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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON 235, D. C. July 2, 1946. CIRCULAR NO. 3959 TO ALL EMPLOYEES: Subject: Affidavit regarding membership in organizations which assert the right to strike against the Government. Appropriation bills for the fiscal year 1947 provide that no part of the appropriation shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States. It is provided that for the purpose of this legislation an affidavit shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provi- sions of this law engaged in a strike against the Government of the United States and is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States. All employees must execute the affidavit on the other side of this circular. When you have signed the affidavit it should be returned promptly to your immediate supervisor who will forward it through regular channels (for noting against payroll records) to the Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General. Certifying Officers shall not release salary checks until this affidavit has been prepared and forwarded. S. A. ANDRETTA Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General