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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 144-JUNE 25, 1943 DEFINITIONS SEC. 2. As used in this Act- "Person." (a) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, associa- tion, corporation, business trust, or any organized group of persons. r contrat (b) The term "war contract" means- (1) a contract with the United States entered into on behalf of the United States by an officer or employee of the Department of War, the Department of the Navy, or the United States Maritime Commission; (2) a contract with the United States entered into by the aSt3., upp. United States pursuant to an Act entitled "An Act to promote i. §§4i1419. the defense of the United States"; AnP.p 20 . (3) a contract, whether or not with the United States, for the production, manufacture, construction. reconstruction, installa- tion, maintenance, storage, repair, mining, or transportation of- (A) any weapon, munition, aircraft, vessel, or boat; (B) any building, structure or facility; (C) any machinery, tool, material, supply, article, or com- modity; or (D) any component material or part of or equipment for any article described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); the production, manufacture, construction, reconstruction, instal- lation, maintenance, storage, repair, mining, or transportation of which by the contractor in question is found by the President as being contracted for in the prosecution of the war. Warcontractor." The term "war contractor" means the person producing, manu- facturing. constructing, reconstructing, installing, maintaining, stor- ing, repairing. mining, or transporting under a war contract or a person whose plant, lmine, or facility is equipped for the manufacture, production, or mining of any articles or materials which may be required in the prosecution of the war or which may be useful in connection therewith; but such term shall not include a carrier, as 44 Stat. 577:49 Stat defined in title I of the Railway Labor Act, or a carrier by air 1189. 45v. S.(s. s . 15- subject to title II of such Act. s88. ^Meanillg of terms. (d) The terms "employer'', "employee", "representative", "labor organlization", .i1nd "labor lispllte' shall hav tle sathsle Ileaniilg as ill 49 Stat. 415). section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act. 29 U.ITS.C. §152. POWER OF PRESIDENT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF PLANTS 54 Stat. 892. 50U.S.C.app. §.9. Authority to take mlines, plants, etc., useful in war effort. Strikes or other la- bor disturbances. SEC. 3. Section 9 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "The power of the President under the foregoing provisions of this section to take immediate possession of any plant upon a failure to comply with any such provisions, and the authority granted by this section for the use and operation by the United States or in its interests of any plant of which possession is so taken, shall also apply as hereinafter provided to any plant, mine, or facility equipped for the manufacture, production, or mining of any articles or materials which may be required for the war effort or which may be useful in connection therewith. Such power and authority may be exercised by the President through such department or agency of the Gov- ernment as he may designate, and may be exercised with respect to any such plant, mine, or facility whenever the President finds, after investigation, and proclaims that there is an interruption of the operation of such plant, mine, or facility as a result of a strike or other labor disturbance, that the war effort will be unduly impeded [57 STAT. I I I

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