JFK+50: Volume 7, No. 2463
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT ENACTED 100 YEARS AGO
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) 100 years ago today, October 6, 1917, the Trading With the Enemy Act became law giving the President of the United States the power to oversee or restrict any and all trade between the U.S. and its enemies in wartime.
Public Law No. 65-91, Section 5b states...
"The President may investigate, regulate or prohibit...export or earmarkings of gold or silver coin or bullion or currency, transfer of credit in any form..."
Also on October 6, 1917, Senator Robert La Follette (R-Wisconsin) defended the right to free speech in wartime in a three hour address on the floor of the United States Senate.
La Follette, who was one of six senators to vote against U.S. entry into World War I, was called a "skunk who ought to be hanged" by Theodore Roosevelt.
SOURCES
"Senator La Follette defends free speech in wartime: October 6, 1917", by Andrew Glass, October 6, 1916, www.politico.com/
"Trading With the Enemy Act", www.criminalgovernment.com/
Robert La Follette, Sr.
National Photo Company
Library of Congress Image
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) 100 years ago today, October 6, 1917, the Trading With the Enemy Act became law giving the President of the United States the power to oversee or restrict any and all trade between the U.S. and its enemies in wartime.
Public Law No. 65-91, Section 5b states...
"The President may investigate, regulate or prohibit...export or earmarkings of gold or silver coin or bullion or currency, transfer of credit in any form..."
Also on October 6, 1917, Senator Robert La Follette (R-Wisconsin) defended the right to free speech in wartime in a three hour address on the floor of the United States Senate.
La Follette, who was one of six senators to vote against U.S. entry into World War I, was called a "skunk who ought to be hanged" by Theodore Roosevelt.
SOURCES
"Senator La Follette defends free speech in wartime: October 6, 1917", by Andrew Glass, October 6, 1916, www.politico.com/
"Trading With the Enemy Act", www.criminalgovernment.com/
Robert La Follette, Sr.
National Photo Company
Library of Congress Image
