Show THIS WEEK IN DEFENSE the war department Depa rement asked congress for legislation to retain the national guard reserves and se sc leters for the duration of t the he emer ancy president roosevelt told his press conference that unless congress acts the army faces serious disintegration the war department announced initial deliveries of the A 24 a hew dive bomber that can outperform out perform those used by other nations the department said that rifles and nd submachine sub machine guns are now being produced at a daily rate of 1500 compared with one year ago aluminum collection conservation chief mcconnell announced announce announced A housewives donation of used aluminum ware during the collection campaign july 2129 21 29 9 should permit construction of more than 2000 additional fighting airplanes ile he said tests indicated a minimum of net pounds usable in in defense manufacture will be collected in the national campaign civilian defense director laguardia said state slate Porcu rement offices of the treasury will direct shipment ot or collected material from concentration points in each state to the nearest selected smelter price administrator henderson said additional supplies of waste paper and cardboard are needed for packing articles produced by d defense industries and urged that waste paper be saved by the householder for collection by waste paper dealers PRICES labor secretary perkins announced retail food prices increased 17 per cent during the last two veca s of june in addition to 16 per cent cem in the first two weeks of tile the month principal pal rises were in the price of eggs lard butter pork chops and canned tomatoes she sh said president roosevelt told his press conference he is considering placing a ceiling on rents and on commodities modi ties and asking congress to put teeth I 1 in price fixing measures price administrator henderson Hc said costs and prices have risen at the wholesale level and will soon hit the nations nation i pocketbooks before long he said there will be more purchasing power running around hunting sam something hing to buy ih than aai there are goo golfis S available and defense commissioner commissio ner hunter said total average employment during the 1942 fiksdal year will be maintained at instead of as in the past year yean he said that almost 30 per cent af of all workers were employed on national defense projects in une and cuts will be made mcra more slowly from these projects than others power for defense president roosevelt asked congress for authority to establish regional or nationwide nation wide daylight saving time for all or such parts of the year as deemed practical the federal power commission reported that rainfall lessoned lessened the power shortage in the southeast although much more rain is needed before full usage of energy can be permitted small consumers |