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the difference shall be applied on the advance payment for the following 

 week. Any difference between advance payments and actual amounts due for 

 labor shall be settled in the same manner at the end of each vreek during 

 said employment. 



The Grower shall furnish all necessary tools and equipment for carrying 

 on the work. The Grower shall not be required to furnish the noonday meal 

 for prisoners employed by him. This meal will be furnished by the United 

 States Government. The Grower shall furnish all transportation betv;een the 

 prisoner of war camp and the place of employment for prisoners of war and 

 the guards accompanying them. An allov^^ance for transportation shall be made 

 on the follov;^ing basis: An allowance of 50 cents per day per man, or the 

 following amounts on a "truck mile" basis, whichever amount is smaller: 

 Number of prisoners and guards Allowance per truck mile 

 1 to 9 5 cents 



10 to 19 10 cents 



20 or more 15 cents 



(3) Treatment of POW Apple Pickers. The following information concerning 

 the use of prisoners of v.'ar on agricultural projects is published for the 

 guidance of all concerned, 



1, The standard work day is 3 full hours of labor exclusive of noon 

 meal period and exclusive of transportation time. The noon meal period may 

 be as short as 30 minutes and should not exceed 1 hour. 



2, (a) Nothing in Vfer Department regulations or in the Geneva Conven- 

 tion requires that any rest periods be given to prisoners of war. They may, 

 however, be used where they are necessary and helpful, (b) A comniittee from 

 the Boston Market Gardeners Association and the Nashoba Fruit Growers Asso- 

 ciation has recommended that a rest period of 10 minutes in the morning and 

 10 minutes in the afternoon be granted to prisoners of war, as their exper- 

 ience shows this to be of definite value. (c) It must be understood, however, 

 that any rest periods granted to prisoners of war are to be specifically giv- 

 en by the individual employer and that it is entirely within his discretion 



as to whether any are given and what the length of them is (provided only 

 that they do not exceed one rest period of 10 minutes in the morning and one 

 rest period of 10 minutes in the afternoon). 



3, Prisoners of war may be required to work under the same conditions 

 as are applicable to civilian labor. This covers, among other things, hours 

 of vtorkf amount of v;ork to be performed, weather conditions, etc. 



4« There is no specific time at which prisoners of v:ar or guards are 

 required to return to Camp other than that they should be so returned as 

 expeditiously as possible after the completion of the day'd work of 8 full 

 hours of labor. 



5, Attention is directed to the fact that fraternization with prison- 

 ers of war is forbidden. Fraternization in general forbids the taking of 

 anything from or giving anjH:hing to prisoners of war including specifically 

 all written or printed material of any nature, cigarettes, ice-cream, bever- 

 ages, etc. It does not prohibit talking with prisoners of v;ar in connection 



