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Show .A S' BURE.AU OP u. Nk. rt. !j ,OF MllfEs Head. SALT LAKE TALLEY SMELTER WESTERN MINERAL niCES ... .... LEAD, per powal COPPER GOLD BL'RYKX S.BMe ieretri le the mieinp ul efl Muiiriti pf Utah aai the WeeL te ll.TSSc nKR SJMt a . ZINC SILVER (per m. new ntlael) It.Mc I7.i3c SILVER (per . epot) reeane mt the nlitiilini to rlrpmeate ie nrrM rarh wctk. A Features Mining, Oil, Financial Salt Lake City, Utah, February 19, 1943 Vol..l4, No. 8. $2.00 Year, $1.00, 6 Mos. Senate Committee Views SB 129 With Favor Bill To Suspend Collar To Collar Law F or Duration Disc ussed Production stood first in the minds of Utahs legislators this week, it was clearly- indicated, as they listened to debate over law in Utah mines proposed suspension of the for. the duration, at two separate public hearings, and then brought the bill out from the Senates mining and smelting committee with a favorable report. - collar-lo-ccll- ar SB 129 (Richards and Melich) proposes that the law passed in 1937, limiting the day in an underground mine to eight hours' be susfrom pended for the duration of the collar-to-colla- r, war emergency, permitting mine operators to negotiate new contracts with the unions wherever a longer day might increase production of the metals and fuel so badly needed in the war effort. With few exceptions, union leaders opposed the bill, despite the fact that it - is specifically drafted as a temporary emergency measure and the law would automatically revert back to its present status at the end of the emergency period. Their arguments in opposition to the bill centered around two points: DENVER Western miners law was 1. The collar-to-collobtained after a long, hard fight I and farmers and lumbermen are the unions are reluctant to in war jobs just as much as if Slack of Utahs essential mining Is done far below the surface, with modern machinery, and what they term an en-- I they were working in airplane ordnance such as the mucker seen above. Time taken to go to and from the deep levels at which such girmit wedge into such hard-wo-n plants, shipyards or R. J. McCusker, privileges. critical plants, regional manpower shortage. work is done constitutes a major problem during todays 2. The contention that a shift director of the War Manpower d in a mine is a round in and a I Commission, said today in out and that lengthening menting on the recent designation the; day would not increase pro- - j 0f occupations and ductlon. x. (activities'. Chief speakers at the hearings I , wa.r Job doesn t mean just a in defense of the bill were J. O.lI Elton of International Smelting Jb in aircraft, ships, ordnance or ,! of j ammunition' ,he ' Combined Metals Reduction Com-- 1 People must be housed,-clotheA. .American G. and fed war in time Mackenzie, ny, just : as in B. lining Congress representative, peace time; Copies of the following sales duction by States), by Martha ' and B. P. Manley of the Utah Coal This means that essential ciWhile shipbuilding needs are Sublications of ' the Bureau of Clark. 49 pp. 10 cents. Association. December Nonmetals: pperators during vilian activties are on an equal expanding and ' other war needs AH of the operators made it level with basic war industries in Barite, witherite, and barium are substantial many plate pro may be obtained at the .price indiJohnL. . Bertrand clear that they had no desire to of frbm the chemicals, by Superintendent ducers believe pressure over the cated, the collar-to-colllaw, but JI Motive service next several weeks will not be Documents, Government Printing son and K. G. Warner, 12 pp. 2 repealsaw who registrants need to it the suspend 5 cents. C. D. only figs. excessive, as various other outlets Office,' Washington, essential in- - are engaged in such to ' order duration the for in Orders for these publications Coke and byproducts, by Rob- crease have been severely restricted by civilian activties as agriculture, output of vitally needed I food the government, including build should be sent direct to the Su- ert H. Ridgway, X A. De Carlo, metals and and pointed out coal, processing, mining, . trans-- . into law portatlon, communications, heat-woul-d ing, tank fabrication and railroad perintendent of Documents and and M. M. Otero. 56 pp. 2 figs. that passage .of SB 129 construction, says NOT to the Bureau of Mines. Re- 10 cents. not permit ' arbitrary ing. power and educational equipment mittances should be included with Steel. of the working day j ices are equally protected with . . and Crude petroleum petroleum but would only open I respect to occupational classifica-th- e G. R. G. underground, A. Iri Step with the enlarged ship- the order in cash, postal money White, by Su- Sroducts, H. or the sold for. coupons way negotiation of new I ton and denendenev status as order, by. A. A. Breakley, and building program mills are in- perintendent of Documents. . in the unions where contracts with creasing steel plate production, sheets of 20 for 81 Stamps are T. Coumbe. 94 pp. 11 figs; 15 suchiaction might be deemed de- cents. an e monthly record being not acceptable. Oliver Bowles and F. established . in January, when - The thesame time, Mr. McCusk-mine- s "Ninety-eigh- t of Docu- D. Lime, by 18 pp. 4 figs. 5 cents. Superintendent per cent of the I r Bid .tons was delivered. net 1,135,413 Gradijan. that men in the occupa-th- e are ments controlled in Utah of the Govby1 tions J. anthracite, This replaced the prior record of ernmentis an officialOffice by Pennsylvania activties listed as and unions, along with the op-- I an en- A. Corgan, Robert H. Ridgway. Printing 1,124,118 tons made in July last should not now leave deferrable Mr. out, Snyder pointed separate organization from and A. V. Coleman, 40 pp. 3 figs. year. Contribution of converted tirely "so it is unthinkable that a longer their jobs merely because the the Bureau of an in and Mines, 10 cents. continuous strip mills is shown by working day could be All put in occupation appears on the non-dseparate section of the IL Free Publications . we ferrable list, consent. the fact' that approximately half entirely without their the total .565,893 tons', was from city. follow- want is for the way to be opened I of editions the Limited that. sUcl1 trans" - that source. No record will be Bulletin . are now avail- to work a longer day where it . publications ing mut take, Metal-anplace benonmetal-min- e 450 d set in February because of its substantially increase pro-- IjT manner to avoK. In an order able for free distribution' by the would ductlon. Of course there are March and complicating month a but short accidents in the United States, Information S. U. ing Division, I places where lengthening Americas huge manpower prpb-thApril may challenge prior records, 1940 (excluding coal mines), by Bureau' of Mines, Washington, manywork l to eight hours of lem. He urged such men to W. W. Adams and M. E. Kolhos. D. C. day would judging from Indications in the a not make ister with exnearest United their mining 51 pp. 10 cents. shipbuilding industry, without Only one copy of any publica- substantial difference, but there States Employment Service office ceeding abailable capacity. apthe to sent Technical Paper can be tion person are other places where it would in order that most effective Deliveries fail to improve on 645 Analyses of Pennsylvania plying, because of the limited edi- make a very decided difference. placement of our manpower may lead-zinc Most of Utahs mines be assured. most steel products, large bar bituminous coals (supplement to tions. working 2,000 feet below the Local. Selective Service boards rounds and flats holding at 10 to T. P. 590), by N. H. Snyder and Applicants will confer a favor are surface ana the traveling time to are 12 weeks, with small rounds R. J. 19 pp. 10 cents. by requesting only those publi- and from the instructed not to reclassify needed. portal is so long, in available at about six weeks. Brings Swingle. cations actually to of in accordance, with date analyses registrants up some actual -. that the min; crises, Some producers can not offer as hundreds of bituminous coals Reports of investigations--..I the new on one-hatime and five policy is bilonly ing of favorable promises. Forging 3666 Inflammability , and mined in 1 activities until no The There hours is occupations ques-Pennsylvania. per day. eight-hou- r mixlets are available no sooner than 1, Mr. McCusker said, and were of an made tion from that 1, April analyses day July S. rerollG. but late in second quarter tures, by G. W. Jones and actual mining would greatly in- - not to induct such registrants 1937, to June 30, 1941. ing billets are somewhat freer. Preprints from Minerals Scott. 5 pp. 1 fig- - Trichloroethy- crease production in these who are presently deferred sheets on ratings down considered nonincause of dependency until 30 days lene, usually can be booked for five Yearbook, 1941 to AA-2has. been Mr. Elton declared that in some have elapsed following registra-oflammable, recently f with to seven weeks delivery, use in anaesthesia are the his mines oper--1 tion at a USES office for transfer for (These preprints chapters company proposed cold-rollesheets averaging from Minerals Yearbook, 1941. on assumption, that it does not ates the actual working day is to an essential activity, slightly higher though Some pro- The complete volume, covering produce inflammable mixtures even shorter, and that increas- Mr. McCusker said that the ducers have offered five weeks all mineral commodities, will be with oxygen and nitrous oxide. failure to include a specific ac- would have the men g!.? recently. Structural shapes are withheld from general distribu- Tests show that, although it does y the list of essential over six gJJf inUUL . offered in five to seven weeks, tion a little mixonly mining accordinflammable in the war mean 1101 that the not during I slightly better than recently.. ance with Government censor- turesproduce and with air, it does when air hours per50 percent! increase occupations imThe preprints is enriched with oxygen and in producUra to Scrap position has been activities .is ship requirements. policy applied And extra for that time, the on production, con- the presence of pure oxygen has men would, proved to the point that numerdata an such present occupaactivity. Many ous large steelmakers have ac- sumption, exports, and Imports rather wide limits of Inflammabil- time and one-hal-of course, be paid tions occurring in activities not he pointed cumulated 30 to 60 days reserve for the commodities mentioned.) " included list of essential the in out. ' ity. involve-skilland are not pressing for deliv- Metals: In elec, which are activities Contact 3667This a potential about shift talk being ery. Receipts from other than inAllan F. Mat-- , trostatic separation, by Foster a round and a round being a shift extremely important to the war Cadmium, by dustrial sources have declined thews. 10 pp. 5 cents. Fra as and Oliver C. Ralston. 17 is foolishness, he continued. Of program, he issaid. recently, partly attributable to adthe list of activilead and Gold, silver, copper, Following course a shift takes a shot in pp. 2 figs. Describes an apparatverse weather conditions and also zinc minWoodof been declared esG. have which E. In ties Montana, of a kind what out shot but by and us that separates particles because of inability of dealers to ward and Paul Luff. 29 pp. 5 erals electrostatically after charg- shot? Is it a three foot shot, or a sential: maintain their working forces in cents. Production of aircraft and ing by Intimate contact or hori- four or five or six or seven feet? face of better wages paid in other Harold steel Iron and as Separaparts; production Of ships, boats variation much is as scrap, by There zontal vibrating plates. war industries. Considerable ton- E. 24 and 1 cents. 5 Cerbenzoic parts; production of ordnance pp. fig. Carmony. that in Utah mines today. tions Included nage remains from salvage drives ferro-alloyand ulexite-bentonit-e accessories; production of on Iron ore, a iron, plates pig longer working daytainly late last year,, which has not and steel fish-tjo- n Melch-e-r. B. Norwood would permit greater produc- ammunition; agriculture and of CuS and celluloid, by been prepared, constituting a ing; processing of food; forestry.gypsum-siliceou- s .gangue backlot for future weeks. 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