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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 150-APR. 1, 1944 Pernicious political activities. 53 Stat. 1147. 18U.S.. I§ 61-61t; Supp. mI, I§61h, 61u. Unlawful acts. Port,p. 727. Exceptions. Rebroadcasts of po- litical addresses. Books, magazines, newspapers, motion pictures, etc. Shipping Administration, but does not include those in service or enrolled for service on the Great Lakes or the inland waterways. "SEPARABILITY "SEC. 404. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. "TITLE V " AM ENDMENTS TO ACT OF AUGUST 2, 1939, AS AMENDED "SEc. 501. The Act of August 2, 1939, entitled 'An Act to prevent pernicious political activities', as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new sections: "'SEc. 22. It shall be unlawful for any officer of, or person employed in, the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, including the Army and Navy, to deliver or cause to be delivered to persons in the armed forces of the United States any general communication, Government magazine, Govern- ment newspaper, motion-picture film, or other literature or material, or to make, or cause to be made, any broadcast to the armed forces of the United States, paid for in whole or in part with Government funds, or sponsored by the Government, or any officer, agency, or department thereof, including the Army and Navy, containing political argument or political propaganda of any kind designed or calculated to affect the result of any election for President, Vice President, Presi- dential elector. Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, except as hereinafter provided: "'(1) Nothing herein shall prohibit the rebroadcast over Government-controlled radio stations of any political address, but equal time must if requested be given for such purposes to representatives of each political party which has a candidate for President in at least six States in the current Presidential election. "'(2) Nothing herein shall prevent the distribution to mem- bers of the armed forces of books, magazines, and newspapers which have a general circulation in the United States, or of servicemen's magazines or newspapers, or the presentation to members of the armed forces of motion-picture films, radio broadcasts, or rebroadcasts; but- "'(a) the list of such magazines and newspapers of gen- eral circulation shall be determined in accordance with the preference of the members of the armed forces in some reli- able method to be determined by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy; "'(b) any such books of general circulation hereafter purchased shall be selected from books not containing politi- cal argument or political propaganda of any kind designed or calculated to affect the result of any election for the Federal offices above-mentioned; and "'(c) such motion-picture films, radio broadcasts or rebroadcasts, and servicemen's magazines or newspapers, sponsored or paid for by the Government, shall be non- partisan and nonpolitical: Provided, That this subparagraph shall not prohibit or curtail impartial coverage or presenta- tion, as news or information, of public events, and persons [58 STAT.

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