January 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Echoes of the Great War. 



Function of the War Trade Board. Revised Procedure for Licensing Exports to or 

 States Russian Bureau, Inc. New Export Conservation List. Individuals 

 Athletic Goods for Men in Service. Jeannette War Service Activ 



gh Allied Countries. The War Trade Board of the United 

 ; as Enemies in President's Proclamation. More 

 Service Notes and Personals, 



ities to Cont 



FUNCTION OF THE WAR TRADE BOARD. 



SPEAKING of tlie functions of the War Trade Board for 

 the present and immediate future, \'ance C. McCormick, 

 chairman, said recently. 



The War Trade Board has a function to perform until the 

 peace treaty is signed. Under the terms of the armistice the 

 blockade of the enemy countries is maintained, and the control 

 over exports and imports is to be exercised. 



Sufficient tonnage must be conserved by this control to supply 

 the needs of our two million troops overseas, to guarantee 

 them all possible protection and bring them safely home. There 

 must be protection assured our Allies and the distressed and 

 needy nations of Europe in the matter of supplies. When this 

 work has been done, international trade can be quickly restored. 

 Pending that time I have every confidence that the patriotism 

 and justice of the American people will have them exercise 

 patience until these vitally important plans are worked out and 

 normal trade is resumed. 



In the meantime the War Trade Board, in cooperation with 

 the Allies, is relaxing just as far as possible every restriction 

 which does not conflict with the above policy. 



REVISED PROCEDURE FOR LICENSING EXPORTS TO OR 

 THROUGH ALLIED COUNTRIES. 



The War Trade Board announces the adoption of a simplified 

 procedure effective for the issuance of export licenses for ship- 

 ments which are : 



(A) Destined to the United Kingdom, France, Italy, 

 or Belgium (excluding their colonies, possessions, and 

 protectorates), either directly or by way of any other 

 country or colony; or 



(B) Destined to any country or colony by way of the 

 United Kingdom, France, Italy, or Belgium, excepting 

 shipments destined to Switzerland by way of Italy. 



The changes in the procedure are : 



That holders of orders for export to the destinations and in the 

 manner mentioned above in paragraphs (A) and (B) will be 

 permitted to purchase or otherwise acquire or commence to manu- 

 facture or produce or fit the articles specified in the application 

 for the fulfilment of a specific export order prior to the issuance 

 of an export license. 



That applications for licenses to export to the destinations and 

 in the manner mentioned above in (A) and (B) will no longer 

 be referred by the War Trade Board to the War Industries 

 Board. 



(1) .^pplications for licenses to export any commodities to 

 the destinations and in the manner mentioned above in (A) and 

 (B) must include one of each of the following papers properly 

 executed : 



(a) Application Form X, to which should be attached 



(b) Such Supplemental Information Sheets as may be 

 required by the rules and regulations of the War Trade 

 Board to be used in connection with shipments of certain 

 commodities or shipinents to certain countries (such as 

 Form X-1, X-2, etc.). 



(c) A new Supplemental Information Sheet, Form 

 X-122, in place of Form X-115. 



(2) In Form X-122 the applicant is required to show that 

 permission to import or purchase (if such permission is required) 

 has been duly granted by the government of the allied coun- 

 try to or through which the shipment is to be made. 



(3) Applications filed with Form X-122 attached should be 

 mailed directly to the War Trade Board, Washington, D. C 



They will then be referred by the War Trade Board to the War 

 Mission of the allied country to or through which shipment is to 

 be made. 



(4) This simplified procedure will relieve applicants for ex- 

 port licenses from giving certain information and making certain 

 agreements as formerly prescribed on Form X-115. 



THE WAR TRADE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES RUSSIAN 

 BUREAU, INC. 



This company has been organized by the War Trade Board at 

 the direction of the President of the United States to aid in sup- 

 plying the needs of the people of Russia, in encouraging Russian 

 production and trade, and assisting in the marketing of Russian 

 products in America and their exchange for .\merican goods, 

 for the purpose of helping the Russians to help themselves in 

 stabilizing the economic situation in Russia. It has a capital 

 stock of $5,000,000, all of which has been issued and fully paid in 

 cash out of government funds. The stock is owned in its en- 

 tirety by the United States Government. 



The company will engage in the business of exporting to 

 Russia and Siberia agricultural implements, shoes, clothing, and 

 other commodities which the Russian population need, and of 

 importing Russian and Siberian raw materials in return. One 

 of the chief objects will be the encouragement of private capital 

 to engage in trade in Russia and Siberia as shipping becomes 

 available for the purpose. The policy will be to cooperate with, 

 encourage and promote such trade with Russia as will assist in 

 the rehabilitation of her economic life, and to cover by direct 

 operations only such portions of the field as cannot at present 

 be served readily by private enterprise. 



The head office of the Russian Bureau is in the War Trade 

 Board Building at Washington, D. C. The board of directors 

 of the company consists of the members of the War Trade 

 Board. Hon. Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the War Trade 

 Board, is president of the company; John Foster Dulles is secre- 

 tary and treasurer, and Henry B. Van Sinderen is acting mana- 

 ger. The directors are Vance C. McCormick, Thomas L. Chad- 

 bourne, Jr., Edwin F. Gay, Albert Strauss. Alonzo E. Taylor, J. 

 Beaver White, and Clarence M. W'oolley. 



NEW EXPORT CONSERVATION LIST. 



The new list effective December 20, 1918, superseding all 

 previous lists, includes the following items of rubber interest. 

 Shippers are reminded that individual licenses are required for 

 shipment of all commodities covered by the export conservation 

 list to all countries, including Canada and Newfoundland: 



Crude rubber, guayule, balata, gutta percha, gutta siak, 

 jelutong, reclaimed rubber, scrap rubber, burlap, aniline oil, 

 corn oil, gasoline, naphtha. 



INDIVIDUALS NAMED AS ENEMIES IN PRESIDENT'S 

 PROCLAMATION. 



The President of the United States has designated the follow- 

 ing persons as included within the term "enemy," under the 

 Trading-with-the-Enemy Act: Charles Duisberg, Christian Hess, 

 and Rudolph Mann, of Leverkusen, Germany; A. W. Faber, 

 Stein, Germany; H. Otto Traun, Hamburg, Germany: Paul 

 Mecke, Heppe Leop, Estate of Von der Heide, and Bitumen 

 Wunnersche, all of Unna, Germany; H. Rost & Co., Dr. F. 

 Lampert, Mrs. Anna L. Lampert, Mrs. Caroline Soltau, and Mrs. 

 Olga J. C. Schrumpf, all of Hamburg, Germany; and Robert 

 Bosch and associates, of Stuttgart, Germany. 



