PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 475--JULY 2, 1942 the national defense program, including personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia and elsewhere, and other items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriations under the Department of Labor for contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, $975,635. Attendanceatmeet- The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be avail- ngs able in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings, conferences, or conventions concerned with labor and indus- trial relations when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. Liaison with the International Labor Organization, salaries and expenses: For a United States Labor Commissioner and other per- sonal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and con- tingent and such other expenses in the United States as the Secretary of Labor may deem necessary, $3,800. Division of Public Contracts, salaries and expenses: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in performing the duties imposed by the "Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for 49Stat.203& other purposes", approved June 30, 1936 (41 U. S . C . 38), and for other necessary expenses in the field, including contract stenographic reporting services, $268,500. Division of Public Contracts, salaries and expenses (national defense): For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of Labor to perform the duties imposed by the "Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United 49ta. 2Stat. 8 States, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1936 (41 U. S, C. 38), in connection with contracts involving production under the national defense program, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriations under the Department of Labor for contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, $155,000. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Attendance at meet- ings. 25 Stat. 182 . Occupational out- look surveys. Salaries and expenses: For personal services including temporary statistical clerks, stenographers, and typists in the District of Colum- bia, and including also experts and temporary assistants for field service outside of the District of Columbia; purchase of periodicals, documents, envelopes, price quotations, and reports and materials for reports and bulletins of said Bureau, $1,099,803, of which amount not to exceed $970,000 may be expended for the salary of the Commis- sioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be avail- able, in an amount not to exceed $2,000, for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. Salaries and expenses (national defense): For all expenses neces- sary to enable the Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in relation to the national security and defense, to perform the functions authorized by the Act of June 13, 1888, and other Acts (29 U. S . C. 1); to continue occupational outlook surveys throughout the United States; and to conduct studies relative to problems con- nected with labor likely to arise upon the termination of the exist- ing emergent conditions in connection with defense activities through- out the United States, in cooperation with the National Resources Planning Board; such expenses to include personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and other items otherwise prop- erly chargeable to the appropriations under the Department of Labor for contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, 564 [56 STAT.
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