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Show WASHINGTON NE4WS slaffjfin Ik-slit iilteJ FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Social Znzrrit-? Eord Summarizes Year's Activities More than 39,000,000 American me.i and women will enter 1945 i-'l insured status in the old-age old-age and survivors insurance pro-g pro-g am of the Social Security Act, v; ' ' e liasis oi a:i informal year-?r.: year-?r.: summary oi operations pre--er.'ed by the Chairman of the So.ial Security Eoard. 19 M P-ice Rise Lowest ot Any War Yea- Prices rose less in 1944 than in anv war year since the United Spates entered the war; Secretary o: Labo: Frances Perkins reported, report-ed, in reviewing the price situa-t'en situa-t'en for the year . Retail prices o Larrvly living essentials rose ':v,o 'v.- cent in 1944 and prices in "v'im 'v markets rose one and one-half pere cent. This advance was even smaller than in 1943. Ti O'.vp Preferee Ratings Tc Fa-mers For Lumbe- Farmer's who need lumber for emergency maintenan"e and repair re-pair of farm dwellings may now apply to the War Food Administration Admin-istration for preference ratings instead of to War Production Board local field offices. TT::W"il-'' Asks Lc,"-kt And Mcac?'raent For Taamwork Paul V. McNutt. War Manpower Manpow-er Commission Cha'rman. in r lptf.-- 'o members of the 300-odd, T. M anagement-Labor Policy Committee embracing 2,500 mem-!"""-s. annealed to war workers and war managements for a New Year's resolution for teamwork that will make it possible for the nation to "outproduce the A-i-nprica of 1943 and 1944." Hines Issues Instruefions Hp. carding Part-Time Education Veterans Payments to veterans for part-time part-time studies and to institutions for part-time students under the educational features of the "G. I. Bill of Right" were established this week in instructions issued by Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Af-fairs. Receipts From National Forests Made Available Under the provisions of the 1908 and 1911 Acts a direct allocation of $78,308.42 is being made to Utah, which represents 25 per cent of the receipts from the sale and use of National Forest resources re-sources in the State during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1944. Likewise, the sum of $31,323.37 has been rendered available to the Forest Service for the construction con-struction and maintenance of roads and trails within National Forests in Utah. Expenditures in Utah from all appropriations a-vailable a-vailable to the Forest Service a mounted to $1,319,939.85 during ine nscai year enaea June 30, 1944. These exepeditures were for the protection of the forests, fo management activities, and for improvements. Six More Doctors To Serve on Veterans' Board The names of six eminent med- j ical men who have accepted in- j vitations to serve on the special i Medical Advisory Group to the Administrator of Veterans' Af- fairs were announced today by Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Administrator. Ad-ministrator. These acceptances bring to 14 the number of distinguished distin-guished doctors' who are now serving on this group, which has been selcted to include leaders in all the major specialties of medicine. Conventions Respond to Byrnes' Request An immediate nation-wide response re-sponse to Justice Byrnes' request for the war-time cessation of group meetings, conventions and trade shows is indicated by the scores of voluntary cancellations now being announced according to the reporot of the Office of Defense Transportation, i-rj Var Losses This countrf now is face to face with a serious problem of replacing re-placing the man power that is being used up in fighting two wars. In the armed forces, losses of men from all causes are outrunning out-running new supplies of men. As to casualties, the trend is steeply upward. Through 1942, Army and Navy casualties in killed, wounded, missing and orisoners were 59,000.. In 1943, losses were 88,000. In 1944, they jumped to 540,000. Losses from all causes are averaging av-eraging about 150,000 a month, or 1,800,00 a year. This includes about 90,000 battle casualties per month and 60,000 discharges due to illness or other causes. Inductions are averaging fewer than 100,000 a month on the basis of intake in December and January. Jan-uary. This points to a total deficit of about 50,000 per month. An actual deficit substantially lower than that is indicated, however, because of enlistments and because be-cause the less seriously wounded may return to duty at a rate of possibly 25,000 a month. All told, this country now has as its goal an Army of well over 8,000,000 and a Navy of more than 4,000,000. Considering the quality of our arms, the total of more than 12,000,000 will make U. S. Armed forces the most powerful pow-erful in the world. It is to offset all deficits, and to reach and maintain such strength that inductions in-ductions are being increased in the moriThs ahead. |
