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Show this 11 i ins president Roosevelt sent identical ident-ical letters to UMYV President Lewis and to the steel eomnany representatives lenjamin Faivless. Eugene Grace and Frank Purnell statins "work in the captive mines must recommence . . .The issue in dispute . . . does not justify a stoppage or work in a grvae national crisis ..." The President asked the four leaders to "allow the matter of the closed shop in the captive mines to remain in .status quo for the period of the national omer gency . . ." or else to accept final arbitration. He said any agreement agree-ment reached would have no effect ef-fect on the UlIW's closed shop agreement already in effect with resular commercial mines. In a mesape to the CIO convention conven-tion at Detroit, the President said unless ciemorratio freedoms are protected from the "world courage" cour-age" of Hitlerism, "free trade unions un-ions and all other free institutions . will vanish." To protect these freedoms, he wrote, "we must produce guns, tanks, planes and ships without delay and without interruption, and the American people and their Government are determined that we shall have them." scheduled to be launched this month. The Com mis--iau added tour .ships to its six-ship training fleet to help turn out 1.1.C0 trained train-ed seamen for the dee':, engine and setward's department during and 19-43. NAVY The Navy announced capture by the U. S. cruiser Omaha in Atlantic At-lantic equatorial wafers of the, German shin, Odenwald which was sailing under U. S. colors. The disguised merchant ship was on its way from Yokohama to Bordeaux Bor-deaux with a cargo of 3 COO tons of raw rubber and American-made American-made automobile tires. Secretary Knox told his press conference the Odenwald was one of a number of German vessel--, which had been chartered to Japanese interests. Three destroyers, a submarine and the battleship Indiana were launched m:.king a total of three battleships, 18 destroyers and 13 submarines launched so far this year. The three destroyers were five months ahead of schedule and the submarine three months. ARMY ORDNANCE President Roosevelt asked Congress Con-gress for a supplemental approp-, approp-, riation of $6,687,000,000 for te War Department, including $3.- I ings stamps direct to American homes. AGRICULTURE The department of agriculture said additional improvement in the demand for farm products is indicated for the next few months as a result of increased consumer incomes and increased Government buying. Farm income in-come from marketings increased 15 per cent more than the normal norm-al seasonal gain during the period from June to September. The department also reported 10,420,-000 10,420,-000 persons employed in agriculture agricult-ure as of November 1, the lowest low-est November level since 1925. Secretary Wckard announced establishment es-tablishment of a nation-wide organization or-ganization of farmers and department depart-ment workers to make plans for an agriculture post-war program. AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO The State department announced announ-ced an agreement has been reached reach-ed with Mexico providing: 1. the settling of a final fair price for American petroleum properties taken over in 1933 Mexico to pay $9,000,000 at once as a token payment. pay-ment. 2. Mexico to pay $40,000,000 in full settlement of general and agarian clams, at a rate of $2,-500,000 $2,-500,000 annually. 3. A reciprocal trade treaty to be negotiated at once. 4. The United States to provide pro-vide a $40,000,000 stabilization fund to maintain the peso at its present pres-ent rate. 5. The U. S. to purchase up to 6.000.000 ounces of newly-mined newly-mined Mexican silver monthly. 6. The Export-Import bank to establish es-tablish credits up to $30,000,000 to be made available in installments install-ments of $10,000,000 a year to aid Mexico in developing its highways. high-ways. LEND-LEASE ADD The Department of Agirculture reported nearly 1.650,000,000 lbs. of agricultural commodities costing cost-ing almost $200,000,00 were delivered de-livered to representatives of the .British government for lend-lease shipment from the beginning of operations in April up to October Octo-ber 1. Animal protein products, including cheese, dried milk, evaporated evap-orated milk, eggs, pork and lard, made up the most important groups of commodities. State Secretary Hull announced a lend-lease agreement has been signed with Iceland. ' ' 720,000,000 for Ordnance end $779-000,000 $779-000,000 for the air corps. Army chief of Ordnance Wesson, speaking speak-ing in Hartford, Conn., said TJ. S. light and medium tanks have greater fire power, maneuverability maneuverabili-ty and speed than European models mod-els as well as. "many times the powers of endurance." He said the Ordnance department has also al-so developed a light antitank artillery ar-tillery piece "capable of knocking knock-ing out any known tank at very great ranges." ARMY HEALTH The War . Department announced announc-ed the death rate in the army from disease now is less than one-tenth one-tenth what it was in 1917-18, and the venereal disease rate is less than half what it was . at that time. Chief of army Morale Os-born Os-born said most of the USO buildings build-ings will be in use by Christmas. The army also announced field houses are being built in 37 camps to furnish additional recreational rec-reational facilities during winter win-ter months.. CIVILIAN SUPPLY Director of Civilian Sttpply Henderson announced passenger car production during February, 1942, will be reduced by 56 per cent as compared with production in Feb'-.tirv 1941 from 396,000 cars cars. An OPM au- - remittee recommended !,'.-.- uvr ta'e for the order ! r--, ; w r from au- t, iv ... -jre from De- ceirbe. vcrr.oer 31. The OPM n. : '.ctive allocations of 112 r-i.-ii ': to TJ. S. commercial com-mercial rirlirtes during 1942. AR3IING OF MERCHANT SHIPS President Roosevelt signed the legislation to repeal the three key sections of the Neutrality Act. The President also requested from Congress a new $380,050,000 appropriation ap-propriation for the Navy, including includ-ing $120,000,000 for "defense installations" in-stallations" on merchant ships. . Navy Secretary Knox said the first armed TJ. S. merchant vessels ves-sels will be plying the seas within with-in a week. He said ships plying both the Atlantic and Pacific will be armed. The arming of the ships will require three to . four months to complete. The Navy will put gun crews of from 12 to 18 men on all ships as fast as they are armed. The Maritime Commission reported re-ported the keels of 21 liberty ships were laid during October to bring the total to 76. Four of these cargo ships were launched in October, compared with three for September, and three more are SUBCONTRACTING The Maritime commission an- J nounced that because it started 14 months ago to "farm out" contracts con-tracts to small manufacturers, it is now receiving machinery and equipment for the emerjency ship construction program from 450 concerns in 32 states. The Treasury Treas-ury department issued a booklet on procedures called "Doing Business Bus-iness with the Procurement Division." Di-vision." Copies are available without with-out charge from the Treasury procurement pro-curement division, Washington, D. C. The contract distribution division di-vision opened nine more, field offices of-fices to bring the total to 66. COKE AND COAL, The Treasury department announced an-nounced plans have been completed com-pleted with newspaper circulation managers for 500,000 newspaper carrier boys to sell Defense Sav- |