PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 301-JUNE 28,1944 40 Stat. lT. 31 U.. o.. 13. Cooperation with any other of the United Nations. Allocation of funds. Use of international short-wave radio sta- tions. Emergences of a confidential charater. Activities in con- junction with military operations. Publications for dis- tribution in U. 8. printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S . C. 111); purchase or rental and operation of photographic, reproduction, printing, duplicating, communication, and other machines, equipment, and devices; exchange of funds without regard to section 3651, Revised Statutes; purchase of four hundred and eighty-six motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use outside the continental limits of the United States which may be acquired without regard to statutory limitations as to price and authority to purchase; acquisition, production, and free distribution of publica- tions, phonograph records, radio transcriptions, motion-picture films, photographs and pictures, educational materials, and such other items as the Director may deem necessary to carry out the program of the Office of War Information~ and sale or rental of such items by contract or otherwise to firms or individuals for use outside the continental limits of the United States; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uni- forms for use by porters, drivers, messengers, watchmen, and other custodial employees outside continental United States; such gratuitous expenses of travel and subsistence as the Director deems advisable in the fields of education, travel, radio, press, and cinema; not to exceed $125,000 for entertainment of officials and others in the fields of education, radio, press, and cinema of other countries; pay- ment of the United States' share of the expenses of the maintenance, in cooperation with any other of the United Nations, of organizations and activities designed to receive and disseminate information relative to the prosecution of the war; $58,625,367: Provided, That, exclusive of the contingency fund mentioned in the last proviso hereof, not more than $48,562,101 (including living and quarters allowances) shall be allocated to the Overseas Operations Branch and not more than $2,200,000 shall be allocated to the Domestic Operations Branch for the following functions only: Office of the Director; Book and Magazine Bureau; Foreign News Bureau; Office of Pro- gram Coordination; News Bureau; Bureau of Special Services; Radio Bureau; Motion Picture Bureau, not exceeding $54,428: 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 stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify 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 $5,500,000 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 for the Overseas Branch are necessary for carrying on activities in conjunction with actual or projected military operations and that accounts for these funds may be merged with regular accounts. 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, except the United States Govern- ment Manual for distribution to the public within the United States [58 STAT.
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