PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 228 -JULY 12, 1943 Use of international short-wave radio sta- tions. Emergencies of a confidentialcharacter. Activities in con- junction with military operations. Publications for dis- tribution in U. S . Post, p. 538. Post, p. 614. Director, including book and magazine coordination sections; Office of Program Coordination; News Bureau; Bureau of Special Services; Radio Bureau; Motion Picture Bureau, not exceeding $50,000; and for accumulated leave of eliminated employees, for liquidation of organi- zation units herewith reduced or discontinued, and for carrying out partly completed contracts made in organization units herewith reduced or eliminated, not exceeding $500,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679, Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C . 665), the Office of War Information is authorized in making contracts for the use of international short-wave radio sta- tions and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indem- nify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose, against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities: Provided further, That not to exceed $600,000 of this appropriation shall be
- available to meet emergencies of a confidential character to be
expended under the direction of the Director, who shall make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure which he may think it advisable not to specify and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein certified: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of this appropriation shall not be available for expenditure unless the Director of the Office of War Information, with the approval of the President, shall determine that such funds in addition to the other funds provided herein are necessary for carry- ing on activities in conjunction with actual or projected military operations. No part of this or any other appropriation shall be expended by the Office of War Information for the preparation, or publication of any pamphlet or other literature for distribution to the public within the United States. The appropriation herein made for the Office of War Information shall constitute the total amount to be available for obligation by such agency during the fiscal year 1944 and shall not be supplemented by funds from any source. OFFICE Ol' WAR MO(ILIZATION Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of War Mobilization, including salary of the Director at $15,000 per alnnumn; salaries of two Assistant Directors at $9,000 per annum each; not to exceed $30,000 for the temporary employment of persons or 41U.S.C. . organizations by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, or the civil-service and classification laws and printing and binding; $138,000. Post, p. 614. WAR PRODUCTION BOARD Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the War Pro- Cha man.duction Board, including salary of the Chairman at $15,000 per annum; not to exceed $50,000 for the employment of aliens; not to exceed $10,000 for the employment of expert witnesses and not to exceed $100.000 for the temporary employment of persons (including aliens) or organizations, by contract or otherwise, without regard to the civil-service or classification laws; reimbursement at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees for expenses incurred by them Telexpenses. in performance of official travel in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations; not to exceed $8,000,000 for travel expenses, including travel outside the United States without 532 [57 STAT.
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