Show KNOX ASKS LONGER ENLISTMENT PERIOD WASHINGTON Aug 8 UP UP- UP Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox today asked congress for legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion authorizing the navy and marine marine marine ma ma- rine corps to hold men who enlist in the future in jn the service for an indefinite period during a war or declared national emergency The pr pre nt the navy is m t x ye years rs and under existing law can be Ex Ix- Extended tended arbitrarily only in wartime Knox in a letter to Speaker Willam William WilHam Wil Wil- liam lam B. B Bankhead also suggested that the men so detained be discharged discharged discharged dis dis- charged not later than six months after the termination of ol war or national national national na na- na- na emergency |