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48 Stat. 1064. 47 USC 609.

Office of Defense Mobilization.

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.

PUBLIC LAW 7 7 9 - S E P T. 3, 1954

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SEC. 49. Section 7 of the Act approved August 7, 1888 (ch. 772, 25 Stat. 385; 47 U.S.C. sec. 15) is amended by striking out, after "premises", the words "now existing in the United States, or any authority that the Postmaster-General now has under title sixty-five of the Revised Statutes to fix rates, or, of the Government, to purchase lines as provided under said title, or to have its messages given precedence in transmission", and in lieu thereof inserting "now or hereafter existing in the United States, or the authority of the Federal Communications Commission under the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to prescribe charges, classifications, regulations, and practices, including priorities, applicable to Government communications", so that such section will read as follows: "SEC. 7. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or impair the right of Congress, at any time hereafter, to alter, amend, or repeal the said Acts hereinbefore mentioned; and this Act shall be subject to alteration, amendment, or repeal as, in the opinion of Congress, justice or the public welfare may require; and nothing herein contained shall be held to deny, exclude, or impair any right or remedy in the premises now or hereafter existing in the United States, or the authority of the Federal Communications Commission under the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to prescribe charges, classifications, regulations, and practices, including priorities, applicable to Government communications.". SEC. 50. Section 103 of the Act approved July 26, 1947 (ch. 343, title I, 61 Stat. 499; 50 U.S.C. sec. 404) is amended (1) by striking out subsection (a) thereof; (2) by redesignating present subsections (b), (c), and (d) as " (a) ", " (b) ' ', and " (c) ", respectively; (3) by striking out, in subsection (a), as so redesignated by clause (2) of this section, "Chairman of the Board", and in lieu thereof inserting "Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization"; (4) by striking out, in subsection (a), as so redesignated by clause (2) of this section, "Classification Act of 1923, as amended", and in lieu thereof inserting "Classification Act of 1949"; (5) by striking out, in subsection (a), as so redesignated, "Board in carrying out its", and in lieu thereof inserting "Director in carrying out his"; (6) by striking out, in subsection (b), as so redesignated by clause (2) of this section, the term "Board", and in lieu thereof inserting "Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization"; and (7) by striking out, in subsection (c), as so redesignated by clause (2) of this section, "its functions, the Board", and in lieu thereof inserting "his functions, the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization", so that such section will read as follows; "SEC. 103. (a) The Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, subject to the direction of the President, is authorized, subject to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to assist the Director in carrying out his functions. "(b) I t shall be the function of the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization to advise the President concerning the coordination of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization, including— "(1) policies concerning industrial and civilian mobilization in order to assure the most effective mobilization and maximum utilization of the Nation's manpower in the event of war; "(2) programs for the effective use in time of war of the Nation's natural and industrial resources for military and civilian needs, for the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian economy in time of war, and for the adjustment of such economy to war needs and conditions;

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