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 58 STAT.] 7&TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CH. 358-JULY 1, 1944 This subsection shall not limit or affect in any way any authority of any contracting agency under the First War Powers Act, 1941, or under any other statute. (b) Any contracting agency may prescribe the amount and kind of evidence required to identify any person as a war contractor, or any contract, agreement, or purchase order as a war contract for any of the purposes of this Act. Any determination so made that any person is a war contractor, or that any contract, agreement, or purchase order is a war contract, shall be final and conclusive for any of the purposes of this Act. (c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administering the provisions of this Act. (d) All policies and procedures relating to termination of war con- tracts, termination settlements, and interim financing, prescribed by the Director of War Mobilization or any contracting agency, in effect upon the effective date of this Act, and not inconsistent with this Act, shall remain in full force and effect unless and until superseded by the Director in accordance with this Act, or by regulations of the contract- ing agency not inconsistent with this Act or the policies prescribed by the Director. (e) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to impair or modify any war contract or any term or provision of any war contract or any assignment of any claim under a war contract, without the consent of the parties thereto, if the war contract, or the term, provision, or assignment thereof, is otherwise valid. (f) Any contracting agency may authorize or direct its officers and employees, as a part of their official duties, to advise, aid, and assist war contractors in preparing and presenting termination claims, in obtaining interim financing and in related matters, to such extent as it deems desirable. Such advice, aid, or assistance shall not consti- tute a violation of section 109 of the Criminal Code (18 U. S . C . 198) or of any other law, provided the officer or employee does not receive therefor benefit or compensation of any kind, directly or indirectly, from any war contractor. (g) The Smaller War Plants Corporation is hereby directed- (1) to disseminate information among small business concerns with respect to interim financing, termination settlements, removal and storage of termination inventories pursuant to the provisions of this Act and the regulations of the Director; and (2) to assist smalf business concerns in connection with the securing of interim financing and the preparation of applications for such interim financing, the effecting of termination settle- ments, and the removal and storage of termination inventories, and to make interim loans and guaranties, in order to assure that small business concerns receive fair and equitable treatment from prime contractors and intermediate subcontractors in connection with the termination of war contracts. OTHER FUNcTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR SEO. 21. In addition to his other functions under this Act, the Director shall- (a) promote the training of personnel for termination settle- ment and interim financing by contracting agencies, war contrac- tors, and financing institutions; (b) collaborate with the Smaller War Plants Corporation in protecting the interests of smaller war contractors in obtain- ig fair and expeditious termination settlements and interim financing; 669 55 Stat. 838. 50 U. . C., Supp. III, app. i 601-622. Identification of war contractors or war contracts. Appropriations authorized. Present policies and procedures. Valid contracts not impaired without con- sent of parties. Aid to contractors in preparing claims, etc. 35 stat. 1107. Duties of Smaller War Plants Corpora- tion. Personnel training. Collaboration with Smaller War Plants corportion.

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