Show washington NEWS f FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER U S TO ISSUE EXIT PASSPORTS all american citizens and fiens desiring to enter or leave the united states after september will aval be required to obtain entry or exit permits or their equivalent un eler wr new regulations now under preparation by the state and just justice departments officials said they did 9 not expect any changes in present regulations governing travel to and from canada and mexico or to cu oa a which do not require passport from cm american citizens 1942 AAA PLAN ASKS HIGHER FARM YIELD A new program was announced by the AAA which is intended to increase the nations farm fam production uro iro the new program has ane goal of increasing production of commodities needed under the defense program and features the abandonment of the total soil dotting detting tt ing acreage allotments and se is s up tip in their stead allotments under which a minimum of crop land must be ae in soil conservation crops crops crop of f which increased production lz is sought include hogs dairy and poultry products particularly five types type of minimum conservation plans are offered ff ered in the 1942 program st state to idaa committees and the AAA will select the plan most suited to local conditions for application in each I 1 tate full payment for compliance with ci a farms special crop allotments will 1 ie e contin contingent gent on fully ac achieving th kin conserving goal set up for the tann farm aside from the establishment of f minimum soil conserving goals n and rid the elimination of the total adl so 1 l sa s1 spieling Spi eling ii m most st of ln ii country the 1942 program follows closely the current program and only minor changes based largely on ic te commendations of the june conference of state AAA committeemen bave we bin been bi n made WOMEN IN DEFENSE WORK federal security administrator mcnatt said a study of 1894 dif different differed feren t occupations in 21 key defense industries dus tries disclosed almost two thirds rue ate jobs in which women could bf be employed successfully mr mcnutt raid the bureau of employment se arity conducted the survey in at an efort to promote employment of if women in defense defonse plants where ages of male labor are becoming ap he said only 3 31 jobs worn found definitely unsuitable for women 47 were already customarily fill til d by women and 1185 presente present I 1 no barrier to employment of women hemisphere solidarity commissioner of education studebaker announced publication af f hemisphere solidarity fifth bulletin in the education and national defense gerics published by the office of education the bulletin is designed for use as a teachers guide n helping high school students to continued on list last page washington news continued Contin red hoca I 1 H rom oca page one nf I 1 U and understand know better the th copla of latin america dr stude baker said MOTOR VEHICLE STRA TION the department of com merce reported motor vehicles rei 0 hered throughout the world as of janu january ary I 1 of this year totalled to 45 units of which OL oi per cent were in contine continental njal united states conference the federal works agency is holding a north fast astern ern regional conference on the public work reserve responsible tor building up a backlog of public works projects which might be undertaken der taken after the reduction of defense activities the conference is being held in new york city and is I 1 lie fourth such regional meeting others having been held in atlanta chicago and salt lake city PURCHASE OF MERCURY the united states is purchasing the etl en fire mexican mercury production for defense stockpiles stock piles to help force flown down excessive domestic prices aich A have a flask purchase of 2000 flasks flacks of Mex mexican icaT mercury will release several hundred flasks flacks of domestic mercury a rl month 1 for civilian use MODERN camouflage TECH the 20 building engineer board center to be constructed r ted at fort belvoir virginia will ivill be a model of modern camouflage technique virtually invisible from the air AMER AMERICAN ICAN YOUTHS PART IN DEFENSE A survey prepared by the bureau of employment I 1 ty showed placements of young people under 21 by state employment services to 78 73 per cent during curing the first three months of this year than in the same period of 1940 1910 junior janior ala is ifs s in indiana maryland north dakota pennsylvania anode island and utah amounted to nore more than one quarter of the total daring january march 1941 and fr fir the country as a whole junior placements came to 17 per cent oi oe the he total a substantially higher proportion than in in previous years the rap rapid id increase indicates that american youth is playing an important pait in the nations indus rial defense |