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Show p silver mm" ASK Si I GilE Baker Says Decision on the Price Will Be Made Within a Week. WASHINGTON". Tier. 'A. Smalt eilvr-v producers must receive at toast 51 an ounce or shut down tlmlr mines, Director Direc-tor Baker of the Mint was fold today by i. (leieirai ion of producers from we-storn Mates who conferred on the government's plans for acquiring the silver output for next year. Albert Strauss, the government's foreign for-eign exchange expert, and Mr. f;;Un-r told the silver men that a decision on the'price and details of the provoseel silver arrangements ar-rangements would be made in about a week. In addition to the silver producers, the conference included Senators ffmoot, Pittman, King, Newland'i, Ashurst, Smith of Arizona, riha froth and Borah. Treasury officials today denied reports that the "proposed silver a l qui si tion was solely to meet the monetary needs of the United States. |