy act vance mccormack McCorm lck chairman the new war trade board Is to con alst of vance 0 mccormack lck chairman representing the secretary of state dr alburo L tailor representing the secretary ota thomas D jones representing the of commerce beav er W alte representing the food administrator trank 0 munson representing the shipping board and a representative of the secretary of the treasury vet to be named all but the treasury representative are now members of the exports adman baird whose work hereafter will be done by the bureau of exports of the war trade board the name of the present exports council la changed to war trade coun ell this boda will act in an advisory to the president and to the war trade board the presidents older vests in the war board power to license trade directly or indirectly with nn enemy or ally of enem onla with consent of the baird ruai agents of enemy companies do business in the united states after iov ember 5 ln emy companies also may not change the names they used nt the beginning of alie war without special licence mcafoos McA doos duties secretary mcadoo Is vested by the president with and Is expected to turn 0 er to the federal e board the executive administration of adv investigation vesti gation regulation or prohibition of any transaction in exchange export or earmarking of gold or sll ver oln or bullion or currency tr ms febi of credit in any form other than credits relating solely to translations to be executed holli within the united stites and transfers of evidences of indebtedness or of the ownership of property between the united states and jn foreign country or between the residents of an one or more foreign countries by ani person with in the united ahe reserve board already hercles eer cles virtual control over gold and silver exports the secretary of alie treasury s vested to prevent tran ills slon of information to an enemy elthier to or from the united states will bo exercised by the secret service |
