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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 266-JULY 1, 1941 not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law, or of this joint resolution. Promise of benefit SEC. 24. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indi- activity. rectly, to promise any employment, position, work. compensation, or other benefit, provided for or made possible by this joint resolution, or any other Act of the Congress, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate in any election or any political party. ofDepvingp erson (b) Except as may be authorized or required by law, it shall be account of race, etc. unlawful for any person to deprive, attempt to deprive, or threaten to deprive, by any means, any person of any employment, position, work, compensation, or other benefit, provided for or made possible by this joint resolution, on account of race, creed color, or any political activity, support of, or opposition to any candidate or any political partym any election. Penalty. (c) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, and not in substi- tution for, any other provisions of law, or of this joint resolution. thorty to interfere SEC. 25. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person employed in any with an election. administrative or supervisory capacity by any agency of the Federal Government, whose compensation or any part thereof is paid from funds authorized or appropriated by this joint resolution, to use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof. While such persons shall retain the right to vote as they please and to express privately their opinions on all political subjects, they shall take no active part, directly or indirectly, in political management or in political cam- paigns or in political conventions. Penalty. (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 this joint resolution shall be used to pay the compensation of such person. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, anidate for stat, any other provisions of existing law, or of this joint resolution. etc. office. SEC. 26. No part of any appropriation in this joint resolution shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person in a supervisory or administrative position who is a candidate for any State, district, county, or municipal office (such office requiring full time of such person and to which office a salary or per diem attaches), in any campainmnager. primary, general, or special election, or who is serving as a campaign manager or assistant thereto for any such candidate. tionsto f onperass SEC. 27. Reports of the operations under the appropriations in this 54 Stat. 24. joint resolution and the appropriations in the Emergency Relief (note). Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1941, as amended, and supplemented, including a statement of the expenditures made and obligations incurred by classes of projects and amounts, shall be submitted to Congress by the President on or before the 31st of January in each of the next two regular sessions of Congress. existinggPindtries, reh SEC. 28. No funds appropriated in this joint resolution, whether striction. administered by the Federal Government or by the States or local governmental agencies from funds contributed in whole or in part y the Federal Government, shall be used by any Federal, State, or other agency to purchase, establish, relocate, or expand mills, fac- tories, stores, or plants which would manufacture, handle, process, or produce for sale articles, commodities, or products (other than those erived from the first processing of sweetpotatoes and naval stores products) in competition with existing industries. 406 [55 STAT.

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