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VOLUME 22

NUMBER 3

Washington, Friday, January 4, 1957
TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
LETTER OF AUGUST 16r 955
Emergency F und for I nternational A ffairs
waiver of certain provisions of law
T he W hite H ouse,
Washington, August 16,1955.
Dear Mr. S treibert:

The Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1956, appropriated $5,000,001 for the Emergency Fund for International Af fairs. As set forth in my letter to you of September 15,1654,1it is my intention that this fund be used to extend U. S;
participation in international trade fairs and to demonstrate to peoples of other countries our accomplishments in the cultural field both through direct Gov ernment activities and by means of assistance and encouragement to private groups. It is also my desire th at this fund be used for projects of all kinds th at will demonstrate in a dramatic and effec tive manner the excellence of our free enterprise system as reflected in our products and our cultural values.
I hereby designate you the coordinator of the appropriations made to date under the title Emergency Fund for Inter national Affairs. These appropriations are available for allocation by you among the agencies which are participating or may participate in the program. These agencies will submit their requests for apportionment of allocations directly to the Bureau of the Budget. I shall con tinue to look to you for the preparation of a quarterly, report of expenditures for me to transmit to the Congress as required by law.
I wish to emphasize th at these funds are to be used solely for expenses directly chargeable to approved projects or to administrative expenses of the program.
Direct administrative expenses charge able to the program should be kept to a minimum and agency overhead should be met from the general funds of the par ticipating agencies.
In order that this emergency program may proceed as expeditiously as possible, and pursuant to authority contained in toe Acts appropriating these funds, I
Not filed with the Federal Register Division.

hereby delegate to the agencies using funds allocated to them under this letter the power to expend them in their dis cretion for items th at will further the gerierar purposes set out above and with out regard to the following provisions of law:
a Section 3648 of the Revised S tat utes, as amended; 60 Stat. 809, as amended 31 U. S. C. 529 advance of funds.
b Sections 302-305 of the Act of June 30,1949 Federal Property and Ad ministrative Services Act, c. 288; 63
Stat. 393-396 41 U. S. C. 252-255 com petitive bids; advances.
c Section 3709 of the Revised S tat utes, as amended 41 U. S. C. 5 com petitive bids.
d Section 3710 of the Revised S tat utes 41 U. S. C. 8 opening of bids.
e Section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1633, c. 212; 47 Stat. 1520 41 U. S. C.
10a Buy American Act.
f Section 3735 of the Revised S tat utes 41 U. S. C. 13 contracts limited to one year.
g Section 901 of the Act of June 29, 1936, c. 858; 49 Stat. 2015 46 U. S. C.
1241 Travel of U. S. employees on U. S.
ships.
h Section 1009 of the Act of Janu ary 27, 1948, c. 36, as amended; 62 Stat.
14 22 U. S. C. 1440, to the extent neces sary to permit the Department of State to participate in this program without regard to the provisions of Section 1001
of said Act of January 27, 1948, 62 Stat.
13, as amended 22 U. S. C. 1434. Spe cial personnel security provisions relat ing to activities under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and applicable to all such in ternational activities carried on under the jurisdiction of the Department of State.
i Section 16a of the Act of August 2, 1946, c. 744; 60 Stat. 810 5 U. S. C. 78
hiring automobiles and aircraft.
j Section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, c. 314; 47 Stat. 412 40 U. S. C.
278a rental of buildings.
k Section 1 of the Act of June 20, 1878, c. 359, as amended; 20 Stat. 216, as amended 44 U. S. C. 322 ; and Section 3828 of the Revised Statutes 44 U. S. C.
324 advertising.
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CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Letter
Waiver of certain provisions of i law:
Emergency fund for Interna tional Affaira_____________
Presidents Special Interna tional Program-----------U. S. participation in Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958-___________

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agricultural Marketing Service Rules and regulations:
Meats, prepared meats, and meat products; fees for grad ing service______________ -

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Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Serv ice; Commodity Credit Corpo ration; Commodity Stabilization Service.

Army Department See Engineers Corps.

Atomic Energy Commission Notices :
Babcock &Wilcox Co.; proposed issuance of facility export li cense________________

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Civil Aeronautics Administra tion Rules and regulations :
Aircraft materials, parts, proc esses and appliances ; tech nical standard orders:
Aircraft seats and berths___
Radio marker r e c e i v i n g equipment____
VOR radio receiving equip ment and airborne radio receiving and direction find ing equipment___________

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Civil Service Commission Rules and regulations:
Exceptions f r o m competitive service; Housing and Home Finance Agency__________

Commerce Department See Civil Aeronautics Administra tion.
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