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PUBLIC LAW 5 5 8 - J U L Y 29, 1954

[68 S T A T.

(c) MEMBERS FROM PRIVATE LIFE.—The members from private life shall receive not to exceed $75 per diem when engaged in the performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties. STAFF o r THE COMMISSION

SEC. 6. The Commission shall have power to appoint a Secretary General at a salary of not to exceed $15,000 per annum, and an Assistant Secretary General at a salary of not to exceed $12,500 per annum, and such other personnel in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, or to obtain assistance from Government agencies on a reimbursable basis. The Commission is further authorized to employ experts and consultants for temporary and intermittent personal services, but at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for each individual. The Commission is authorized without regard to any other provision of law to reimburse employees, experts, and consultants for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties and to make reasonable advances to such persons for such purposes. EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 7. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $250,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. REPORT—^EXPIRATION OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 8. (a) KEPORT.—On or before December 31, 1954, the Commission shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the Congress. I t may submit such interim reports as it deems desirable. (b) EXPIRATION OF THE COMMISSION.—Ninety days after the submission to the Congress of the report provided for in subsection (a) of this section 8, the Commission shall cease to exist. D U T I E S OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 9. The Commission is directed to examine, study, and report on the objectives, operations, and effectiveness of our information programs with respect to the prompt development of techniques, methods, and programs for greatly expanded and far more effective operations in this vital area of foreign policy through the use of foreign telecommunications. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

Hearings. subpena.

Fiscri^^tVement and audit.

gj,^, ^Q (a) The Commission or, on the authorization of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, shall have power to hold hearings and sit and act at such times and places in the United States and abroad, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, and to take such testimony, as the Commission or such subcommittee or member may deem advisable. Subpenas shall be issued under the signature of the Chairman of the Commission and shall be served by any person designated by him. (b) The Commission may authorize the Chairman or the Vice Chairman to make the expenditures herein authorized and such other

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