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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 301 -JUNE 28,1944 Use of international short-wave radio sta- tions. Post, p. 874. 28 UI. S. C., Supp. n, e0oo. Podt, p. 874. Pot, p. 874 Travel expene. therein certified: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provi- sions of section 3679, Revised Statutes (31 U. S . C. 665), the Coordi- nator is authorized in making contracts for the use of international short-wave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of such radio stations and facilities, from such funds as may be hereafter appro- priated for the purpose, against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities. OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of Defense Transportation, including salary of the Director at not to exceed $12,000 traveling expenses (not to exceed $900,000, including reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees for official travel performed by them in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations); printing and binding (not to exceed $130,000, including not to exceed $5,000 for printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United States with- out regard to provisions of law governing printing and binding (44 U. S. C. 111) ); payment, at rates not in excess of those fixed by law for witnesses attending in United States courts (28 U.S . C . 600c), of fees, mileage, and subsistence of witnesses appearing at hearings held by the Office of Defense Transportation in connection with the performance of its functions: Provided, That the payment of subsistence to witnesses shall be subject to certification by the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation or his designee, as to the necessity therefor; $17,000,000. NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the National War Labor Board, including salaries at not to exceed $10,000 per annum each for the four public members and not to exceed $9,000 per annum each for the four alternate public members of the Board; travel expenses (not to exceed $1,000,000); printing and binding (not to exceed $31,300); actual transportation and other necessary expenses, and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, whether or not in a travel status, of other members, alternate mem- bers and associate members of the Board while serving as such without other compensation from the United States; $15,000,000. OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, including the purchase of reports, documents, plans, or specifications; the employment by con- tract or otherwise, without regard to civil-service or classification laws, at not to exceed $25 per day for individuals, of engineers, scien- tists, civilian analysts, technicians, or other necessary professional personnel or firms, corporations, or other organizations thereof; print- ing and binding; travel expenses, including, when specifically author- ized or approved by the Director of the Office, transportation of per- sonal effects, of personnel to their first posts of duty outside continental United States, and return; travel expenses of personnel on official business outside continental United States and away from designated posts of duty, on assignment with military forces, without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations other than para- graph 45; the cost of a compartment or such other accommodation as [58 STAT.

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