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Show W. K. GRANGER Wire Tapping Legislation i.ttcied By House to tap telephone and"' fc 1 .ho m espionace salmi-. ... - luring alui exUion'calt i -ii w iU. lapping Bill W1 .ten the measure was fi.--i ""'f -XV Cabinet "otffc woula have had the authority to v n u wire tapping in felony -aos. Later it was suir-csted ! !a,V !0 iu',hw'".v be limited on to the Attorney General. President Pres-ident Koo.sevelt also criticized the oi iitma bill and said he felt that t.u- lull went too far, and suggested sug-gested that the power be limited to kidnapping and espionage and sabotage cases. Commodity Credit Corporalion's Authority Extended For Two More Years The White House received from the Senate a bill to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation's authority for two moit- year a. This measure called lor an extension exten-sion of live years as originally passed by the House but the senate reduced this power to two years. Men With Dependents Exempted From Draft Local boards were instructed by Selective .Service headquarters headquar-ters to exempt trom the draft men with dependents to whose support sup-port they make any substantia contribution. This order applies to men already in class 1-A as' well as to those not yet classified, j Me.', who married alter registra-! tion will be required to show i.iat tney ,ere married in the! ordinary course of human affair's,' a:'.d not to evade army training. In a memorandum to State di-1 rectors, Selective Service head- j quarters said tnat the ad.ninistra- I live -machinery was being unduly! ourdened oy the growing number o: married men seeking discharge from tne Army on dependency grounds. Work On Cargo Ships Far Ahead Of Plan Work on 312 emergency cargo Jiips on the ways in nine ship-vards ship-vards on the Atlantic, Gulf and West Coasts is sixty to ninety days ahead of schedule. Originally, Origin-ally, only one ship was scheduled for delivery next December, but no.v it is expected that at least 'en will be ready for operation by the end of the year. Barring any unforseen delays, the entire schedule of keel' layings, launch-mgs launch-mgs and deliveries throughout 1942 will be greatly accelerated as compared with the original plans. Anniversary Of Taylor Grazing Act Celebrated Seven years ago Congress passed pass-ed the Taylor Grazing Act. On june 30th the Grazing Service of tie Department of the Interior held a celebration honoring tne Honorable Edward T. Taylor ot Colorado, the jnan who fostered me Act, and celebrating the anniversary an-niversary of the Act which bears 'us name. Most of the Western delegation in Congress attended these ceremonies. Progress Of Our National Defense Program Our delense production job is o well. In May, Wngm, Pratt & Whitney and Allison .uined out 3,500 airplane engines 100 more than in Januaiy. Ana ikr greater records are expected. fnVnlw Wright plant in Cincin- atti the largest single-story American Car and foundry is making 10 light tanks a day. Chrysler will turn out 3 medium siJ . tanks daily m another t,;. mswthhOO new anti-aircraft guns- Similar suc cess is reported in the other ae ifnse production lines. Tn, a vear airplane pi"' in a yet" ... pres. fVuxOOefcent fnppled. Machine gun pro to have reached 2,000 per cen These gc upases are the guarantee of our flrtur Srlnd Sffion bottle-neoks. bottle-neoks. &TX t r ATtLcloseofhe,scalMyear the Army. men, This Corps had Wee times as amedcefthSed State, are as follows. This in. ,en' tosTob 'regulars, 288.80C eludes 50700 reg re. National .Guardsf n00 selective serve officers 594 000 se service recruits. JNavy, Marino C'ui-ps, 53,7-11! -'"all 'i cr ' 'U;S 1-!)B |