War Trade Board Files
Resolution of the Exports Administrative Board, August 30, 1917
Resolved that the following instructions are hereby given to the Director of the Bureau of Export Licenses: …
(b) All licenses to export controlled commodities to Norway, Holland, Denmark and Sweden are to be withheld for the present and no applications for such licenses are to be referred to any of the members of the board except upon their special request, provided, however, that applications for licenses to export food to Norway shall be brought to Mr. White’s attention.