Show T Vets' Vets Refusal to Return rn To 10 Mines Hurts Output By WILI WILLIAM I E. E LO LOWELL ow WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Sept 11 p-I p I Reluctance of ot war veterans to reto re- re re-I re tur j to the be e snipes nines Jj If J cued cited as as- as one major factor facto in failure failure of ot copper lead lend and zinc and zinc to make a full production pro pro- comeback 9 c The f are sUJI suffering r from rot a onic labor s shortage Charles Charies W White lff emill chief chie f o of the e Bure Bureau u of tot f Mines in J petal e economics Q division 1 told a r reporter r. r Too Many Old Men len Theres There's still too great a pr derance of old mc men The boys o apparently apparently ap ap- p- p are not hurrying pack back ack to th the jobs they left and mining n needs ds their muscle to supplement the e experience experience experience ex- ex ex ex- of the older workers These three base met metals arc are critically scarce In the nations nation's huge home-building home program I I Copper production rose 61 n In July Ju after three re months gf pf q tion flon due duo to strikes in Utah and nad Arizona n But the July production was only short tons tom compared compared compared com com- pared with a 1945 monthly average average aver aver- age of Passage of ot the stockpiling act act and am extension of 0 OP P A came too toolate jaU late ir il in to stimulate production fD f for r that month nl nth D OF APA P A Delay Delay lI renewing th the O Q p P A legislation legislation leg leg- mth its premium m price plan also caused a 23 drop in zinc production for July and contributed contributed con con- to o a pc decline e in Jn ead production produce c. c lion t tion o for lor the fifth consecutive nse m month n The July zin zinc p production total was p only y 2414 short sport tons con compa compared pad to the he 1945 average ayer ge of 1195 5 tons tons and the lead tot total l w was s 9 tons compared to io the 1945 9 S average average of f Another factor retarding production produce tip tion i Merrill said was pie fie need for t york work The he nines lived off their heir fat fat lf during tit the war yva with J little e opportunity or man marl power for development Now the manpower manpower man power situation ri is little better but cut the need for new y ore bodies even greater r. r Few y ye new ney properties were opened during duffing the war Me Merv Mer Till rill said and some of the smaller mines s w which ich found operation possible possible pos pose sible during the war have closed |