Joint resolution authorizing the President of the United States to proclaim the seven-day period beginning May 18, 1952, as Olympic Week
PL 82-344 (H.J.Res.445), enacted 05/16/1952

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interest shall be credited to the trust fund from which the advance 
was made. 
Any unpaid principal or interest on said note shall be 
considered as a debt due the United States." 
SEC. 2. The Attorney General may accept gifts or bequests of 
money for credit to the "Commissary Funds, Federal Prisons", which 
gifts or bequests, for the purpose of Federal income, State, and gift 
taxes, shall be deemed to be gifts or bequests to or for the use of the 
United States. 
SEC. 3. The analysis of chapter 315 of title 18, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 4281, is amended by adding the fol-
lowing new item: 
"4284. Advances for rehabilitation." 
Approved May 15, 1952. 
Gifts. 
Post, 
p. 4 7 9 , 
P u b l i c L a w 3 4 3 
C H A P T E R 2 9 0 
AN ACT 
To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. 
May 15, 1952 
[S. 2639] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended, is amended by 
substituting for the table appearing in subsection (a) thereof the 
following: 
Column II 
"Column I 
Daily benefit 
Total compensation 
rate 
$300 to $474.99 
$3.00 
$47.5 to $749.99 
3.50 
$750 to $999.99 
4.00 
$1,000 to $1,299.99 
4.50 
$1,300 to $1,599.99 
5.00 
$1,600 to $1,999.99 
5.50 
$2,000 to $2,499.99 
6.00 
$2,500 to $2,999.99 
6. 50 
$3,000 to $3,499.99 
7.00 
$3,500 and over 
7. 50" 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, as 
amended, is amended by striking out "not less than $150" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "not less than $300". 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall become effective 
with respect to benefit years beginning on and after July 1,1952. 
Approved May 15, 1952. 
52 Stat. 1096. 
4 5 u s e 352. 
4 5 u s e 353. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 344 
CHAPTER 301 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President of the United States to proclaim the seven-day period 
beginning May 18, 1952, as Olympic Week. 
May 16, 1952 
[H. J. Rea. 445] 
Whereas the XVth Olympic Games of the modern era will be held at 
Helsinki, Finland, from July 19 through August 3, 1952; and 
Whereas these games will afford an opportunity of bringing together 
young men and young women, representing more than seventy 
nations, of many races, creeds, and stations in life and possessing 
various habits and customs, all bound by the universal appeal of 
friendly athletic competition, governed by rules of sportsmanship 
dedicated to the principle that the important thing is for each and 
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Olympic Week. 
every participant to do his very best to win in a manner that will 
reflect credit upon himself or herself, and the country represented; 
and 
Whereas the peoples of the world in these trying times require above 
all else occasions for friendship and understanding, and among the 
most telling things which influence the opinions of people of other 
countries are the acts of individuals and not those of governments; 
and 
Whereas experiences afforded by the Olympic Games make a unique 
contribution to common understanding and mutual respect among 
all peoples; and 
Whereas previous Olympic Games have proved that competitors and 
spectators alike have been imbued with the Olympic ideals of friend-
ship, chivalry, and comradeship and impressed with the fact that 
accomplishment is reward in itself; and 
Whereas the United States Olympic Association, in accordance with 
the provisions of its Federal charter, is presently engaged in select-
ing individuals and teams to represent the United States in the 
games at Helsinki and making arrangements for their equipment, 
transportation, feeding, housing, and competition; and 
Whereas, the United States Olympic Association, an organization not 
for pecuniary profit or gain, its activities being wholly supported 
by the public, is now making an appeal for the sum of $850,000, 
necessary to equip, transport, feed, house, and present in competition 
over four hundred amateur athletes from all classes of our society 
and all parts of our country to represent the United States in the 
1952 Olympic Games: Therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President of the 
United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
designating the seven-day period beginning May 18, 1952, as Olympic 
Week and urging all citizens of our country to contribute as generously 
as possible to insure that the United States will be fully and adequately 
represented in the XVth Olympic Games. 
Approved May 16, 1952. 
May 17. 1952 
[S. 1798] 
Public Law 345 
CHAPTER 306 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of 
Olilahoma, Texas, and New Mexico relating to the waters of the Canadian 
River. 
Canadian River 
Con:^>act. 
Consent of Con-
gress. 
4 3 u s e 
6 0 0 c 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represejitatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of 
the Congress is hereby given to the compact authorized by the Act of 
April 29,1950 (64 Stat. 93), signed by the commissioners for the States 
of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 
December 6, 1950, and thereafter ratified and approved by the legisla-
tures of the States of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, which 
compact reads as follows: 
"CANADIAN RIVER COMPACT 
"The State of New Mexico, the State of Texas, and the State of 
Oklahoma, acting through their Commissioners, John H. Bliss for the 
State of New Mexico, E. V. Spence for the State of Texas, and Clarence 
Burch for the State of Oklahoma, after negotiations participated in by