| Show BETHLEHEM STEEL DECLARES DIVIDEND NEW YORK April 23 UP The UP-The The downward trend in the steel industry has ended and prices are holding very well Eugene G. G Grace president of oC Bethlehem Steel corporation said to today today today to- to day after the meeting of directors who vho v voted ted to pay the regular terly dividend of a share on preferred stock out of surplus Recent business Grace sa said id seems to have been holding about stationary Up to about last month the hc trend was downward Our performance performance performance per per- would seem to indicate there is no longer a declining tendency jn n the volume of business New busIness bustness busi- busi ness and operations this month were about the same as in Irs March Grace declined to discuss the pos- pos of further wage reductions although he admitted his company had discussed them |