Show Moss Hits at Helium Waste In Letter to Secretary Udall I Senator Frank E. E Moss D DUtah DUtah D D- Utah Tuesday urged Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary of the Interior Udall to open the Paradox Basin area of Utah to of held hel 1 lum ium The Senator said that Utah and state out Interests Interests' have together expressed a desire to extract wasted now-wasted helium gases being currently produce ed The weight lightweight gas would be sold to private Industry Moss said In a letter Jetter to Udall tidal Senator Moss called attention to a re red recent recent cent news release issued by bythe bythe bythe the Bureau of Mines and said The Thu information the re release release release lease contains is it seems to tome tome tome me the best argument I have heard for moving ahead at once with the program I have haw so long been urging that will make possible the exploitation of helium deposits in the Paradox Paradox Paradox Par Par- adox Basin of Utah I call your attention to the statement In the release which says ays that the rare once-rare substance substance substance sub sub- stance has become com firmly entrenched entrenched entrenched en en- trenched In the Nations Nation's economy economy econ omy and that demand for It ItIs Itis Itis is assured for years to come The table in the attached report shows that Bureau of MInes Wines shipments of ol helium have lave risen ver very rapidly from some 81 million mUlton cubic feet in 1950 to million cubic feet In n 1962 May I reiterate that much valuable helium is now being I simply wasted in gas and petroleum petroleum pe pe- extraction op operations in the Paradox Basin and nd that it is the expressed policy polley of the Congress to conserve this substance and to utilize private private pd vate ate Industry in the conservation conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion process Despite the many discussions discus we have had on this i question I have never had in writing a statement setting forth your position in refusing to tb allow the development of ot these helium deposits t I feet I must now ask that you OU clearly state for the record rec I ord ont exactly why you will not meet et this request You surely realize that recovery re covery of ot this helium provides the potential for a valuable Industry for Utah and that I 1 will not rest until actual development de Is started or until I am convinced that development develop ment merit is not In the national In interest terest The Paradox Basin Is locate located ed south of the n Book ok Cliffs In InGrand InGrand InGrand Grand county Senator Moss said that rockets ro rod missiles and space exploration ex ax account for the greatest volume of helium used The gas serves as a pres pres- to push liquid fuel into the pumps supplying rocket |