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 57 STAT. 78TH C(ONG, 1ST SESS.-CH. 144-JUNE 25, 1943 (d) Subsections (a) (1) and (2) shall not apply with respect to any plant, mine, or facility of which possession has been taken by the United States. (e) The Board shall not have any powers under this section with respect to any matter within the purview of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. NOTICE OF THREATENED INTERRUPTIONS IN WAR PRODUCTION, ETC . SEC. 8 . (a) In order that the President may be apprised of labor disputes which threaten seriously to interrupt war production, and in order that employees may have an opportunity to express themselves, free from restraint or coercion, as to whether they will permit such interruptions in wartime- (1) The representative of the employees of a war contractor, shall give to the Secretary of Labor, the National War Labor Board, and the National Labor Relations Board, notice of any such labor dispute involving such contractor and employees, together with a statement of the issues giving rise thereto. (2) For not less than thirty days after any notice under para- graph (1) is given, the contractor and his employees shall con- tinue production under all the conditions which prevailed when such dispute arose, except as they may be modified by mutual agreement or by decision of the National War Labor Board. (3) On the thirtieth day after notice under paragraph (1) is given by the representative of the employees, unless such dispute has been settled, the National Labor Relations Board shall forth- with take a secret ballot of the employees in the plant, plants, mine, mines, facility, facilities, bargaining unit, or bargaining units, as the case may be, with respect to which the dispute is applicable on the question whether they will permit any such interruption of war production. The National Labor Relations Board shall include on the ballot a concise statement of the major issues involved in the dispute and of the efforts being made and the facilities being utilized for the settlement of such dispute. The National Labor Relations Board shall by order forthwith certify the results of such balloting, and such results shall be open to public inspection. The National Labor Relations Board may provide for preparing such ballot and distributing it to the employees at any time after such notice has been given. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any plant, mine, or facility of which possession has been taken by the United States. (c) Any person who is under a duty to perform any act required under subsection (a) and who willfully falls or refuses to perform such act shall be liable for damages resulting from such failure or refusal to any person injured thereby and to the United States if so injured. The district courts of the United States shall have juris- diction to hear and determine any proceedings instituted pursuant to this subsection in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of proceedings instituted under section 24 (14) of the Judicial Code. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS SEC. 9. Section 313 of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925 (U. S . C ., 1940 edition, title 2, sec. 251), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 313. It is unlawful for any national bank, or any corporation organized by authority of any law of Congress, to make a contribution in connection with any election to any political officer, or for any cor- poration whatever, or any labor organization to make a contribution 167 Property taken by U. S., nonapplication. Railway Labor Act. 44 Stat. 577. 45 U. S. C. i§151- 188. Offices to be noti- fied. Continuance of pro- duction. Secret ballot of em- ployees. Certification of re- sults. Property taklln by IT. S ., nonepplicasti11i. Liability for dalm- ages. Jurisdiction. 36 Stat. 1092. 28 U.S .C . §41 (14). 43 Stat. 1074.

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