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Show Scrap Iron on Farms FarmsSought Sought for 'Defense Defense * ' Defen c * ' WASHINGTONThe WASHINGTON -The The - The department departmentof of agriculture has announced thatfarmers that thatfarmers farmers throughout the country willbe will willbe be asked aked ! to sell their scrap metal metaltor metaltor tor use In defense productionSecretary production productionSecretary Secretary of at Agriculture ClaudeR Claude Claudepartment R Wickard has requested U ' ) d . partment partmeflt of 01 . agriculture defense defensebollrds defenseboards bollrds In each state to make plansfor plans planstor tor their states stat"s stats ! " immediately immediate ! , and andenlist andenlist enlist in the county detente tetrnse < boards boardsin boardsIn in . the t"e te " ( ' effort 'fTort fTort J ' The 'The National Defense program programla programIs Is seriously threatened by actual actualand actualand and Impending thortages shortages of Iron ironind Ironand and steel sera scrap p Mr Wickard said .ald ald . saidIn .aldIn In addition . , civilian ci vilian shortages ofsteel of ofsteel steel Including meia metal ] for ( or farm ( arm 1mplemcnts 1m 1mplements plements and parts needed by farm farmers farmera ers will be more severe sever * if steel steelmills steelmills mills cannot be kept running nmnJng at atcapacity atcapacity capacity Farms have long been one oneof 01 the most important sources of ofscrap ofscrap scrap metal Therefor Therefore * It is apatriotic a apatriotic patriotic duty to see that the scrap scrap51oUld scrapsrould 51-oUld 51 oUld - be made available avalhb1 tor for ue wa . * ' a ded dcd the secretary |
