publishing, or circulation in any foreign language of any news item, editorial, or other printed matter respecting the Government of the United States or of any nation engaged in the present war, its policies, international relations, the state or conduct of the war or any matter relating thereto, and the filing with the postmaster at the place of publication, in the form of an affidavit of a true and complete translation of the entire article containing such matter proposed to be published in such print, newspaper, or publications, and the issuance of permits for the printing, publication, and distribution thereof free from said restriction. And the Postmaster General is authorized and empowered to issue such permits upon such terms and conditions as are not inconsistent with law, and to refuse, withhold, or revoke the same.

23. The sum of $35,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby allotted out of the funds appropriated by the trading-withthe-enemy act to be expended by the Postmaster General in the administration of said section 19 thereof.

24. The Postmaster General is hereby authorized to take all such measures as may be necessary or expedient to administer the powers hereby conferred.

SECRETARY OF STATE.

25. I hereby vest in the Secretary of State the executive administration of the provisions of subsection (b) of section 3 of the tradingwith-the-enemy act relative to any person transporting or attempting to transport any subject or citizen of an enemy or ally of enemy nation, and relative to transporting or attempting to transport any subject or citizen of an enemy or ally enemy nation, and relative to transporting or attempting to transport by any owner, master, or other person in charge of a vessel of American registry, from any place to any other place, such subject or citizen of an enemy or enemy ally.

26. And I hereby authorize and empower the Secretary of State to issue licenses for such transportation of enemies and enemy allies or to withhold or refuse the same.

27. And said Secretary of State is hereby authorized and empowered to take all such measures as may be necessary or expedient to administer the powers hereby conferred and to grant, refuse, withhold, or revoke licenses thereunder.

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

28. I hereby vest in the Secretary of Commerce the power to review the refusal of any collector of customs under the provisions of sections 13 and 14 of the trading-with-the-enemy act to clear any vessel, domestic or foreign, for which clearance is required by law.

ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN.

29. I hereby vest in the Alien Property Custodian, to be hereafter appointed, the executive administration of all the provisions of section 7 (a), section 7 (c), and section 7 (d) of the trading-with-the-enemy act, including all power and authority to require lists and reports, and to extend the time for filing the same, conferred upon the President by the provisions of said section 7 (a), and including the power and authority conferred upon the President by the provisions of said section 7 (c), to require the conveyance, transfer, delivery, or payment to himself, at such time and in such manner as he shall prescribe, of any money or other properties owing to or belonging to or held for, by or on account of, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of any enemy or ally of an enemy holding a license granted under the provisions of the trading-with-the-enemy act, which, after investigation, said Alien Property Custodian shall determine is so owing, or so belongs, or is so held.

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30. Any person who desires to make conveyance, transfer, payment, assignment, or delivery, under the provisions of section 7 (d) of the trading-with-the-enemy act, to the Alien Property Custodian of any money or other property owing to or held for, by or on account of, or on behalf in or for the benefit of an enemy or ally of enemy, holding a license granted as provided in the trading-with-the-enemy act, or to whom any obligation or form of liability to such enemy or ally of enemy is presented for payment, shall file application with the Alien Property Custodian for consent and permit to so convey, assign, deliver, or pay such money or other property to him, and said Alien Property Custodian is hereby authorized to exercise the power and authority conferred upon the President by the provisions of section 7 (d) to consent and to issue permit upon such terms and conditions as are not inconsistent with law, or to withhold or refuse the same.

31. I further yest in the Alien Property Custodian the executive administration of all the provisions of section 8 (a), section 8 (b), and section 9 of the trading-with-the-enemy act, so far as said sections relate to the powers and duties of said Alien Property Custodian.

32. I vest in the Attorney General all power and authority conferred upon the President by the provisions of section 9 of the trading-with-the-enemy act.

33. The Alien Property Custodian to be hereafter appointed is hereby authorized to take such measures as may be necessary or expedient, and not inconsistent with law, to administer the powers hereby conferred; and he shall further have the power and authority to make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of said section

7 (a), section 7 (c), section 7 (d), section 8 (a), and section 8 (b), conferred upon the President by the provisions thereof and by the provisions of section 5 (a), said rules and regulations to be fully approved by the Attorney General.

34. The Alien Property Custodian to be hereafter appointed shall "under the supervision and direction of the President, and under such rules and regulations as the President shall prescribe," have administration of all moneys (including checks and drafts payable on demand) and of all property, other than money which shall come into his possession in pursuance of the provisions of the trading-withthe-enemy act, in accordance with provisions of section 6, section 10, and section 12 thereof.

An act to prevent the publication of inventions by the grant of patents that might be detrimental to the public safety or convey useful information to the enemy, to stimulate invention, and provide adequate protection to owners of patents, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever during a time when the United States is at war the publication of an invention by the granting of a patent might, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Patents, be detrimental to the public safety or defense or might assist the enemy or endanger the successful prosecution of the war he may order that the invention be kept secret and withhold the grant of a patent until the termination of the war: Provided, That the invention disclosed in the application for said patent may be held abandoned upon it being established before or by the commissioner that in violation of said order said invention has been published or that an application for a patent therefor has been filed in a foreign country by the inventor or his assigns or legal representatives, without the consent or approval of the Commissioner of Patents, or under a license of the Secretary of Commerce as provided by law.

When an applicant whose patent is withheld as herein provided and who faithfully obeys the order of the Commissioner of Patents above referred to shall tender his invention to the Government of the United States for its use, he shall, if and when he ultimately received

a patent, have the right to sue for compensation in the Court of Claims, such right to compensation to begin from the date of the use of the invention by the Government.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY-" WAR MEASURES "TRADING-WITH-THE-ENEMY ACT OF OCTOBER 6, 1917 (SEC. 10)-INSTRUCTIONS, RULES, AND FORMS ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

INSTRUCTIONS, RULES, AND FORMS CONCERNING PATENTS, TRADE-MARKS, PRINTS, LABELS, AND COPYRIGHTS ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

Payment of patent, trade-mark, and copyright taxes, annuities, and fees in enemy countries and filing and prosecuting applications therein.-Applicants for licenses must submit, in the English language, to the Federal Trade Commission every application for letters patent, for the registration of trade-mark, print, label, or copyright which they desire to file in the country of an enemy or ally of enemy, every amendment, power of attorney, letter, or communication with respect thereto, and every drawing, electro, or other cut or reproduction, specimen, facsimile, copy, or model, together with any check, draft, or other form of remittance for any tax, annuity, or fee, and agents' or attorneys' fees or compensation proposed to be sent, directly or indirectly, to any country of an enemy or ally of an enemy. In the case of chemical compounds or compositions of matter there shall also be submitted samples of the article or preparation, or samples of the ingredients, if any; and in the case of coloring matters prepared from tar, a sample of the dyeing of wool, silk, or cotton, and any statement, description, and directions in respect thereto, if and as required by the foreign law, and any and all other samples, specimens, descriptions, statements, and directions proposed to be forwarded.

There shall also be submitted at the same time, the envelope or other cover stamped with sufficient postage and addressed, in which the matters herein mentioned are proposed to be forwarded.

The intention is to have submitted to the Federal Trade Commission every inclosure and cover concerning every application for patent, trade-mark, print, label, or copyright and their prosecution, desired to be forwarded, directly or indirectly, to an enemy country or to the country of an ally of an enemy.

Everything (except remittance) is required to be furnished to the Federal Trade Commission in duplicate. One copy will be retained in the files of the commission.

Each application for a license shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the applicant, his solicitor, or patent agent that nothing contained in any of the material submitted will give any information detrimental to the public safety or defense or which may assist the enemy or endanger the successful prosecution of the war, and that the amount of money, if any, proposed to be transmitted is the correct. tax, annuity, or fee and the customary agents' fee, and such affidavit shall also state what portion of the remittance is to be applied to taxes, fees, or annuities and what portion to agents' fees.

It is unlawful and punishable by fine and imprisonment of anyone without first obtaining a license to forward applications for letters patent or for the registration of trade-mark, print, label, or copyright in an enemy or ally of enemy nation indirectly through correspondence or agents in any foreign country.

Applications for licenses under patents and copyrights owned or controlled by an enemy or ally of an enemy.—Applicants for a license under patents or copyrights owned or controlled by an enemy or an ally of an enemy are required to file a verified statement with the Federal Trade Commission in concise and nontechnical language, covering the following points, stating in each instance the facts upon which any conclusion may be based:

(a) If an individual, that he is a citizen of the United States. If a corporation, that it is organized within the United States.

(b) That the patent or copyright desired to be licensed is owned or controlled by an enemy or an ally of an enemy.

If it is claimed that the patent or copyright is controlled by an enemy or ally of an enemy, the nature and origin of the control should be plainly stated, whether by contract, agency, stock ownership, or otherwise.

(c) There shall be attached to the application a Patent Office copy of the patent and a certified abstract of title to it, or a specimen of the copyrighted article and a certified copy of the copyright entries, and in the case of a patent, of a certified copy of the petition and all powers of attorney in the file of the application.

(d) That licensing the applicant is for the public welfare. Specifically, that there is a demand for the patented or copyrighted article or the product of the patented process which is not being met.

(e) That the applicant is able to make or cause to be made the patented or copyrighted article or exercise the patented process. Specifically, that the applicant is technically and otherwise equipped to undertake or procure the manufacture or operate the process and is in fact able to do so.

(f) That the applicant intends to do so in good faith.