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 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 109 - --MAY 5, 1945 section) except (a) in regions in which loans or advances had been made under said section 201 (e) of the Emergency Relief and Con- struction Act of 1932 within one year prior to December 1, 1942, or (b) in any region which the Secretary of Agriculture shall have designated as a region in which the making of such loans or advances is necessary in order to finance the production of crops or livestock that otherwise would not be produced in such region: Provided, That none of the limitations provided for by this section shall apply with respect to any loan or advance made or approved at any time for the purpose of financing the completion of production undertaken before July 12, 1943, or for the purpose of protecting or preserving the security for or assisting in the collection or liquidation of any loan or advance made or approved before such date. SEC. 3 . Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law the lump-sum appropriations herein made for the Department shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger- carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of the field work of the Department outside the District of Columbia, but the number of such vehicles purchased or otherwise acquired for all the activities of the Department for which appropriations are made in this Act shall not exceed the total number indicated for purchase by the Department under the statements of proposed expenditures for purchase, mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles in the Budget: Provided, That such vehicles shall be used only for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motortrucks in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for the maintenance, opera- tion, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger- carrying vehicles: Provided further, That the funds available to the Agricultural Adjustment Agency may be used for the maintenance, repair, and operation of one passenger-carrying vehicle in the Dis- trict of Columbia. SEC. 4. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ- ment of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of translators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; (3) employ- ment on the emergency rubber project; (4) employment by the Rural Electrification Administration of not to exceed twenty junior engi- neer trainees who are citizens of other American republics; and (5) employment under the appropriation for the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. SEC. 5. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Pro- vided further, That such administrative or supervisory employees of the Department as may be designated for the purpose by the Secre- tary are hereby authorized to administer the oaths to persons making affidavits required by this section, and they shall charge no fee for so doing: Provided further, That any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro- priation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 47 Stat. 713. 12U. S.C. 1148. Exceptions. Vehicles. Limitation on use. Maintenance, etc. Use of AAA funds. Employment of aliens. Persons advocating overthrow of U. 8. Government. Affidavit. Administration of oaths. Penalty. 165 59 STAT.]

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