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Show KING CONFERS WITH INDUSTRIES BOARD Utah Senator Is Assured Government Plans Utilizing Western Plants for War Wort. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, An?. X Senator W. H. King .Ln.forc leaving for Utah last night )vad a final conference with Bar-ncy Bar-ncy Barnrh of the council of national, defense. Mr. KeplogU; in charge of .steel production, (..'harles A. Otis in charge of diM ributiou of war business and other officials of the war industries indus-tries board- The participant? in tho conference assured Senator King the government intended as iar as poible to utilize all the industries of the west for war purposes, pur-poses, and to place as many contracts with western manufacturers and pro-dm-crs as deemed feasible. The senator was particularly urging the establishment establish-ment of a government, steel and coke industry in-dustry in Utah, and thc-e gentlemen agreed that the i.rojert was one that should be thorongh.lv in estimated without with-out delay. Senator King left -last evening for home, the h rgth of his stay in Utah being indefinite, ;i;id depending upon matters that come up after his arrival. |