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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 676, 677 . JUNE 19, 1934. 1183 SE C. 2. That in accepting such membership the President shall suNoa obligation ndc assume on be half o f the Unite d Stat es no oblig ation under the of League of Nations. covenant of th e League of N ations. Approve d, June 19, 1 934. [CHAPTER 677 .1 JOINT RESOLUTION To effectuate further the policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act. June 19, 1935. [H.J .Res .375.] [Pub. Res., No. 44.] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State s of America in Congress a ssembled, That in order to National industrial further effectuate the policy of title I of the National Industrial la Establishment. Recovery Act, and in the exercise of the powers therein and herein conferred, the President is authorized to establish a board or boards authorized and directed to investigate issues, facts, practices, or AV,, pp .195,199. activities of employers or employees in any controvers ies arising under section 7a of said Act or which are burdening or obstructing, or threatening to burden or obstruct, the free flow of interstate commerce, the salaries, compensation and expenses of the board or boards and necessary employees being paid as provided in section 2 of the National Industrial Recovery Act. SEC. 2. Any board so established is hereby empowered, when it Powers. shall appear in the public interest, to order and conduct an election by a secret ballot of any of the employees of any employer, to deter- mine by what p erson or pers ons or organi zation they de sire to be represented in order to insure the right of employees to organize and to select their representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining as defined in section 7a of said Act and now incorporated herein. For the purposes of such election such a board shall have the To order production authority to o rder the prod uction of suc h pertinent do cuments or etc. w i c n e s s e s f rec ord s, the appearance of such witnesses to give testimony under oath, as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Any order issued by such a board under the authority of this section $ Enforcement of may, upon application of such board or upon petition of the person or persons to whom such order is directed, be enforced or reviewed, as the case may be, in the same manner, so far as applicable, as is provided in th e case of an order of the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act. SEC. 3 . Any such board, with the approval of the President, may reffeence tt invesgab prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry tions. out the provisions of .this resolution with reference to the investiga- tions authorized in section 1, and to assure freedom from coercion in respect to all elections. SEC. 4 . Any person who shall knowingly violate any rule or regu- Penalty provision. lation authorized under section 3 of this resolution or impede or interfere with any member or agent of any board established under this resolution in the performance of his duties, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. SEC. 5 . This resolution shall cease to be in effect, and any board Duration, or boards esta blished hereu nder shall ce ase to exist, on June 16, 1935, or sooner if the President shall by proclamation or the Congress shall by joint resolution declare that the emergency recognized by section 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act has ended. Right to strike not SEC. 6 . Nothing in this resolution shall prevent or impede or abridged. diminish in any way the right of employees to strike or engage in other c oncerte d activ ities. Approve d, June 19, 1 934.