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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 269-JULY 1, 1941 Attendance at meet- ings. Post, pp. 828, 833. 49 Stat. 2036. Post, p. 834. Attendance at meet- ings. Proviso. Employment of ex- perts. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U. S.C. § 661-674. Post, p. 613. Post, p. 834. Post, p. 834. chargeable to the appropriations under the Department of Labor for contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, $275,000. The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be available in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings, conferences, or conventions concerned with labor and industrial relations when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. Liaison with the International Labor Organization, salaries and expenses: For a United States Labor Commissioner and other per- sonal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and con- tingent and such other expenses in the United States as the Secretary of Labor may deem necessary, $7,100. Division of Public Contracts, salaries and expenses: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in performing the duties imposed by the "Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1936 (41 U. S . C . 38), and for other necessary expenses in the field, including contract stenographic reporting services, $260,000. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTCS Salaries and expenses: For personal services including temporary statistical clerks, stenographers, and typists in the District of Colum- bia, and including also experts and temporary assistants for field service outside of the District of Columbia; purchase of periodicals, documents, envelopes, price quotations, and reports and materials for reports and bulletins of said Bureau, $1,077,000, of which amount not to exceed $955,000 may be expended for the salary of the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia. The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be avail- able, in an amount not to exceed $2,000, for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. Study of Post-Defense Problems (national defense): For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of Labor to conduct studies relative to problems connected with labor likely to arise upon the termination of the existing emergent conditions in connection with defense activities throughout the United States, in cooperation with the National Resources Planning Board, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and other items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriations under the Department of Labor for contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, $96,500: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available for the employment on a part- time basis, of the services of experts without regard to the civil service laws and regulations or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Occupational Outlook Survey (national defense): For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of Labor to continue occupational outlook surveys throughout the United States, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and other items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriations under the Department of Labor for contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and printing and binding, $190,000. CHIXDREN'S BITBEATJ Salaries and expenses: For expenses of investigating and report- ing upon matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life, 468 [55 STAT.

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