Departments of State, and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1961: United States Information Agency, President's Special International Program [and The] Commission of Civil Rights: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session

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Page 16 - A separate maintenance allowance to assist an employee who is compelled, by reason of dangerous, notably unhealthful, or excessively adverse living conditions at his post of assignment in a foreign area or for the convenience of the Government...
Page 768 - exchange visitor" under section 201 of the US Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 USC 1446...
Page 273 - Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom; Canada participates in some programs.
Page 322 - Reimbursement for this type of expense is made on the basis of a detailed voucher, submitted by an officer after he has incurred a representational expense. Each voucher contains information showing the purpose of the expenditure, the names of the guests, and the type of function held.
Page 959 - ... scale for peace and is creating a paradise for workers. The United States, which has a larger volume of international trade than any other nation, until recently has been conspicuous by its absence at these trade fairs. American visitors and participants have pointed out the failure of their Government to tell adequately the story of our free enterprise system and to provide effective international trade promotion cooperation.
Page 948 - Committee") created under section 10 of the International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956...
Page 16 - SEC. 443. The President may, under such regulations as he may prescribe, establish rates of salary differential, not exceeding 25 per centum of basic salary, for Foreign Service officers, Reserve officers, and staff officers and employees assigned to posts involving extraordinarily difficult living conditions, excessive physical hardship, or notably unhealthful conditions. The Secretary shall prepare and maintain a list of such posts.
Page 569 - ... support, English-teaching and music 33, 239 The restoration would allow the Service to: (1) provide additional support in the form of books and related materials, which cannot be purchased locally, primarily for 13 new binational centers in 1959 (12 in Latin America and 1 in Europe), $22,360; (2) take advantage of the growing interest of people of other lands in learning English by supplying additional Englishteaching textbooks to the field, $6,354; and (3) provide more recordings and sheet music...
Page 559 - ... other publications by supplying the libraries of information centers and binational centers ; by providing loan collections of books for placement with foreign schools, universities and other institutions ; by supplying materials for presentation to key individuals and organizations ; by supporting translation of books into local languages ; and by encouraging the distribution and sale of American books abroad through regular commercial channels. The Service also promotes the teaching of English,...
Page 783 - Drawn from a report submitted to the 33rd session of the International Labour Conference by Mr. Robert T. Amis, director of labor at the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan.

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