Show Copper Official Reports On Aid to Defense How the copper industry is helping to solve national de defense defense defense de- de needs by increasing production was told here Tuesday by Cornelius F F. Kelley New York City chairman of the board of the Anaconda Copper Mining company company With James R. R Hobbins president prest- prest dent and C. C E E. Weed general manager manager manager man man- ager of mines Mr Kelley was making mak mak- ing ng a hour 24 visit of Utah properties properties proper proper- ties The party was in Tooele county coun coun- ty y Tuesday Mines ines Run Full Blast Domestic copper and copper fabricating fabricating fabricating fab fab- fab- fab industries and American American- owned copper mines in South America are arc running full blast bias toward filling needs of defense Mr Kelley said H He declined comment on whether a copper price advance would be just justified led explaining the tariff commission commission com corn mission currently is studying copper copper cop cop- per production costs At present he reported consumption con of copper is running virtually virtually vir vir- virtually vir- vir equal to capacity production of domestic mines about tons Ions a month and normal capacity output of owned American-owned mines in South America about tons tonsa a month I from slag adjacent adjacent to the smelter of the International Smelting and Refining company subsidiary o of Anaconda The visitors conferred here with J. J O. O Elton general manager o of International They are en route to Butte Mont to attend annual stockholders' stockholders meeting of Anaconda |