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Show WASHINGTON NEiWS V--1 L f ' j M '(tew-ji j s , j F-ii'.L- r 1 FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER higher prices received by producers produ-cers for eggs. Commercial hatchery hat-chery production in April was one of the largest on record for the month. The total number of i baby chicks on advance order onl May 1, was more than half again j as large as on the same date i in 1940. Total egg production ap pears to be about the same now as a year ago. Slightly fewer layers are now on farms, but the average rate per hen on May 1, indicates that the output per hen is the highest on record. Total egg production during the coming' months is expected to be at least as large as a year earlier. Prices received by farmers for eggs during dur-ing the remainder of 1941 are expected ex-pected ' to continue above those of a year earlier because of the larger consumer incomes and price supporting policies of the government. Legislation was passed by the House and sent tothe senaate ex tending fo an additional two years the $2,000,000,000 currency estab-ilization estab-ilization fund and the Pesident's emergency monetary powers was approved as the House prepared to act o na bill granting the Reconstruction Re-construction Finance Corporation a $1,5000,000.000 increase in lending lend-ing authority and broad new powers pow-ers to finance defense production. produc-tion. The rules Committee of the house sleared the way for action on the R. F. C. bill, already approved ap-proved by the Senate. The bill would authorize the Federal Loan Administrator to set up corporations corpora-tions to buy or produce a" Variety Var-iety of 'strategic materials and permit the R.' F. C. to make loans to ' foreign governments with American securities as" collateral. col-lateral. ' -' ' " "-'' '''s More than . 100 statutes, some of 'them more than a hundred years old, may open the way to far reaching executive powers by the President. Some of the statutes statu-tes give the President power to: tataion system and in case of war without regard to seniority in various grades. 2. Suspend tariffs on food, clothing and medical supplies. 3. Suspend all trading in securities sec-urities for not more than 90 days. 4. Order preference for government govern-ment communications on telephone tele-phone and telegraph systems. 5. Use military forces to compel any foreign vessel either to leave or remain in the United States. 6. Commandeer radio facilities for government use or close any interruption of comrraunicaf ons. 7. Require priorities of transportation transpor-tation systems and in case of war could commandeer and operate the systems. 8. ' -Waive the eight hour day on government contracts. 9. Extend National Guard enlistments en-listments for a six-months period. per-iod. 10. Establish limited cjensor-jhip cjensor-jhip by designing placet about wblch Information could' not be published. ' . A small idea of the progreM this nation has made in preparing for defense can be had by the following figures. A year ago the Army and Navy had about 5,000 planes. Now . . .there are about 8,000; On a production rate basis, the United States has made more military planes until now than, were made in all of 1940, or about 5,800. Thiis year 21,000 planes are expected to be made. 23 huge new ordnance plants are built or rounds of amunition are now on hsd and production is now averaging av-eraging 1,000,000 rounds ievery hour. A year ago we had 500 tanks. Today 1,500 tanks. 37-millimeter and anti-aircraft guns is up 300 percent; Garand rifles, 400 percent, a year ago we hpd 35 cruisers and 8 under construction. construc-tion. Today we have 37 in service ser-vice and 54 being built. Aircraft has 237,267 employees. Shipbuilding Shipbuild-ing ,'300,000, and 550,000 in steel. POULTRY AND EGGS The demand for baby chicks has increased as a result of the |