Show Metal Subsidy Program m Past Congress A riv fIb million dollar a year subsidy program r for the nations nation's small U lead and zinc producers waa vu 4 clear cleared d for the he White House l by bythe bythe the Con Congress e Saturday After Senate passage- passage of or the tha bill in identical form to tJ its clear ance slice by bj the House Maud Monday by a scant ant six votes Totes margin Sen Frank E. E Moss Utah D-Utah hailed the tha action as aa asan an Important t atop tep p forward for tor a pressed hard industry But it U is la only the first step forward for lor forthia this thia industry to continue continue continue con con- to exist much leas lesa thrive Sen Moss Moes added The next ned step tep necessary to reach the Ithe objective of a healthy domestic lead and zinc mining Industry is the enactment of ot a a. tariff schedule of sufficient magnitude magnitude mag mag- to meet the Heed for protection protection pro pro- against cheap foreign Im Im- Im ports aT these two highly strategic minerals Sen Wallace F F. Bennett R R- Utah sold said the bill would be of little if any benefit to Utah U-tah sInce the state now has no operating mines would quail qualify y for assistance Sen Bennett said he be felt the term long-term assistance for the lead lead- zInc zinc Industry would come from his tariff bill which he tried un unsuccessfully Unsuccessfully unsuccessfully un- un successfully to get the Senate Finance Committee to accept In some circles the- the thela la lack k of ot enthusiasm by Sen Bennett on the lead zinc program m for small all producers was WM attributed to reports reports re re- ro- ro ports circulating here that the measure was headed for tor a a presidential presidential veto because Mr Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Elsen- hower dislikes subsidy programs programs |