Show SMOOT URGES POTASH BED BEDI DEVELOPMENT Project Would Provide Needed Needed Need ed Employment for Men Out of Work LAND IN TOOELE COUNTY COUNTi Private Interests Plan Leaston Lease Least on Extensive Tracts D Br By Associated Fres WASHINGTON Jan 30 The 30 Thc prospect prospect pros pros- of a great chemical center in m Tooele county Utah was held out today today to to- day by Senator Smoot in urging committee committee com com- approval of his bill to open the thc way for lor private development of or potash pot pot- pot 1 ash beds in that section The Utah Republican told the senate senate sen sea ate public lands committee private interests were w willing to take a chance on the development which if Jf successful success success- successful ful would give employment to man many now out of work and provide a much needed chemical The bill a companion for tor which already is before the house would authorize authorize authorize au au- au- au the secretary of the interior to exchange some acres of or public public pub pub- lic lie lands in northeast Tooele count county for heavier potash bearing tracts in I Ithe the southwestern area of that coun coun- try The area thus obtained would be leased by private interests said to be ready to go into extensive production of or potash G. G L L. Silsbee representing the thc Bonneville corporation of Salt Lake told the thc committee his company compan planned the Utah development i if the lands could be exchanged He said the on only potash production today was in California and N New e Mexico and both developments were foreign- foreign I controlled I Edward C. C Finney assistant secretary secre secre- tary of the interior said if these people people peo peo- pie had the area irea and the process it at might be desirable to encourage the the- project |