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retary of Education in accordance with section

17 of title 20. For the purposes of this chapter

the term ‘‘State’’ shall include the District of

Columbia.

(Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 663, §1, 50 Stat. 664; 1939 Reorg.

Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, 206, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R.

2728, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425; July 12, 1943, ch. 221, title

VII, 57 Stat. 518; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§5, 8,

eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub.

L. 93–198, title II, § 204(h), Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat.

784; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, §301(a)(1), Oct. 17,

1979, 93 Stat. 677.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 17 of title 20, referred to in text, was repealed

by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 643.

CODIFICATION

Words ‘‘with the National Youth Administration’’

were omitted from text in view of abolition of National

Youth Administration by act July 12, 1943.

AMENDMENTS

1973—Pub. L. 93–198 inserted provision that ‘‘State’’

includes the District of Columbia.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93–198 effective July 1, 1974,

see section 771(b) of Pub. L. 93–198, set out in part as a

note under section 49b of this title.

SHORT TITLE

The act of Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 663, 50 Stat. 664, which enacted this chapter, is popularly known as the ‘‘National

Apprenticeship Act’’.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

‘‘Secretary of Education’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Office of Education under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare’’, pursuant to section 301(a)(1) of

Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(1) of

Title 20, Education, and which transferred all functions

of Office of Education to Secretary of Education.

Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred

to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by

section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of

1953.

Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, consolidated National

Youth Administration and Office of Education, with

other agencies, into Federal Security Agency under supervision and direction of Federal Security Administrator.

§ 50a. Publication of information; national advisory committees

The Secretary of Labor may publish information relating to existing and proposed labor

standards of apprenticeship, and may appoint

national advisory committees to serve without

compensation. Such committees shall include

representatives of employers, representatives of

labor, educators, and officers of other executive

departments, with the consent of the head of

any such department.

(Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 663, §2, 50 Stat. 665.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 38 sections 3672,

3687.

§ 50b. Appointment of employees

The Secretary of Labor is authorized to appoint such employees as he may from time to

time find necessary for the administration of

this chapter, with regard to existing laws applicable to the appointment and compensation of

employees of the United States.

(Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 663, §3, 50 Stat. 665; July 12,

1943, ch. 221, title VII, 57 Stat. 518.)

CODIFICATION

Proviso authorizing employment of certain persons in

the division of apprentice training of National Youth

Administration, was omitted in view of abolition of

that agency by act July 12, 1943.

Provision formerly in this section relieved National

Youth Administration, after August 16, 1937, of responsibility for promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship, and directed transfer of records and papers to Department of Labor.

CHAPTER 5—LABOR DISPUTES; MEDIATION

AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

Sec.

51. Repealed.

52. Statutory restriction of injunctive relief.

53. ‘‘Person’’ or ‘‘persons’’ defined.

§ 51. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966,

80 Stat. 642

Section, act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, §8, 37 Stat. 738, related to mediation in labor disputes and the appointment of commissioners of conciliation. See section 172

of this title.

§ 52. Statutory restriction of injunctive relief

No restraining order or injunction shall be

granted by any court of the United States, or a

judge or the judges thereof, in any case between

an employer and employees, or between employers and employees, or between employees, or between persons employed and persons seeking

employment, involving, or growing out of, a dispute concerning terms or conditions of employment, unless necessary to prevent irreparable

injury to property, or to a property right, of the

party making the application, for which injury

there is no adequate remedy at law, and such

property or property right must be described

with particularity in the application, which

must be in writing and sworn to by the applicant or by his agent or attorney.

And no such restraining order or injunction

shall prohibit any person or persons, whether

singly or in concert, from terminating any relation of employment, or from ceasing to perform

any work or labor, or from recommending, advising, or persuading others by peaceful means

so to do; or from attending at any place where

any such person or persons may lawfully be, for

the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or from peacefully persuading any person to work or to abstain from

working; or from ceasing to patronize or to employ any party to such dispute, or from recommending, advising, or persuading others by

peaceful and lawful means so to do; or from paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person engaged in such dispute, any strike benefits

or other moneys or things of value; or from

peaceably assembling in a lawful manner, and