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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 304 -JUNE 28, 1944 or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law; nor for any person who shall print or publish in any manner whatever, except as hereinafter provided, any questionnaire, report, return, or document or any part thereof or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or methods of doing business, appearing in any questionnaire, report, return, or document: Provided further, That Authorized disclo- the foregoing provisions shall not be construed to prevent or prohibit the publication or disclosure of studies, graphs, charts, or other docu- ments of like general character wherein individual statistics or the source thereof is not disclosed or identified directly or indirectly nor to prevent the furnishing in confidence to the War Department, the Navy Department, or the United States Maritime Commission, such data and information as may be requested by them for use in the performance of their official duties: Provided further, That no part Subsidy payments. of this appropriation shall be available for making any subsidy pay- ments: Providedfurther, That no part of this appropriation shall be Magrmc plt comi- used to enforce any maximum price or prices on any agricultural ties. commodity or any commodity processed or manufactured in whole or substantial part from any agricultural commodity, including milk and its products and livestock, unless and until (1) the Secretary of Agriculture has determined and published for such agricultural com- modity the prices specified in section 3 (a) of the Emergency Price 66 .ts.7 Sp. Control Act of 1942, as amended by Public Law Numbered 729,, (a)Pp.§§03 (Ia approved October 2, 1942, as amended; (2) in case of a comparable Post, p.M2. price for such agricultural commodity, the Secretary of Agriculture has held public hearings and determined and published such compa- rable price in the manner prescribed by section 3 (b) of said Act as amended; and (3) the Secretary of Agriculture has determined after investigation and proclaimed that the maximum price or prices so established on any such agricultural commodity, including milk and its product and livestock, will reflect to the producer of such agri- cultural commodity a price in conformity with section 3 (c) of said Act as amended: Provided further, That such maximum price or prices shall conform in all respects to the provisions of section 3 of 6Utsa. ,6 upp. Public Law Numbered 729 approved October 2, 1942, as amended: IIpp. si. Provided further, That any employee of the Office of Price Admni- Admnistration of istration is authorized and empowered, when designated for the pur- o ths . pose by the head of the agency, to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit when such instrument is required in connection with the performance of the functions or enc reuire activities of said Office: Provided further, That no part of this ment feordegiated appropriation shall be directly or indirectly used for the payment i"" of the salary or expenses of any person who directs the formulation of any price policy, maximum price, or price ceiling with respect to any article or commodity unless, in the judgment of the Adminis- trator, such person shall be qualified by experience in business, indus- try, or commerce; but this limitation shall not apply to the Admin- istrator or Acting Administrator as the case may be, in considering, adopting, signing, and promulgating price policies, maximum prices, or price ceilings formulated and prepared in compliance herewith: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act primisgtensof msm- shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person fixing maxi- iations or stand- mum prices for different kinds, classes, or types of processed fruits and vegetables which are described in terms of specifications or standards, unless such specifications or standards were, prior to such order, in general use. Applicability of Those general provisions in the National War Agency Appropria- degnatedprov on tion Act, 1945, applicable to all agencies in such Act, are hereby A, P-'. 601

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