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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 529-JULY 1, 1946 385 therewith; purchase (not to exceed ten in the fiscal year 1947), hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger automobiles; and printing and binding; $7,500,000. SEC. 2. Appropriations herein made for field work shall be avail- Field work. able for the hire, with or without personal services, of boats, work ani- Ate p6 mals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment. SEC. 3 . Appropriations herein made shall be available for the pur- Purchase, etc., of chase, maintenance, operation and repair of vehicles generally known vehcles as quarter-ton or half-ton pick-up trucks and as station wagons with- out such vehicles being considered as passenger-carrying vehicles. SEC. 4 . Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, aliens Emergencyemploy- may be employed during the fiscal year 1947 in the field service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage. SEC. 5 . Appropriations herein made for the following bureaus and Attendance at meet- offices shall be available for expenses of attendance of officers and gs employees at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations concerned with their work in not to exceed the amounts indicated: Office of the Secretary, $400; Grazing Service, $300; Oil and Gas Division, $100; General Land Office, $300; Bureau of Indian Affairs, $2,000; Bureau of Reclamation, $5,000; Geological Survey, $3,000; Bureau of Mines, $4,000; National Park Service, $2,000; Fish and Wildlife Service, $3,500; and soil and moisture conservation operations (all bureaus), $1,000. SEC. 6 . Appropriations available for expenses of travel of officers Travel. and employees of the Department shall be available for traveling expenses of new appointees from Seattle, Washington, or from any point within Alaska, to their posts of duty in Alaska, and return. SEC. 7 . No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall Perons engaging, etc., in strikes against be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a or advocating over- strike against the Government of the United States or who is a mem- ernment.' s ber of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the over- throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided,That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered ALdvit. prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organiza- tion of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or that such person 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: Provided further, That any person who engages m a strike Penalty. against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 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 appropriation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Providedfurther, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That in cases of Emergency:empoy- emergency, caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage, per- en sons may be employed for periods of not more than thirty days and be paid salaries and wages without the necessity of inquiring into their membership in any organization. 80634 -- 47-PT . I 25