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Show PASSPORTS PUT UNDER RESTRICTIVE RULES Regulations governing the issuance of commercial paspons have been tightened recently in all parts of the country'- In sending out his latest instructions in-structions Secretary Lansing has ex- Plained to all federal court clerks that the tiphteninc has been due to the pas-I pas-I sage of the trading-with the-cnemv act. I'nder the new orders a person applying ap-plying for a commercial passport must support the application with an afli davit statins the object and n-eessit.. of the trip, from the head of the firm in the interests of which he intends to go abroad. If representing a corporation, corpora-tion, it is provided the affidavit must be subscribed by the president, vice president or secretary. The head of a eoncem is required to obtain an affidavit affi-davit from another officer or from some other reputable firm with which he does business. Anions other requirements re-quirements Is a list of the countries the applicant expects to visit and the names of the firms with which he plans to do busint BS |