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Show ins wees i mm motor maintenance officers by four times, battalion commanders command-ers and communications officers by 100 per cent, and aircraft warning service men by 900 percent. per-cent. The Army also reported tile rate of accidents in military flying during the past year remained re-mained unchanged despite greatly great-ly increased training and tactical tactic-al flying and use of new and faster ships. FUEL COORDINATOR The President appointed Interior Inte-rior Secretary Ickes to coordinate coordin-ate information regarding solid fuels (coal, coke, wood, etc.) as well as oil and to make recommendations recom-mendations to the Supply Priorities Pri-orities and Allocations Board as to production, storage, transportation, transpor-tation, marketing and other phases phas-es of the relationship of fuels to the defense program. The SPAB refused priority assistance for construction of a pipeline from East Texea to Bayonne, N.J. and said its action "constituted a fi:nal disapproval.'' Mr. Ickes were released from British service ser-vice during October and 25 more will be released this month. POWER The President asked Congress for $30,000,000 for additional power facilities in the Bonneville power system because "a critical power shortage in this area is now ' iminent." The OPM post- The President, speaking by radio ra-dio said "The choice we nave to make is this: Shall we make our full sacrifices now, produce to the limit, and deliver our products today and every day to the batllcfronts of the entire world? Or shall we remain satisfied satis-fied with our present rate of armament ar-mament output, postponing the day of real sacrifice as did the French until it is too late? "The first," the President said, "is Oie choice of realism realism real-ism in .terms of three shifts a day; the fullest use of every vital machine every minute of every day and every night . . . staying on the job and getting things made, and entrusting industrial in-dustrial grievances to the established es-tablished machinery of collective bargaining . . . The second choice is the approach of the blind . . , for them there is still 'plenty of time' . . . And their tombstones would bear the legend 'Too late'." In a statement issued regarding Civilian Defense Week, November Novem-ber 11-16, the President said "Each and every citizen as a civilian must do his share for defense . . . We must halt the waste and unnecessary use of-critical of-critical materials--. : ' required - for defense. We must work longer hours .... And each of us must be trained in some task that is essential to our total defense de-fense ..." poned from November 10 to November No-vember 17 the planned 30 per cent power curtailment for non-defense non-defense industries in six southern south-ern states. PRICES Price Administrator Henderson asked heating and cooking stove manufacturers not to increase prices above October 24 levels and radio and radio-phonograph combination manufactures not to increase prices above October 15 levels. He said price programs are being formulated for both industries. The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill which would freeze apartment, house and hotel rents in the District of Columbia as they were on January 1, 1941. MATERIALS Lessing J. Rosenwald, chief of the OPM Bureau of Industrial conservation, announced the government gov-ernment will soon begin a series of continuous campaigns to seek out unneeded household rubber, iron, aluminum, paper, steel, copper cop-per (which OPM said this week was more scarce than any other needed material), lead, zinc, and cotton and wool. In the new campaigns materials wold be given outright or sold to scrap The President arranged a $1,-000,000,000 $1,-000,000,000 loan to Russia under the Lend-Lease Act. The loan carries no interest. Repayment partly in materials will start five years after the war ends and is to be completed in 10 years from that time. Observing the 24th anniversary of the Soviet revolution, the President telegraphed tele-graphed the Soviet government, "I am confident that the sacrifices sacri-fices and sufferings of those who have the courage to struggle against aggression will not 'have been in vain . . ." The Navy authorized construction construc-tion of 50 escort vessels for transfer to Great Britain under the Lend-Lease Act at a cost of $300,000,000. The State department depart-ment announced a lend-lease agreement with Cuba involving an undisclosed amount of U. S. defense supplies for that country and supplies of sugar, tobacco and manganese in return. OTHER FOREIGN RELATIONS State Secretary Hull . announced the U. S. transmitted to Finland a peace offer from the Soviet Union and the advice that Finland Fin-land must give evidence of willingness wil-lingness to discontinue military operations against Russia if Finland wishes to keep U. S. friendship. Mr. Hull also announced an-nounced that if Germany does ' not now pay $2,967,000 damages for sinking the Robin Moor, the claim would be grouped with other pending cases for adjustment adjust-ment after the war. The President Presi-dent told a press conference the U. S. is considering withdrawing Marine detachments from China. Japan dispatched a special envoy en-voy to the U. S. for further discussion dis-cussion of Far Eastern problems. prob-lems. 1 SHIPS ATTACKED and junk dealers who would re- -sell to defense inudstries. Price administrator Henderson reported 400,000 members of the Boys' clubs of America in 360 cities are enlisting in the nation's wastepaper salvage campaign now underway. LABOR DISPUTES The President's fact-finding board set up to adjust a wage dispute in the railroad industry rtecommened that approximately 350,000 members of the "Big Five" operating Brotherhoods receive re-ceive an increase of 7 per cent The Brotherhoods had asked for a 30 per cent increase for these men. For 800,000 other employees the board recommended an increase in-crease averaging 13 Ms per cent. The increases were termed by the board as temporary pending a re-examination of economic conditions in 1943. The railroads accepted the proposals. The unions un-ions rejected them. The U. S. Conciliation service reported settlement of 36 labor disputes. The Navy announced the TJ'.S.S. Salinas, Navy oil tanker, reached port safely and without loss of life despite serious damage from a torpedo the night of October 19-30 while in a convoy near Iceland. The Navy revised its list of casualties on the destroyer des-troyer Reuben James to show two known dead and 98 missing and given up for dead- The vessel ves-sel was torpedoed while convoying convoy-ing near Iceland. There were 45 survivors. NAVY STRENGTHENED The President transferred the entire Coast Guard to the Navy department and asked Congress for an additional $449,820,000 for the Navy. The Coast Guard transfer gave the Navy . patrol and auxiliary vessels nad a large number of in-shore and port craft. SHIPS BtTTLDING The Navy reported that during the first 10 months of 1941, keels were laid for 115 new combatant ships, 34 ships were launched and 25 ships were commissioned. The Maritime commission reported report-ed the first three Liberty cargo ships wili be delivered the week of November 18. The commission commis-sion has so far launched 148 new ships and delivered 118 as result of 'its long-range and emergency Programs. ARMY PROGRESS The War department reported the rate of delivery of critical armament ar-mament and ammunition to the Army by June, 1942 will be 360 times the rate during May, 1940 when $1,000,000 worth was delivered. de-livered. The rate, the department depart-ment said, increased 40 times by June of this year, 60 times by September, and 80 times by October. Oc-tober. The Army also announced increase in-crease in the rate of training of |