PRESIDENT GIVEN POWER TO RESTRICT TRADE WITH ENEMIES OF THE U.S.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 6, 1917, the President of the United States was granted the power to oversee or restrict any and all trade between the United States and its enemies in wartime.
This power was included with passage of the Trading With the Enemy Act, Public Law #65-91.
On October 22, President Woodrow Wilson issued an Executive Order creating the Office of Alien Property Custodian, under TWEA, to confiscate property from anyone...considered a possible threat to the war effort.
SOURCE
"Trading With the Enemy Act," www.criminalgovernment.com/
President Woodrow Wilson
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