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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 783-OCT. 28 , 1949 Ante, p. 608 . 60 Stat. 810. Ante, p. 368. Ante, p. 368. Ante, p. 368. Ante, p. 371. Ante, p. 371. Ante, pp . 371, 746. Ante, p. 372. Agreement by Fin- land. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM For personal services, travel, and miscellaneous expenses necessary for the establishment and operation of the research and development program authorized by the Act of August 16, 1949 (Public Law 231), including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a), $74,000. FIELD SERVIcO OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL For an additional amount for "Travel and miscellaneous expenses", $1,000; and appropriations under this head for the fiscal year 1950 shall be available for travel expenses of the Deputy Postmaster General. Damage Claims For an additional amount for "Damage claims", $90,000. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR For an additional amount for "Miscellaneous expenses, Inspection Service", $200,000. OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL For an additional amount for "Electric car service", $112,000. For an additional amount for "Foreign air mail service", $15,692,000. For an additional amount for "Domestic air mail service", $22,564,000. OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL For an additional amount for "Vehicle service", $5,500,000. STATE DEPARTMENT For payment to the Government of Finland in settlement of claims arising out of the requisitioning of Finnish vessels by the United States, $5,500,000, together with interest thereon at 4 per centum per annum from June 30, 1949 to the date of payment: Provided,That the funds made available by this paragraph shall be subject to the agree- ment of the Government of Finland that such payment shall constitute full satisfaction of obligations of the United States incident to the requisitioning of the following-named Finnish vessels in 1941 and 1942: Aagot, Advance, Anja, Asta, Atlas II, Aurora, Delaware, Koura, Kurikka, Kuurtanes, Marisa Thorden, Olivia, Pandia, Saimaa, and Wipunen. TITLE II-CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS For payment of claims for damages as settled and determined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in House Document Num- bered 366, Eighty-first Congress, $733,241.42, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or provided by law) and such additional sums due 982 [63 STAT.