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Show " " w SHINCTON SHINCTONrn | | , . I rn ! 1 1FROM OUR CONGRESSMANy CONGRESSMANW CONGRESSMAN IFROM _ W . K . GRANGER 1 - " " - 1\\ 1 1PA VI N \ PA Authorizes 48 48four 4 Illour ( H Hur four ur WTk Work Wfk Week WeekA A 48 4 < hour week has h s " been bct"n bctn autho author authorzed authorlead Ized zed lead ! for fr:1T fr1T : WPA workers on defen'ie defenie defen'ieprojects defen ' ' ' ' projects such SULh as airports sect aceer aceerroads 8C 'es5 es5 'es5roads < . ' ss roads and building ; construction Kt at atarmv t tarmv armv rmv and naw navv navy posts .The The 11u rife . > new newregulation ne neregulations n ( ' retulatlons regulation regulations , > . wlU .ill ill will affect about 2W 200 000 workers About 150 150000 000 ax axchanging are areI arechanging a achanting chanting changing ; from a ,0 0 , ; > 0 hour week and an tu I 50 50000 000 from a 40 hour week in certufted cer cerI certllfled ce cetilflfd tufted tilflfd tllfled defense dt'fense dtfense ' construction pro pre projf"ct prejects pr I jf"ct jfct jects J " cts ( ( h iMiian iulian JUan Pilot Pil t TrainingThe TrainIng Tlie The progress report r'port rport ( ' on the ch civ \ 11 Il 11Ian IlIan J I IThe lan Ian pilot training ; program shows show showsthat showthat \ that 4813 4 813 13 graduates have volun volunI volunteered volunteered -i i - teered and been accepted by the th thIrmo ie I 'rm\ 'rm rm 1rm\ 1rm Irmo 'rmand 1rmand ' ' ' \ and navy air . .services services . and andthat an anthat > d that in addition 814 914 night flight Instruc InstrucI Instructor Instructors tor tors < ; trained tralnt'd tralntd ' in the program are at atwork a awork i work in other aviation actlvltle activities activitiesOf activitiesOf s I Of these li II h structors 461 468 are teaci teach teachIng teachIng ing ; flleht flight at army centers 27 a anavy at i navy na vy centers and 117 at Canadli Canadian Canadiai Canadiantraining Canadiaitraining in , tralnint training centers Other Others & . ! > are on onactive n nactive active duty with the army and navv navvand nay nayand na ' t\ t \ I navvI and nd 207 have joined the commerclii commercialII commercial commercia commerciaairlines kl II IIairlines airlinesIn airlines In this thls way the program Is Ls not notonly no noonly n ( only proving ; of benefit to the ann aim annled aimed ed ervlces .services services . but providing ; moi mor more morealrl1ne morairline -e e - led airline alrl1ne pilots pllots who themselves tori torn form formI forman tornan n an Important coc cog in the defeni defense defens defensnmachine defensemachine > e I machine nmachine New teach teachers T5 < are being beingI betel beteltrained ; I [ trained tmlned constantly ana ann a reservoir reservol reservols reservo : ' la s being ; buUt built up on which the arm armed armsd 115 ed sd forces and the alrllnea airlines c can n con contlnue coninue corUnue i tlnue inue to draw Thus far a totaf total tota totalof totiof of ) f 2 2063 063 Instructors have receive received receives receivedI receivedrefresher I I refresher efresher courses tn in the program programwhile programchile while chile 372'77 37277 37 ' 277 pilots p110ts have completestudent completed completes completedI completedstudent completestudent student tudent courses succes.sfully successfully successfullySills successfullyBUla . ; I BUIs Sills IntrjBced Introduced IntroducedConcea Introducedoncerning * Concea oncerning ( ) " ccrning- ccrning nJ ' ccrning014 IntroducedI - 014 Old Agw Ace Age Pensions PensionsI PensionsSince PensionsSince reirl n I I Since the beimnlni beginning of o1 the 77th 77thCongress 77thIngress Congress Ingress some SO 50 or more bills billi billsi billshave billitave i have tave been Introduced on the 8Ub- 8Ub 8Ub'ject subact sub - ject 'ject ' act of social .soc1al soc1al . security most of ofI ofwhich 01 01vhich f I which vhich are concerned with old agoTensions age ago agepl"nslons ag ; e pensions pl"nslons plnslons Tensions " This lives gives us an ideaf Ide Idea ; \ ! of f how much sentiment there is Ls In Inthe Inhe ] the he present Congress for old age agetensions ag : ' I ! pensions tensions One of the bills bUls intro- intro introuced - - . I IntTOII duced uced by Mr 0 O Connor of IntTO-I IntTO I Montana Monana Mon Montana tana ana known as H R . I03t 1036 1006 is thi the the theI theTownsend theownsend . I Townsend ownsend Art Act of the 77th Congress CongressThis Congresshis CongressThis This his bill is ls drawn along : the line lines lines'Ill linesIII 'Ill Ill III ' ll prpvlo nrpvlo nrevlo s Townsend pension pensionbllL pensionilLs pensloibllLs ( bllL ilLs with minor chant changes chan6es es havln having havinIn ) 1 In 1 it the irtlonal national recovery recov'ry recovry ( ' feahlTt feature featurenother featureAnother ' Another nother bill by bv Mr Patton of ofTexaq of'exac oTrxas Texaq 'exac exac ' H 11 R 267 2678 provides for a aOat aat < flat Oat at pension pen'iton peniton . ' to all qualified perIons perins per sons Ions ! ins 65 years yrar of age ; or over 0er 0\ 0 ' \ er of $30 30 $30a $30month $3a 3a $ ( ( a month to be paid out to fa fo the trea'i treai tress trea'iur tressr treasury ' States wILhouBI withoutv without withoutal ) ur r } ) of the United al v reference rpfC'rence rpfCrence ' to state participation participationlost participationMost ' Most lost of the other bills bUls participationI are amend amendemits amendn n puts pnLq emits to the present prespnt Social Security Secu Securlty Secuty I rlty ty Act In iii most Instances Instancf ' < ; settin 'iettln(7 iettln7 'iettln(7n ' ( . ' * n li II h In 1 t i ) if f $10 10 $ ppr pt'f ptf per ' month to be bep beI b bp < p 1011 I 1 o it f the Fed red ml ral rat treasuryhip treasurv treasury beI I 'hip hip " ' hip " . Avallablt Available Availablen AvailableFP- AvailableFP AvailableFPAi1 " Ft n- n nAi'1 > - Ai-1 Ai 1 AIr Ai'1 Ai1 - ' ! to B tairI tairT lairTI tair lair tairTt I Tt TI T ! United States StRlf ' n'o\Prnmpnt n'o no Prnmpnt 'osernment osernment " ' 'osernments ' 01 \ eminentli I Ih h s gun gl/n gl n / a survey SUrH ' } of Americanilp American Americanlip Americanlip lip 0 " ' ' resources remurces rp ource since Ince it may mayon ma \ , soon on I 1 1 cnlled cfllled called upon to 10 transfer transfl"r transflr " to tothe tore tothe the re F l r ' tith tlsh tish thousands thousand of tons of ofmerchrl oferchert ofmerchpi merchrl erchert t ships needed t to tran trans transrrt transport transporta < ; port rrt \a a va \ , a t quantities qURntltle'i qURntltlei ' of If ( war sup supollpo supiec supnlles ollpo iec ; I t i 1 1 the'e thee these he ' e resources resol/rces resol rces / are about aboutII . II 1 1 ' 150 " ' > > 0 ships Of a total of about 7 707g 078000 8 000 grotom gross gro/ gro grass . " ! / tons tom exclusive of the thetd thel I IR id 1d td up fleet Opet Since the beginningthe beginning beginningof of the war the maritime comm'i commi comm'iton commis commisn commLsIon ! . ' ton ) n ha lias has < ; approved transfer from fromAmerican fromnerican fromAmerican American nerican to British Brltlsh reglstrv r'glstrv rglstrv registry ! ' ; ofabout of ofab ofout ab out ut 775000 775 000 tons of merchant merchantships merchantships ships 1155 |