United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1947: Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3342, a Bill to Enable the Government of the United States More Effectively to Carry on Its Foreign Relations by Means of Promotion of the Interchange of Persons, Knowledge, and Skills Between the People of the United States and Other Countries, and by Means of Public Dissemination Abroad of Information about the United States, Its People, and Its Policies. May 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 1947U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 241 pages |
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Page 7 - Committee, and in necessary travel, and while so engaged they may be paid actual travel expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses.
Page 197 - The Secretary is authorized, when he finds it appropriate, to provide for the preparation, and dissemination abroad, of information about the United States, its people, and its policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, and other information media, and through information centers and instructors abroad.
Page 123 - CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS NATIONAL LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS NATIONAL...
Page 44 - If there are no further questions, the committee will stand adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, at which time we will first hear Ambassador Smith, our American Ambassador to Moscow, and then Assistant Secretary of State Benton.
Page 4 - Department" means the Department of State. (3 ) "Government agency" means any executive department, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the Federal Government, or independent establishment, or any corporation wholly owned (either directly or through one or more corporations) by the United States.
Page 7 - Act, within the limitation of such approptrations as the Congress may provide, to make grants of money, services, or materials to State and local governmental institutions in the United States, to governmental institutions in other countries, and to individuals and public or private nonprofit organizations both in the United States and in other countries...
Page 112 - The nature of present-day foreign relations makes it essential for the United States to maintain informational activities abroad as an integral part of the conduct of our foreign affairs.
Page 7 - ... in carrying out title V of this Act, to purchase, rent, construct, improve, maintain, and operate facilities for radio transmission and reception, including the leasing of real property both within and without the continental limits of the United States...
Page 7 - Exchange, such advisory committees as the Secretary may decide to be of assistance in formulating his policies for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Page 4 - Act, shall be considered, for the purpose of preserving his rights, allowances, and privileges as such, an officer or employee of the Government of the United States and of the Government agency from which assigned and he shall continue to receive compensation from that agency.