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Show I THIS WEEK IN DEFENSE I AID TO BRITAIN, RUSSIA I Lend-Lease Expediter Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook, heads of the U. S. and British missions to ! Moscow, announced in a joint statement the United States and Great Britain have "decided to place at the disposal oflKhe Soviet Government practically every requirement re-quirement for which the Soviet military and civil authorities have asked." The President told his press conference his rule of thumb of 50-50 allocation of war material production between this country and anti-Axis1 foreign powers is still in effect on the average. Agriculture Secretary Wickard, speaking in Memphis, Tenn., said this country has shipped or bought for Englafid about half a billion dollars worth of food, and "with-' "with-' in the next year we expect to ship : or buy at least another billion dollars worth." Federal Loan Administrator Ad-ministrator Jones announced the 1 third disbursement of $75,000,000 ( on the $4225,000,000 loan to Britain. Brit-ain. He also announced a second ! disbursement of $20,000,000 of the j $100,0000,000 authorized for the ' Amtorg Trading Corporation, a TJ. S. corporation owned by Russian Rus-sian interests. ! FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN RUSSIA 1 President Roosevelt told his press conference that W. Averell Harriman, Harri-man, chief of the American Mission Mis-sion to Moscow, has been specifically specif-ically instructed to take up with the Russian Government the question ques-tion of religious freedom in the Soviet Union. Earlier he issued a statement -tlrat-"it is hoped . . . an entering wedge for the practice prac-tice of complete freedom of religion is definitely on its way-" in Russia. POST-WAR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Supreme Court Justice Jackson told the annual convention of the American Bar Association that "at the end of this war we must either throw the full weight of American Amer-ican influence to the support of an international order based on j law, or we must outstrip the world in naval and air and perhaps in military force." The tragedy and irony of the present position of the United States, he said, is that this country which would not join a League of Nations which advocated advo-cated economic sanctions, is "now its by misrepresenting the new Federal taxes as larger than they are or by pretending to absorb the taxes themselves when actually passing them on to the consumer FARMING OUT OPM Contract istribution Division Divi-sion Director Odium called on smaller manufacturers to "drum up a subcontract on your own, if possible," and asked large manufacturers manu-facturers to pass on their backlog of work to small concerns facing shutdown for lack of civilian materials ma-terials or defense orders. Bradley D. Nash, of the Financial Section of OPM's Contract Distribution Division, told the American Bankers Bank-ers association in Chicago the Division Di-vision field offices will be prepared to consult and advise prime or subcontracting groups and their financial representatives to inform them of availability of properly equipped subcontractors, location of machinery and other equipment which may be required. Mr. Odium Od-ium has said as many as 200 offices offi-ces might be opened. Under Secretary of Navy For-restal For-restal instructed all bureaus and offices of the Navy and the Marine Mar-ine Corps in ways to help spread Navy defense work among smaller smal-ler manufacturers. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR TRAINING TRAIN-ING AND SUPPLY Labor Secretary Perkins said total non-agricultural employment of 39,542,000 last month was 3,-640,000 3,-640,000 workers more than in August, Au-gust, 1940, and 1,166,000 more than in August, 1929. Miss Perkins said the "unusual" demand in the canning can-ning industry is giving the country coun-try its "most extraordinary expansion ex-pansion of employment in history" The OPM Labor Division reported re-ported it has given assistance to almost 1,800 defense contractors employing more than 2, 500,000 workers during the first year, and has established 22 District Offices. Offi-ces. The WPA said its in-plant defense training program, which trams workers for four weeks in plants which usually later hire them, is operated in 72 cities and 24 states. Federal Security Administrator Ad-ministrator McNutt announced shortages of qualified workers exist ex-ist in 126 or 514 occupations selected se-lected as essential to defense, and are expected in an additional 38 I imposing those very sanctions against half the world in an ef- I fort to turn the fortunes of war." INFLATION CONTROL J -Price Administrator Henderson, speaking in New York, said that the country is now experiencing the "jagged, irregular price advances" with which inflation starts. Unless inflation is restricted, he said, it will prevent arming and undermine the priorities system because "the getting of materials will depend not on the buyer's need but the seller's greed." He said a doubling of prices means a reduction in value by 50 percent of every insurance policy, annuity, savings account, pension or other form of savings. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau speaking in Chicago, said the Treasury is anxious to divert into in-to defense stamps and bonds ' spending produced by pay Increases In-creases and bonuses. He suggested every Christmas bonus be paid to defense bonds or stamps. Partially to combat inflation, the I President plans to ask Congress to extend the Social Security program i to 80,000,000 persons double the number now covered. Increased ! Payroll taxes under the program would remove additional fujnds j from circulation. TAXATION j Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, in his Chicago speech, also said defense expenditures are "inade- quate" and the 1941 tax bill was "a sood start" but not large enous-to enous-to raise the necessary revenue, check inflation or take the profit out of war. He said the U. S. is trying to be the arsenal of democracy democ-racy by devoting only 20 percent of factory and mining output to defense, only 30 percent of durable goods produced, only 16 percent of national income. The Bureau of Internal Revenue announced it will prosecute deal-ers deal-ers atempting to make large prof- occupations before November 1. SHIPS The Navy announced 38 keels were laid and 26 ships launched from September 1 to October 3. The Department predicted "even greater acceleration in October." The Maritime Commission chartered chart-ered two ships -to the Irish Free State to be under Irish flag with Irish crews, and chartered three more to carry nitrates to the U. S. from South America. CIVILIAN DEFENSE The Department of Justice announced an-nounced the OCD and FBI have completed plans for "FBI Civilian Defense Courses" in 55 U. S. cities and territories where FBI field headquarters offices are located. The courses will train police officers of-ficers and other officials for various var-ious law enforcement duties in emergencies. OCD Director La-Guardia La-Guardia said 85 hospitals have started courses in the program to train 100,000 nurses' aides and 153 Red Cross chapters have also started their courses. He announced a committee of public and parochial paro-chial school administrators is preparing pre-paring a manual of instructions to protect lives of elementary and high school children and school buildings in event of emergency, and the Advisory committee on Civilian Ci-vilian Fire Defense is studying auxiliary flrefighting apparatus. ARMY . I Lieutenant General McNair, director di-rector of the Louisiana maneuvers, maneu-vers, blamed officer leadership for "a mess of. faults" including weak discipline revealed in the war games. He said leadership would be unproved by removal of unqualified unquali-fied officers but this does not mean there will be a "purge." War Secretary Stimson denied rumors there is a plan to reduce the army's ar-my's man-power to free more equipment for Britain and Russia. He said "our Army has an enormous enor-mous task that is no longer con- fined to the defense of the U. S. but has the work of manning a large line of outposts." He noted present Army strength is merely 1.4 percent of U. S. population and about the size of the quickly defeated de-feated armies of Holland and Belgium. I |