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Show SOLDIERS RETURN TO MINE WORK Announced intention of the war department to grant experienced exper-ienced metal miners furloughs on the condition that they return to the place of induction or enlistment enlist-ment and accept work in mines producing minerals essential to the war effort has brought 350 soldiers here from Camp Kearns. This week several Bingham men, local boys released from service to resume former positions, po-sitions, were welcomed home. Included in the number are Cpl. Ben Arritola of Camp Rucker, Ala.; Cpl. Howard Stewart and . Cpl. Carl Chad wick of Camp Haan. Orvil Crane of Riverton, Don Combs and liruce K. Dalton . of Lark are others released from service on condition that they work in the metal mines. A. G. MacKenzie, manager of the Utah Metal Mine Operators association, explains the government's govern-ment's plan to increase metal production with soldier-labor in this way: "The War Department has authorized furloughs to soldiers with previous mining experience so that they may accept employment employ-ment in metal mines. Thus far 1 the only mines eligible to receive furloughed soldiers are mines which produce copper, zinc, tung- -sten and molybdenum. "Soldiers who meet these re-' quirements have been brought together at Camp Kearns, Utah, ' and Camp McCoy, Sparta, Wis- ' consin. "The procedure at : Camp Kearns has been for authorized . representatives of the classes of.-mines of.-mines mentioned to arrange with the U. S. Employment Service for interviews with the soldier- miners. If the soldier decides to accept the employment and the mine representative wishes to employ him, the Army grants him a furlough for that purpose. During the fife of the furlough the man has a civilian status just as he had before he entered the Army. However, the furlough is granted only on condition that he go to work in the mines and if he leaves his employment in the mines he will be recalled to active ac-tive duty with the Army. "The soldier is not required to return to the mines and may continue con-tinue his service in the Army, although al-though the Army encourages all soldier-miners who meet the requirements re-quirements to go back to the mines, as the Army believes that they can best serve the nation in that way at this time. This pro- ' cedure is authorized in a statement state-ment by Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War, issued October 21, 1942. "In line with the present great need for metal production the U. S. Selective Service has issued instructions to all the Selective Service local boards requesting the local boards to give serious consideration for occupational deferment de-ferment to all registrants who are giving the full measure of their time and effort in nonferrous metal me-tal mining, smelting and refining refin-ing activities, or have contracted contract-ed to become so employed in the' reasonably near future. This covers cov-ers unskilled as well as skilled men and great emphasis is placed plac-ed on the importance of keeping such men in the mines in the present emergency." |