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Show WASHINGTON IOM OUR CONGRESSMAN CO W. K.-GRANGER Cross Drive irhe 1943 Red Cross war fund mpaign to collect $125,000,000, s been called by President osevelt "the greatest single "isade of mercy in all history." . e Red Cross is undertaking a unprecendented, in order to md at the side of our soldiers Q d sailors wherever they may ' a work that is "indespens- le to victory." pJ'he Red Cross campaign, which -Mgins March 1, will include a or-to-door canvass of the na- n by hundreds of thousands ! volunteers representing 3,755 d Cross chapters and 6,000 inches. It will last the entire i mth of March which has been jclaimed Red Cross Month by i President and its goal will a min.mum of $125,000,000. aceeds will be used to expand ,ckd Cross Services to the men the armed forces. (Heir.-7ar Problem ISOkMl of the United Nations will ' aakeu to send representatives a meeting in this country on ushe,st-war problems, which is atujmied for the near future. The feting, referred to last week by esident Roosevelt, will start th technical pnases, and that ;:..ods oi carrying on the dis- :....();;;; will be determined after : .".iiial conversations. nua'iii advocating prompt formula--xpa . c;- pjans for a post-war pub-smes pub-smes . o.l;s program to cushion the . . o: onverting from a war-. war-. o a peacet.me economy, rm ;;.;c'.c plans have been called .. ould include site ac-iSa ac-iSa :' o.;, blueprints, and con- ; 5,,cjifications, so that 0 construction could be U- :mrnediately upon the o.saiioa ol hosril ties. The task .onverting takes time and panning for it should not be iJjStponed. Federal Works Ad- iljpnistrator Fleming announced ;' J'e must be ready to put the '"'tractor to work the very day e war ends, for if we wait until b last shot is fired before we iwiytern'pt to translate our propos-' 0 3 into action, the depression ?:ght well be upon us before we .f'uld get starred. Another de-Jifl de-Jifl ession can be avoided and tumsiness can return to full pro.-lasfciction pro.-lasfciction if Government municipal, muni-cipal, county, State, and Federal Is ready to provide jobs through 'ears planned public works pro- rap Salvage Since starting the Stocking Sal--ige Campaign three months a-12,500,000 a-12,500,000 pairs of silk and Ion stockings 1 have been sal- ged by the women of America t ; war use, or 226,127 pounds. lese hose have been gathered 7 J. Stocking Salvage Depots o. thousands of retail stores all over the nation. ..c.auons With Germany r ormer German and Italian consuls General at Algiers, their SLaus and members of their households, wno were captured in Liie iSortn African invasion, hvae oeen brought to this country and u.e oeing neid pending exchange ior tne American diplomats wiiom the Germans seized in unoccupied un-occupied France and took to Germany. Ger-many. The Axis officials are being be-ing neld under guard at the In-gieside In-gieside Hotel near Staunton, Vir-g.nia. Vir-g.nia. Negotiations are under way for the exchange, and when the exchange is accomplished it will apply also to officials ox iome other American Republics who were likewise seized in trance and taken to Germany. Production The U. S. can equip and main-la.n main-la.n an armed force of 11,000,000 uy the end of 1943 without slashing slash-ing civilian economy to bedrock, according to WPB Chairman Nelson. He said the CPB is seeking seek-ing a 20 percent increase in war production this year, and this goal, he believes, will be a-onieved a-onieved through orderly planning. plan-ning. Government Questionnaire Virtually all questionnaires issued is-sued by Federal agencies from iere on must have the approval of the Budget Director betore being be-ing Distributed. Director Smith, -n advising the public to ignore the requests for information (in all but a few instances) if the questionnaire does not carry a budget Bureau Number or designation, desig-nation, said the purpose of this move is to "minimize the burden of repeating" on the public, opies o proposed reports, with .4. iew exceptions, must be sublimed sub-limed to the Bureau for prior proval. Tax returns and other uicau Internal Revenue forms ..u exempt; also are question-..aiies question-..aiies sent to less than 10 per-..o.i. per-..o.i. Lorms already printed in lUige quantities will also be excluded ex-cluded from the new regulations. Jovy The Navy Department is seeking seek-ing approximately 5,000 women with experience in a variety of medical and dental fields for service With the Hospital Corps. Procurement and recruiting offices of-fices have been asked to enlist jjO ..omen a month for the next eight months in order to provide replacements or many of the male HosDital Corns Dersonnel stationed at Navy medical ectivi-ties ectivi-ties on shore. Women qualified to enlist for service with the Hospital Hos-pital Corps will be taken into the Women's Reserve as apren-tice apren-tice seamen, but may earn ratings ra-tings as high as Second Class Petty Officers upon completion of training. .After that, advancement advance-ment in ratings will be on the same basis as for men. The Navy is seeking women with training or experience in the fields of bacteriology, biology, biolo-gy, chemistry, clinical laboratory work, dental technique, home economics, medical or dental secretaries, nursing (except graduate or registered nurses) occupational therapy, medical or dental office assistants, pharmacy, phar-macy, physics, physiotherapy, practioners or assistants in any of the healing arts (except physicians phy-sicians and dentists) and X-ray technicians. At present some 200 Women Reservists are serving with the Hospital Corps. Army A unified system for the selection selec-tion of enlisted men for the Army Specialized Training Program, a system designed to assure uniform uni-form standards and procedure thru the continental United States Army and men have completed com-pleted or are about to complete their basic training, and who have the prescribed qualifications, qualifica-tions, will be designated by their classification or unit personnel officers and will be given a special spe-cial standardized, objective test for college aptitude. Each man achieving the required minimum score of 110 or better in the test will be considered by a selection board. Assignments will be made by the Commanding Officer Of-ficer who will be authorized to make selections within prescribed pre-scribed quotas, on the basis of military needs. This basic program will train men in such subjects as college mathematics, physics, and chemistry, chem-istry, to prepare them for their tasks in the arms and services. On completing this work, the men will be recommended for assignment to an Officer Candidate Candi-date School, for immediate service ser-vice with combat troops, or for participation in the advanced program, which includes pre-medical pre-medical and medical, engineering, engineer-ing, mathematics, and chemistry, and personnel psychology. |