An Act to amend the act of February 24, 1925, incorporating the American War Mothers
PL 83-79 (H.R.1434), enacted 06/26/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 79-JUNE 26, 1953 
currency requirements of the United States, including administrative 
and operating expenses in Pakistan in connection with assistance sup-
plied Dy the United States. 
(f) To pursue all appropriate measures to reduce its relief needs 
and to increase production and supply and improve distribution of 
foodstuffs within Pakistan so as to lessen the danger of similar emer-
gencies in the future. 
SEC. 4. All or any part of the assistance provided hereunder shall 
be terminated by the President whenever he, or Congress by con-
current resolution, determines that because of changed conditions 
continuation of assistance is unnecessary or undesirable. 
Termina-
tion of assistance to Pakistan under this section may include the 
termination of deliveries of all supplies scheduled under this Act and 
not yet delivered. 
SEC. 5. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the applicability 
of section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953 or other 
provisions of law to the local currency allocated to the use of the 
United States in accordance with the agreement provided for in 
section 3. 
Approved June 25, 1953. 
Termination. 
Foreign credits. 
66 Stat. 662. 
31 u s e 724. 
Public Law 78 
CHAPTER 151 
AN ACT 
To provide for the abandonment of a certain part of the Federal project for the 
Broadkill River in Delaware. 
June 26, 1953 
[S. 639] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
limited States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Chief of 
Engineers of the Department of the Army is authorized and directed 
to abandon the part of the Federal project for the Broadkill River in 
Delaware, adopted March 3,1873, and modified March 2,1907, which 
provides for an entrance channel from such river to Delaware Bay. 
Approved June 26, 1953. 
Broadkill River. 
Del. 
17 Stat. 564, 34 
Stat. 1081. 
Public Law 79 
CHAPTER 152 
AN ACT 
j ^ e 26, 1953 
To amend the Act of February 24, 1925, incorporating the American War 
[H. R. 1434] 
Mothers. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatvves 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 7 and 
8 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the American War 
Mothers", approved February 24,1925, as amended (36 U. S. C., sees. 
97 and 98), are amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. That the membership of American War Mothers is limited 
to women, and no woman shall be and become a member of this corpo-
ration unless she is a citizen of the United States and unless her son 
or sons or daughter or daughters of her blood served in the Armed 
Forces of the United States or of its allies in World War I, World 
War II, the Korean conflict, or any subsequent war or conflict involving 
the United States, having an honorable discharge from such service, 
or being still in the service. 
"SEC. 8. That this organization shall be nonpolitical, nonsectarian, 
nonpartisan, and nonprofit, and as an organization shall not promote 
the candidacy of any person seeking public office." 
Approved June 26, 1953. 
A m e r l e an War 
Mothers. 
43 Stat. 968. 
Membership. 
N o n p o l i t i c a l , 
etc., status.