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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 410-AUG. 2, 1939 Contributions, etc., for political purposes from persons receiving work relief or relief benefit forbidden. Disclosure of lists or names of persons on relief, for political purposes, unlawful. Receipt of list un- lawful. Relief, etc., funds, providing loans for public-works projects, use to coerce or re- strain voters forbid- den. Penalty for viola- tion. Executive depart- ments, etc. Interference by em- ployee of, in an elec- tion forbidden. Taking any ac- tive part in political management or cam- paigns. Exceptions. President and Vice President, and Execu- tive Office personnel. Heads, etc., of de- partments. Policy - determining officers. Penalty for viola- tion. Membership in par- ty or organization advocating overthrow of our constitutional form of government unlawful. person of any employment, position, work, compensation, or other benefit provided for or made possible by any Act of Congress appro- priating funds for work relief or relief purposes, on account of race, creed, color, or any political activity, support of, or opposition to any candidate or any political party in any election. SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or receive or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever from any person known by him to be entitled to or receiving compensation, employment, or other benefit provided for or made possible by any Act of Congress appropriating funds for work relief or relief purposes. SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person for political purposes to furnish or to disclose, or to aid or assist in furnishing or dis- closing, any list or names of persons receiving compensation, employ- ment, or benefits provided for or made possible by any Act of Congress appropriating, or authorizing the appropriation of, funds for work relief or relief purposes, to a political candidate, committee, campaign manager, or to any person for delivery to a political candidate, committee, or campaign manager, and it shall be unlawful for any person to receive any such list or names for political purposes. SEC. 7. No part of any appropriation made by any Act, heretofore or hereafter enacted, making appropriations for work relief, relief, or otherwise to increase employment by providing loans and grants for public-works projects, shall be used for the purpose of, and no authority conferred by any such Act upon any person shall be exercised or administered for the purpose of, interfering with, restraining, or coercing any individual in the exercise of his right to vote at any election. SEC. 8. Any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this Act upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. SEC. 9. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person employed in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, to use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. No officer or employee in the executive branch of the Federal Govern- ment, or any agency or department thereof, shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns. All such persons shall retain the right to vote as they may choose and to express their opinions on all political subjects. For the purposes of this section the term "officer" or "employee" shall not be construed to include (1) the President and Vice President of the United States; (2) persons whose compensation is paid from the appropriation for the office of the President; (3) heads and assistant heads of execu- tive departments; (4) officers who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who determine policies to be pursued by the United States in its relations with for- eign powers or in the Nation-wide administration of Federal laws. (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be immediately removed from the position or office held by him, and thereafter no part of the funds appropriated by any Act of Congress for such position or office shall be used to pay the compensation of such person. SEC. 9A. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person employed in any capacity by any agency of the Federal Government, whose com- pensation, or any part thereof, is paid from funds authorized or appropriated by any Act of Congress, to have membership in any political party or organization which advocates the overhrow of our constitutional form of government in the United States. 1148 [53 STAT.

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