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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 685-JUNE 28, 1948 Provided,That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered 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 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 over- throw 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 title 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. SEC. 202. No funds made available under the authority of this Act shall be used for the purchase in bulk of any commodities (other than commodities procured by or in the possession of the Commodity Credit Corporation pursuant to Act of July 1, 1941 (55 Stat. 498), as amended), at prices higher than the market price prevailing in the United States at the time of the purchase adjusted for differ- ences in the cost of transportation to destination, quality, and terms of payment: Provided, That no funds available under this Act shall be used for the purchase of wool other than from existing stocks owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation, unless or until such stocks are exhausted. SEC. 203. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used to purchase farm machinery, including tractors, in the United States in an amount which will bring the total exports of such machinery and tractors during the period for which this appropriation is made, from the United States, by or for the benefit of the countries participating in the European recovery program, to more than $75,000,000. SEC. 204. Whenever an export license for a commodity, the produc- tion or shipment of which to a nonparticipating country was con- tracted for in good faith prior to March 1 1948, is denied or cannot be obtained under section 6 of the Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 714), as amended, the Administrator shall provide for the procurement of such commodity to transfer to a participating country in accordance with the requirements of such country, at not less than the contract price of such commodity to the producer or exporter, as the case may be, including any cost incurred in converting the commodity to meet the requirements of the participating country. SEC. 205. Not less than 50 per centum of the United States export requirements of nitrogenous fertilizer materials or nitrogenous com- pounds (including anhydrous ammonia) for nonoccupied areas shall come from production of plants operated by or for the Department of the Army. In addition, the Department of the Army shall make available, for the commercial production of nitrogenous fertilizer materials for domestic use, 10 per centum of the total anhydrous ammonia pro- duced in the United States in plants operated by or for the Depart- ment of the Army, said anhydrous ammonia to be distributed as directed by the Department of Commerce, which shall give prefer- ence, in distributing said anhydrous ammonia, to producers of 1059 Affidavit. Penalty. Purchase price of commodities. 15U.S.C.§§713, 713a-1 , 713a-4 , 713a-8; Supp. I, §§713, 713a-4 , 713a-8 . Post, p. 1248. Restriction on pur- chase of wool. Farm machinery. Procurementofcoln- moditiesdeniedexport licenses. 50U.S.C.app. §701; Supp. I, §701. Nitrogenous ferti- lizer materials, etc. Anhydrous ammo- niaforcommercial pro- duction. Priorit.