Show Maw Tells A FL Delegates Of Fight to Save Geneva Char Charging that forces working in Washington agencies were trying trying try try- ing lug to block retention of the Geneva Geneva Geneva Ge Ge- neva steel plant Gov Gay Herbert B. B Maw told more than cheering delegates to the Utah Federation of Labor convention in Salt Lake Monday that the Interests who are fighting the retention of the Geneva steel plant are going to have the damnedest fight they ever had to get away with It The convention opened Monday at 9 30 a a. a m. m In Teamsters' Teamsters hall hail 57 S. S State A lOA program is in the making to see that the plant is kept Every effort will be put forth to save Geneva not because the one plant plantis is so 50 important but because others will build around steel If It we can succeed in our fight to maintain I this future generations will bless us for giving them opportunities in their own state he continued The administration is solidly be- be I k Fv I t. j A 4 4 i p i if I c e I t 4 4 i 1 w v I LI 1 i L t STEEL PLANT POSES MAJOR Among delegates to American F Federation of Labor convention Monday In Salt Lake are O. O W. W Kan left leftA A. A R. R Knowles Salt Knowles hind retention of the plant he said but the administration cannot cannot cannot can can- not win the fight alone Despite reports he added not one offer to purchase the plant has been made and Important Interests are de determined that the plant shall than not continue Utah ha has all aU the metals necessary necessary necessary sary for a first class industrial state within its borders the governor gov governor governor gov gov- said but at the tha present time they arc are shipped to other states for processing and the theother theother theother other states grow rich on the processing During the he added young people left the state at t the rate of a a year principally principally pally to go to the Industrial areas where metals and other materials from Utah were processed We Ve could produce anything as asan asan an Industrial state state- but without the steel mill mill- millas as a p. a nucleus we are lost he said adding that the postwar postwar postwar post post- war needs of ot the western states Lake and amI II H. B. B Egbert Provo Convention I will continue ue through Wednesday ay Gov Maw i was principal speaker at fi first t days day's y s sessions alone lone arc three times Umea the possible output of ot all steel m mills in the west including Geneva Confab Details peta Registration for the meeting was as asheld held Sunday and at 30 a a. a m. m Monday The meeting is scheduled to o end at 5 p. p m. m m. m Wednesday following following fol- fol lowing the election n of officers A. A R R. Knowles president of the Salt Lake Lak City Federation of La- La hor bar jor opened the meeting and Mayor Earl J J. J Glade gave an address address address ad ad- dress of welcome Following convention convention con con con- call the members to toured red the he Fisher brewery Scheduled to sp speak ak Monday I af afternoon aft are Eldred M. M Royle chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man Utah industrial commission William A. A Ring lUng reg regional n l' l representative representative representative labor lab section war var fi finance finance fl- fl nance division U U. S S. treasury Fullmer H H. Latter president Utah FederatiOn of Lab Labor r and V. W. E. E Buckingham senior labor adv adviser er federal works agency San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco who will speak for Ray C C. C Kirkpatrick director of labor abor re relations relations relations re- re lations F W V A A. A Washington D. D C. C who was unable to attend Delegates attending Included H. H B. B Egbert Provo president of ot Utah county central labor council and O. O B. B Kansas City Kan International vice president Brotherhood of Boilermakers |