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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959 Page Three Rep. King Introduces Bill To Save Cobalt Industry Rep. David S. King Monday introduced a bill which he hopes will avert a collapse of the do-mestic cobalt industry. "Unless the Congress acts, the industry faces certain collapse when, the General Services ad-ministration's purchase agree-ment with the tUah-Idah- o cobalt producers expires this year." Mr. King's bill , proposes to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to fix a duty of $1 per pound on the cobalt content of cobalt im-ports. Such a tariff would hold the domestic price at the level which has prevailed in the GSA pur-chase agreement. "To let this industry collapse is to ignore one of the painful lessons of World War II." The United States then was cut off from itsp rincipal cobalt sup-ply when the German armies overran the Belgian cobalt in-dustry. "Everi though the U. S. again is importing the bulk of its co-balt from foreign producers we must recognize the importance of maintaining the domestic source," Mr. King said. "Cobalt has important appli-cations in the tools on which our national security now largely rests namely, jet parts, rocket , Since cobalt prices are sagging on the world markets, the in-dustry canont expect to continue production without a duty to protect the domestic price, or an-other contract. The industry has little hope of another contract because GSA has , outstanding commitments for 61 million pounds of cobalt. Of these commitments, Calera Mining and Howe Sound have the only domestic contract. The payroll in 1958 at the mine , was an estimated $1,826,-00- 0 and at the refinery at Magna approximately $750,000. At their peak the two payrolls in-clude 400 employees. At present there are 126 em-ployees at the fine and 100 at the refinery. , Collapse of the Industry woud wipe out a sizeable investment' in the development of the mine. Cobalt is a shifting, rather than solid ore. The miners have a constant battle to maintain their access to the ore. The . mine structure would collapse if pro-- i duction were interrupted. r . , "If it ever became necessary to reopen the mine in a time of national crisis we would face not only the heavy cost of rebuilding it but also the critical delay the reconstruction would entail." and missile propulsion systems and electronic equipment. The Calera Mining Co. of Cot-bai- t; Idaho and its Salt Lake City affiliate, Howe Sound Co., mine and mill ores from Idaho Black-bird. Mine, wheih represents the nation's only primary cobalt de- - posit. ... . With great difficulty this in dustry has perfected processes which make production profit-able under i the prices which the GSA contract, provides, the congressman said. Under the contract, which ex-pires Dec 3 1; 1959, Calera Min-ing and Howe Sound are deliver-ing 6.5,milion pounds of cobalt to government stockpiles at $2.30 per pound. As of Jan. 1, they had delivered 4,920,000 pounds and will, at the present rate, fill the contract quota by May odr June of this year. . ment of a TV series beginning on March 13 to acquaint the com-munity with the work of the Community Welfare Council. Re- - ports on the activities in the areas of health, recreation and, child and family welfare were made by chairman of the divi-sions and other , board commit-tees. Other action of the Council regarding proposed legislation was discussed. visory Board of the Salvation Army .under the direction of the chairman H. C. Shoemaker, for the work which was reflected by the actual establishment of an operating center. "The problem of providing shelter to unattached able bodied male transientes has plagued the Salt Lake area for years and has caused the social agencies, Salt Lake City Police Depart-ment, City and County officials and church groups to seek a co-- ; ordinated, workable solution," Mr. Volker said. Mrs. Stevens said, "It was be-cause of these many problems created by this transient popu-lation that the Community Wel-fare Council appointed a com-mittee to study the situation and make recommendations to elimi-nate it." The Council's Transient Com-mittee reported the following findings: 1. The problem of service to these transient men was not be-ni- g handled adequately, which created additional problems such as petty crime, prowlers, loiter-ing, etc. 2. The City and County authorities were booking many of these men in order to give meals and lodgings in the jails a most undesirable method or providing services. 3, There was some duplication of lodging and meal tickets and making pos-sible the misuse of such tickets by the transients. 4. There was no means of continued contact with these men to affect any Salvation Army Will Maintain Transient Center A Salvation Army Transient "Hospitality" Center, which is now in operation in Salt Lake City at 22 East 2nd South, will provide the area with one well supervised center from which services to unattached, able-bodie- d transient men can be givne. This announcement was made by H. Wright Volker of the Community Welfare Council at the monthly executive board meeting. , , Mr. Volker paid tribute to the Council's Transient Committee, under the chairmanship of Mrs. MaeH. Stevens and to the Ad- - attempt to rehabilitate them to better worthwhile citizens under ' the old method. The Community Welfare Coun-- j cil's Transient Committee and ( the Salvation Army officials ob-tained' Support, on an, annual basis, from the Salt Lake County Commission as well as from the Salt Lake City Comhiisson. The Salt Lake Council of Churches provided the first month's rent. Five denominations of the area have pledged monies on a month-ly basis and additional contribu-tions and support are expected from other church organizations. , Through the Community Wel-fare Council Committee, coordi-nated planning with those or-ganizations concerned, a unified policy and referral system to the center was established and agreement by all that the Salva-tion Army, United Fund Agency by virtue of its history, and tra-dition of a friend to the poor and needy, was the best equipped agency to administer service to the unattached male transient. Mr. Volker pointed out that these central services, duplica-tion, will, be eliminated, social services will be offered to these men and thus will make the community as a whole a better place in which to live. The Com-munity Welfare Council is also a member agency of the UF. Other items of business at the meeting included the announce- - He relieved Warrant Officer Phillip J. Graham. ! Reporting here from the air- - craft carrier USS Ranger, Mr. Shirley is a veteran of over 19 years in the Navy. During World War II he served on the destroy-ers USS Conyngham and the USS Frank Knox and on the aircraft carrier USS Badoeng Straits during the Korean War. Mr. Graham, who has been here for the past two years, has been assigned to the USS Aeolus at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mr. Shirley, a native of Tusca-loosa, Alabama, is accompanied here by his wife, Caroline, and daughter, Pamela. They will re-side at Fort Douglas. New Navy Recruiter Assigned to Utah From the boiler room of a giant aircraft carrier comes the new officer in charge of Navy recruiting in Utah. J Chief Warrant Officer Ray-mond R. Shirley assumed com-- ! mand of the Navy's recruiting activities in Utah on January 30. ' If It's Printing . . . Call EM 4-84- 64 n --the. pj. 13 FOR THE PERFECT BLOODY MARY FLEISCHMAM'S VODM 0 PROOF DISTILLED FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS THE FLEJSCHMANN DISTILLING CORP., NEW YORK CITY Resources - builders of Utah's future Utah benefits substantially from mining; while smelt-ing, refining and processing minerals produce still more benefits. Steel from iron ore, wall board from gypsum, and refined metals from copper and lead ores are just a few examples of many such processes. 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