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 74 Tx CONGRESS. SESS. I. CUS. 368, 372. JU LY 3, 5, 1935 . 449 of the United States of Mexico. In the event that such lands are Payment to owners. so determined to be lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of Mexico and that as a result of such determination the owners or their assignee s lose their title thereto and the lease is can- celed, the United States shall pay to the owners or their assignees the fair value of the building at the completion of its construction (but not in excess of the actual cost of construction), less an amount Deduct ion. equal to one-third of 1 per centum of such cost or value for each month that the lease was in effect prior to such determination. SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated such amounts as tbo Arp ~rd opriation au- may be necessary to pay the installments of rent provided for in such lease ." Approved, July 3, 1935 . [ CHAPTE R 372 .] AN ACT July 5, 1935 . To diminish the causes of labor disputes burdening or obstructing interstate and	[s .195x.1 foreig n comm erce, to cr eate a Nati onal Labor Relat ions B oard, and for other [Public, No. 198.] purposes. Ire it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, FINDINGS AND POLICY SECT ION 1 . The denial by employe rs of the right o f employees to garo p t Labor Re- organize and the refusal by employers to accept the procedure of Findings and policy. collective bargaining lead to strikes and other forms of industrial st rife or unrest, w hich have the int ent or the necess ary effect of bu rdening or obstru cting commerce by (a) impairing th e efficiency, safety, or operation of the instrumentalities of commerce ; (b) occur- ring in the current of commerce ; (c) materially affecting, restraining, or controlling the flow of raw materials or manufactured or processed go ods from or into the channels of c ommerce, or the p rices of such ma ter ials or goods in commerce ; or (d) caus ing dim inut ion of employment and wages in such volume as substantially to impair or disrupt the market for goods flowing from or into the channels of commerce. The i nequality of bargai ning power between employees who do n ot po ssess full freed om of assoc iatio n or actual libe rty o f cont ract, and em ployers who are o rganized in the c orporate or other forms of ownership association substantially burdens and affects the flow of commerce, and tends to aggravate recurrent business depressions, by depressing wage rates and the purchasing power of wage earners in industry and by preventing the stabilization of competitive wage ra tes and working c onditions within and between indus tries. Experience has proved that protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards com- merce from injury, impairment, or interruption, and promotes the flow of commerce by removing certain recognized sources of indus- trial strife and unrest, by encouraging practices fundamental to the f riend ly adj ustme nt ,o f indu stria l dis putes arisi ng ou t of differ ences as to wages, hours, or other working conditions, and by restoring equality of bargaining power between employers and employees. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by encouraging the practice and procedure of collective barga ining and by prot ecting the exerci se by workers 104019 ° -36	- 29