Show House Committee Again Urges Ax For Assay Office For 21 years ears the house appropriations committee has recommended elimination of the Salt Sall Lake government govern Jovern- ment assay office oUke John L. L May as assayer assayer assayer as- as sayer in charge said Wednesday buthe but bu the office has continued in operation nevertheless An Associated Press dispatch from Washington reported that the house appropriations committee had recommended recommended recommended rec rec- that the Salt Lake Boise Idaho Carson City Nev and Helena Mont assay offices be abolished to accomplish a saving of or The local office ottice was established February I 1909 Mr May said and Oland operated for two years unmolested Every ery year since that time an at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt has been made to abolish it but sut we are arc still running Mr May expressed an opinion that tha the he local office Is more Important now than it ever was A report for last las year shows that the office received three times as much bullion in 1931 as In 1930 and that the number o of ore assays completed was doubled Assay requests were received from 39 states the Canal Zone and Can Can- ada Hugh T. T is assistant as- as sayer |