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 1104 Intercepting commu- n icati on p rohib ited. Unauthorized use of information contained m communication. Unauthorized publi- cation of intercepted communication. Proviso. Limitation on appli- cation. Power s of Preside nt- War emergency. Priority of communi- cations essential to national defense. Order s of Pres ident. Carrier complying with priority orders ; exemption from liabili- ties. Obstruction of com- munications; prohib- ite d. Employment of armed forces to pre- vent. Proviso. Sections of Antitrust .tct not repealed. Vol.38,p. 730. Suspe nsio n of Com- mission regulations during national emer- gency 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 652. JUNE 19, 1934 . communication to its destination, or to proper accounting or distrib- uting officers of the various communicating centers over which the communication may be passed, or to the master of a ship under whom he is serving, or in response to a subpena issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, or on demand of other lawful authority ; and no person not being authorized by the sender shall intercept any communication and divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of such intercepted communi- cation to any person ; and no person not being entitled thereto shall receive or assist in receiving any interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio and use the same or any information therein con- tained for his own benefit or for the benefit of another not entitled thereto ; and no person having received such intercepted communica- tion or having become acquainted with the contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of the same or any part thereof, knowing that such information was so obtained, shall divulge or publish the existen ce, con tents, substa nce, pu rport, effect, or me aning o f the same or any part thereof, or use the same or any information therein contained for his own benefit or for the benefit of another not entitled thereto : Provided, That this section shall not apply to the receiving, divulging, publishing, or utilizing the contents of any radio communication broadcast, or transmitted by amateurs or others for the use of the general public, or relating to ships in distress. WAR EMERG ENCY- POWER S OF PRESI DENT SEC. 606. (a) During the continuance of a war in which the United States is engaged, the President is authorized, if he finds it necessary for the national defense and security, to direct that such communications as in his judgment may be essential to the national defense and security shall have preference or priority with any carrier subject to this Act. He may give these directions at and for such times as he may determine, and may modify, change, suspend, or annul them and for any such purpose he is hereby author- ized to issue orders directly, or through such person or persons as he designates for the purpose, or through the Commission. Any car- rier complying with any such order or direction for preference or priority herein authorized shall be exempt from any and all provi- sions i n exist ing law impos ing civ il or c rimina l penal ties, o bligat ions, or liabilities upon carriers by reason of giving preference or priority in compliance with such order or direction. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person during any war in which the United States is engaged to knowingly or willfully, by physical force or intimidation by threats of physical force, obstruct or retard or aid in obstructing or retarding interstate or foreign communica- tion by radio or wire. The President is hereby authorized, when- ever in his judgment the public interest requires, to employ the armed forces of the United States to prevent any such obstruction or retardation of communication : Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal, modify, or affect either section 6 or section 20 of an Act entitled "An Act to supple ment existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies . and for other pur- poses ", approved October 15, 1914. (c) Upon proclamation by the President that there exists war or a threat of war or a state of public peril or disaster or other national emergency, or in order to preserve the neutrality of the United States, the President may suspend or amend, for such time as he may see fit, the rules and regulations applicable to any or all stations within the jurisdiction of the United States as prescribed