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PUBLIC LAW 546-JULY 15, 1952

employee of Japanese ancestry holding a position subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, on such effective date, as the case maybe— (1) who, at any time during the period beginning December 7, 1941, and ending September 3, 1945, solely by reason of any policy or program of the Federal Government with respect to persons of Japanese ancestry in the interests of the national security during such period, (A) was separated from his position in the postal field service or classified civil service, as the case may be, (B) lost opportunity for or was denied probational appointment from a civil-service register of eligibles to any such position, or (C) was denied reinstatement to any such position; or (2) who, after having been separated from his position in the postal field service or classified civil service, as the case may be, at any time during such period, in order to enter the Armed Forces of the United States, either lost opportunity for or wag denied probational appointment from a civil-service register of eligibles to any such position or was denied reinstatement to any such position, solely by reason of any such policy or program of the Federal Government, shall have the grade, time in grade, and rate of compensation in the postal field service or the time in grade and rate of compensation in the classified civil service, as the case may be, which he would have attained automatically if such policy or program of the Federal Government had not been in effect: Provided, That in the case of loss of opportunity for or denial of probational appointment from a civilservice register of eligibles, the date of loss of opportunity for or denial of probational appointment shall be held to be the earliest date on which an eligible standing lower on the same register received a probational appointment therefrom. SEC. 2. This Act shall not affect the status of any person in the postal field service as a regular or substitute employee. SEC. 3. No person shall be entitled, by reason of the enactment of this Act, to compensation for any period prior to the effective date of this Act. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 15, 1952.

Public Law 546

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.

Effective date.

CHAPTER 756

AN ACT To provide for the alteration, reconstruction, or relocation of certain highway and railroad bridges over the Columbia River or its navigable tributaries.

July 15, 1952 [H. R. 2572]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) AVhenever, coiumWa River, as the result of the construction of the McNary Lock and Dam, any brwgi^.*^ ^ * ^ °" °* bridge, trestle, or other highway or railroad structure located over, upon, or across the pool formed by the McNary Lock and Dam on the Columbia River or any of its navigable tributaries, including approaches, fenders, and appurtenances thereto, will in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers be endangered or otherwise adversely affected and damaged, including any interference with or impairment of its use, or will require alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or replacement to meet the requirements of navigation or flood control, or both, or to render navigation in the pool formed by the McNary Lock and Dam reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed, or to accommo-

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