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 452 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 372. JULY 5, 1935. Transfer of employ- to exist. All employees of the old Board shall be transferred to ess, records, etc. and become employees of the Board with sal aries under the Clas si- fication Act of 1923, as amended, without acquiring by such transfer a permanent or civil service status. All records, papers, and prop- erty of the old Board shall become records, papers, and property of the Board, and all unexpended funds and appropriations for the use and maintenance of the old Board shall become funds and appro- priations available to be expended by the Board in the exercise of the powers, authority, and duties conferred on it by this Act. Expense allowances. (c) All of the expenses of the Board, including all necessary traveling and subsistence expenses outside the District of Columbia incurred by the members or employees of the Board under its orders, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Board or by any i ndividual it designa tes for that purpose. Principal office. SEC. 5 . The principal office of the Board shall be in the District of Columbia, but it may meet and exercise any or all of its powers P osecution of in - at any other place. The Board may, by one or more of its members queries. or by such agents or agencies as it may designate, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its functions in any part of the United States. A member who participates in such an inquiry shall not be dis- qualified from subsequently participating in a decision of the Board in the same case. Adm inis trati ve r ules. SEC. 6 . (a) The Board shall have authority from time to time to make, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Such rules and regulations shall be effective upon publication in the manner which the Board shall prescribe. Rights of employees specified. Unf air labo r pr ac- tices. Vol. 48, p. 195; Ante, p.375. RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES SEC. 7. Employees shall have the right to se lf-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protect ion. SE C. 8. It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer- (1) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exer- cise of the rights guaranteed in section 7. (2) To dominate or interfere with the formation or adminis- tration of any labor organization or contribute financial or other support to it : Provided, That subject to rules and re lations made and published by the Board pursuant to section .6 (a) an employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to confer with him during working hours without loss of time or pay. (3) By discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization : P rovided, That no thi ng in this Act, or in the National Industrial Recovery Act (U . S . C ., Supp . V II, tit le 1 5, s ees . 701-712), as amended from time to time, or in any code or agreement approved or prescribed thereunder, or in any ot her st atute o f the United States, shall precl ude an employ er from making an agreement with a labor organization (not estab- lished, maintained, or assisted by any action defined in this Act as an unfair labor practice) to require as a condition of employ- ment membership therein, if such labor organization is the repre- sentative of the employees as provided in section 9 (a), in the appro- pr iate coll ecti ve b argai ning unit cov ered by s uch agree ment whe n made.