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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 319-JULY 17, 1945 ment Manual, for distribution to the public within the United States. The appropriation herein made for the Office of War Information shall constitute the total amount to be available for obligation by such agency during the fiscal year 1946 and shall not be supplemented by funds from any source except by reverse lend-lease. This appropriation shall be available when authorized by the Director of the Office of War Information for furnishing of food, prepared or otherwise, and quarters to employees and others engaged in activities of the Office of War Information in the Far East, and for furnishing of quarters which may be required in other areas outside the continental limits of the United States, including the construction of quarters (when not otherwise available) outside the continental limits of the United States without regard to the provi- sions of section 355, Revised Statutes (40 U. S . C . 255), and other provisions of law affecting the purchase or rental of land and the construction of buildings thereon: Provided, That food and quarters furnished hereunder shall be on a basis of not less than cost, as determined by the Director, payment therefor to be by reduction of living and travel allowances, in accordance with standardized regu- lations prescribed by the President, or in the case of native employees as part compensation for service rendered, or cash. Not to exceed $250,000 of the appropriations of the Office of War Information for prior fiscal years shall be construed as having been available for these purposes. WAR PRODUCTION BOABD Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the War Production Board, including salary of the Chairman at $15,000 per annum, and salaries of six vice chairmen or principal officials at $10,000 per annum each; the employment of aliens; the employment of expert witnesses; not to exceed $20,000 for the temporary employ- ment of persons or organizations, by contract or otherwise, without regard to the civil-service or classification laws; not to exceed $5,000 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized or approved by the Chairman; reimbursement at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees for expenses incurred by them in performance of official travel in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations; not to exceed $1,944,000 for travel expenses including travel to and from their homes or regular places of business in accordance with the Standardized Travel Regulations, including travel in privately owned automobile (and including per diem in lieu of subsistence at place of employ- ment), of persons employed intermittently away from their homes or regular places of business as compliance commissioners and receiving compensation on a per diem when actually employed basis; not to exceed $210,000 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364); not to exceed $648,000 for printing and binding; and the rental, maintenance, and operation of one airplane; $35,000,000: Provided, That appropriations of the War Production Board for the fiscal year 1943 shall be available for reimbursement of not to exceed 5 cents per mile to persons serving without other compensation from the United States, or at $1 per annum, for expenses of travel performed by them in privately owned automobiles away from their designated posts of duty during said fiscal year. S6MA1RE WAB PLANTS CORPORATION, Smaller War Plants Corporation, administrative expenses: Not to exceed $8,000,000 of the funds of the Smaller War Plants Corporation, 479 Food and quarters for employees. Basis; payment. Chairman. Temporary employ- ment. Travel expenses. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, I 321d. 56 Stat. 709.

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