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C AND DEFENSE April 4 There is more and more talk here hereabout hereabout hereabout about the importance of the farmer nn and j his f family t to l she the f r defense f l se and ad Britain aid-Britain program In the first place tho the war is Is- ox- ox to become a ti food war and the American farmer will be called upon to supply the food needs to all democracies In the second place army leaders are showing a decided preference for healthy farm boys as soldiers and are pushing enlistment in the faun farm res regions ions One Ono method which is proving successful is the trailer recruiting re reo recruiting offices which cover the rural regions In the third place defense industries industries indus indus- tries running short of skilled labor and mechanics have haYl found that young farmers experienced in operating op op- op- op orating and repairing motorized farm equipment ha have e a fundamental tal knowledge of machines which I can be very useful Thus Titus the farmers farmers farm farm- I ers are being asked to supply tho the thoI food provide a large part of or tho the I army and help out on tho the industrial end of or the war program Although there has been a big drop in export sales of or farm products products prod prod- that drop is just temporary Instead of being replaced by direct export sales however it will be replaced replaced re re- re placed by huge huse purchases by the government for export purposes The government wants to control where food Is sent and will at the same same time keep a control over o prices It may permit hermit prices to rise 1150 somewhat somewhat some some- wb what t but will keep them thorn from going goIng goIng go- go Ing high enough to amount to real inflation The largest amounts of food will willbe willbe be to Great Britain but we Inn cony eventually be he called railed upon unon to u n. n r feed conquered nations throughout Europe A test shipment of grain Is being made for the time purpose of feeding feeding feeding feed- feed ing the free French If It this food is used only for tor that purpose It may load lead to large shipments later but If Jf f it il gets sets into tho the hands bands of the tho Germans Germans Ger Oer- mans such shipments will bo be stopped I ELAN LAN PL PLANES UES As a result of the tike bill to finance production which in includes includes In in- two billions for planes plans are now being worked out to supply Great Grent Britain with plants within ti the next 18 months Th This s In Includes Includes includes In- In planes which already have been ordered by England as well as ns those we will provide The schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule calls for production of or over o 1000 planes a month mouth for this purpose alone Because Beca of or tho the fear of loss of ofIn Planes in export if It they ther are arc sent across the Atlantic on boats there Is I Continued n n taut last page pale This Week In h Washington D. D Co A 7 Continued from Crom page one alone and that even oven white collar collu jobs johs will increase in Ue largo numbers number us more moio factory labor Is put to work I When the production program i m 14 fully under way it Is predicted her hur that an any unemployed physically tIt man will be able ahle to get a 11 jab Strikes in essential industries continue continue con con- to interfere with defense pro pru auction over Ruction over worth or of of defense orders being tied up last w el elBut L But there is no question that the President will take action to seep seo that this doesn't continue A labor j I mediation board similar to the on ono onn which worked so successfully In tho trio will handle disputes ho bo World war lw cn labor and employers Big Part for Agriculture Agri Agriculture is expected to play an at important part in the defense defenso pro pra gram grain for supplying foo food and materials ma mt materials to the democracies Because I the President e expects tarns larm I LIons to be improved Unproved by an eu demand for Cor farm product products h he ha har been cool ool to the idea of fun full parity prices as asked by farm tarm lea lead ers Full Pull parity would mean tha d t U Unave arm products would be he purchasing power ti in have nave the same relation to other tha thai they had from 1909 to 1914 1911 The present appreciation of or is aimed it at 7 75 5 per pel cent purity pant i d that is eim ct le d to sa sand 1 ECONOMIC nEP REPORT If it weren't for the defense erens program pro pro- to be gram dram ram the report e expected made soon b by the temporary nation nl fil economic cor committee would be r a n major majol concern of business men During the past two years the committee committee com con has heard over GOO witnesses on such subjects as monopolies ad ad- advertising Insurance labor problems problems lems hems etc In an effort to determine how we can call utilize our resources more efficiently and for the best In to Interest Interest In- In terest of the people The hearings are now completed But time the the expected report which will probably suggest legislation to tc aid small business business' during normal times is apt to have little bearing bearin on on the immediate problem of aiding big business In producing defense defens supplies Just as interest in thE work of this committee has waned bo because ause of the defense program interest in interest interest in- in terest in another committee has increased In in- Increased Increased In- In creased tremendously namely namely the Dies committee officially known a athe as the special house committee o ting American un-American activities This Thi now in its fourth year has just been given an a Lion tiou of six times as much muchas as is the original appropriation four curs I S ago At the top ton of the old House building build In fag ing here the committees committee's staff ha has reams of carefully guarded info info- information nation mation about communistic and anti ant American activities in the U. U S. S an anIF and andr IP IF r expected to play an all important Part art in safeguarding industry against sabotage |