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Show and third, it would provide for the promotion of wise and efficient ef-ficient use of our mineral resources re-sources through research in mining and metallurgy." The Utah senator also said the bill would make it the policy of the ' Secretary of the Interior to include in his annual an-nual report to Congress a report re-port on the state of the domestic dom-estic mining industry. The re port also would include a statement state-ment of the trend in utilization and depletion of these resources. resour-ces. An unemployed steelworker in the United States receives more money than a fully employed em-ployed steelworker in any country of Europe or Asia, says Steel Facts. Mining policy bill sought Two Western Republican senators, sen-ators, Wallace F. Bennett of Utah, and Gordon R. Allott of Colorado, said today they are sponsoring a bill to establish estab-lish a national mining and mineral policy. "The mining industry has been woefully neglected by the Kennedy Administration. I hope they will' begin supporting helpful mining industry measures meas-ures and reserve their past unwise un-wise policies," Sen Bennett said. The Utah Republican said if the bill is enacted, it will be the declared policy of the Federal Fed-eral Government to foster and encourage three important programs pro-grams for the mining industry: "First, the government would assist in the development of an economically sound and stable domestic mining and mineral industry; second, it would provide an orderly development dev-elopment of domestic mineral resourses and reserves necessary neces-sary to assure satisfaction of industrial and security needs |