Show Newsmen See Western Move to Buy Geneva Gen va Buying of Geneva steel plant by w western lc rn agencies la is being urged by the Los Angeles chamber of ot commerce 18 newspaper men on ona ona ona a month long transcontinental airplane airplane airplane air air- plane tour tours toury of ot U. U S S. S basic industries industries indus Indus- tries agreed Friday when their plane lanc stopped over at the Salt Lake City airport The men left San Francisco abo about t 10 a a. a m m. mst and arrIved arrived arrived ar ar- rived at the airport at 2 45 p p. p m m. on the last leg of their tour Th The They y left eft Washington D D. C C. Oct 1 and will complete the tour about Nov 1 I taking In 50 key industrial plants i in 20 shies dUes Western industrial sources declare declare declare de clare that unless lower steel ste-cl prices are reached there must be someway some someway way of producing cheaper steel for western industries They see sec purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of oc the Geneva steel plant a. a as a means leans to this end John Dug Des Deg Moines Register and Tribune representative declared for the group He pointed painted out that the west expects to produce a great many things such as refrigerators automobiles automobile au au automobiles and other heavy prod prod- ucb demanding cheap steel and that hat If t eastern steel manufacturers cannot will not this ers or produce this produce essential material In qua quantities enough to meet demand at a sufficiently sufficiently suf- suf low price western n manufacturers manu manu- will wUl turn to other methods methods methow meth meth- ow of at obtaining steel This Job is as tough oa as coverIng cover- cover Ing ng the war James L. L International News Newa Service stated stated stat- stat ed d. d You stop atop er over maybe two or three days daY l in a city cHy trudge miles Inspecting a plant and then you rou arc rushed off orf to some place else ilac You hardly have time to formulate an opinion and in addItion addition ad ad- they arrange a cocktail p party In every city Besides the 18 newsmen WilHam Willlam Wil- Wil lam Ham V. V Lawson executive assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant and Seth H H. Moseley IT U pubic public pub pub- Uc lic ic relations department National Association of ot Manufacturers which sponsored the trip are on the chartered T W A plane Newspapermen include Morley Cassidy Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Bul Bui- letin Jo John n S. S Chester Associated Press Pres business editor Stanton Delaplane Sam Francisco Francisco Francisco-Chroni- co Chronicle Chroni Chroni- cle C. C Edmund Fisher Pittsburgh Gazette Post Harold Fleming Christian Scle Science ce Monitor Max ax Fore Forester ter New York Trib Herald une Joseph Garritson Cincinnati Enquirer Donald Grant St Sl Louis Post- Post Dispatch William E E. E Jones Baston Boston Bas Eos- ton Globe Sandor S. S Klein United Press Russell Porter New York Times Milton Randolph Nashville Banner Allen Detroit News Ralph Werner Verner Milwaukee Journal Anthony Chicago Tribune Raymond F. F Zeman Los j Ang Angeles les Times and Mr Kilgallen and Mr Zug A AThe rs r The Tho trip totals total miles and they they- expect to reach Minneapolis the next stop Friday night No plants in the intermountain area were In inspected d. d |