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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 824. AUG UST 30, 1935 . 1005 Such proceedings in the Circuit Court of Appeals or the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as the case may be, shall be given precedence over other cases pending therein, and shall be in every way expedited. SEC. 7. All provisions of the law, including penalties and refunds, tax a ov isio nsica ble to relating to the collection and disposition of internal revenue taxes, shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be applicable with respect to taxes imposed under this Act. SEC. 8. (a) The members of the Commission and of the Labor General authority of Commission and of Board are authorized to administer oaths to witnesses appearing Labor Board. before their respective boards ; and, for the purpose of conducting its investigations, said Commission or the said Labor Board shall have full power to issue subpenas and subpenas duces tecum, which shall be as nearly as may be in the form of subpenas issued by dis- trict courts of the United States. In case any person shall fail or Refu sals t o obey sub- refuse to obey such subpena it shall be the duty of the Commission, pane. or the Labor Board, through its chairman, to make application to the District Court of the Unitetd 1 States setting forth the issue and service of such subpena and the refusal of the person to obey the same and requesting such court to compel such person to appear before such court and show lawful cause for such refusal. Upon the fi ling of such a pplication wi th the clerk of such court, it shall be the duty of the judge thereof, either in term time or vacation, to forthwith enter an order of record, requiring such person to appear befo re such court at a time stated i n said o rder wit hin thre e days from such entry, and show cause why he should not be required to obey such subpena, and upon his failure to show cause it shall be the duty of the court to order such witness to appear before the said Co mmi ss ion or La bor Bo ard and give such testimony or pro duc e such evidence as may be lawfully required by said Commission or Labor Board. The district court, either in term time or vacation, Contempts. shall have full power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court. (b) In the investigation of any complaint or violation of the Repor ts. code, or of any rule or regulation the observance of which is required unde r the te rms ther eof, the Commiss ion or t he Labor Board, as the case may be, shall have power to require such reports from, and shall be given access to inspect the books and records of, code members to the extent deemed necessary for the purpose of determining the complaint. SEC. 9 . Should any producer or producers of bituminous coal not Producer nonmem- bers; provisions of Act, acce pt and m aintain membersh ip under the cod e set ou t in sec tion 4 etc., applicable to. of this Act, he or they shall in addition to the tax herein provided and without the priv ilege of any dra wback th ereon, b e held s ubject to other Acts of Congress regulating industries and their labor re latio ns or provid ing fo r cod es of fair c ompet ition therei n Provided, That the employees of all producers shall have the right of Empogees' right of self-organization and collective bargaining through representatives self-organization and of their own choosing free from the interference, restraint, or collective bargaining. coercion of employers or their agents, all as set forth in section 4, part III (a) and (b), of this Act. SEC. 10. (a) The Commission may require reports from producers Producers' reports; and may use such other sources of information available as it deems requirement ' advisable, and may require producers to maintain a uniform system uniform accounting of accounting of costs, wages, operations, sales, loslosses, and system` . such other mtters as ay e required in he aprofits, inistrtion of this 2So in original.