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Show I ; : -- 1 i ...y,.. . I i f ; I ; ; J:''.:';::'.:vRr .VJ) I"-. Y;1 ,,-3i:r p- Y Metal Executives, Solon Confer at S. L. Meet IH. J. Rahllly, manager of mines for Anaconda Copper Mining Co, Butte, Mont., and F. A. Wardlaw Jr., general manager, Interna- tlonal Smelting and Refining Co., Salt Lake City, question Rep. Clair I Engle D., Cat) at A M C meet on his plans to aid mining Industry. r Metal Meet Denies Need St. Mark's Gels jTo Speed Up Stockpiling federal Grant ; l A federal grant of 1151.200 for a projected $336,000 building ex-! ex-! pension program for St. Mark's hospital in Salt Lake City was 'approved Tuesday by the United ' States public health administration. administra-tion. Rep. Reva Beck Bosons (D.. lUtshl was informed by the federal fed-eral agency that the grant was earmarked for a new wing for i the hospital which would contain 35 beds. I I The remainder of the $336,000 I The American Mining Congress' j western metals convention Tues-1 j day took issue with the national ; I munitions board's stockpiling pro- I ! grsm for copper and zinc. After hearing a representstive I of the board explain that accelerat-j accelerat-j ed accumulation of those and other ! metals wss the aim of the administration, adminis-tration, congress members ap-I ap-I proved an "emergency resolution." f It claimed that there was now j j a shortage of copper and sine for j I essential defenae industries. And ! it urged thst sn adjustment be made tn the stockpiling progrsm I ( to assure fulfillment of defenae i ; needs snd to prevent curtailment I of vitsl war production. j I The Korean war. regarded by the , ! delegates ss a reason for tapering ' of on the stockpiling program to i ease the supply situstion, is seen ; by the munitions board ss a reason I for accelerating the program, j "Korea," ssid a message prepared pre-pared by Carl Rolle, stockpiling advisor to the board, snd resd by Coi. Earl Psyne, "underscores the need for accelerated stockpiling so ss to be certain we have what we need before we need It." j Message Highlights Highlights from ths message of ; the board were: I There is no Intention of slowing down stockpiling, much less to release material to relieve any shortage. The primary consideration In acquiring ac-quiring metala and other materials for the stockpile is not the Impact it might have on the industry but its contribution to national de- : is being rsised by the hospital ; board, according to James W. Col- lina, chairman. I First phsse of the expansion I program will be construction of : a new five-story south wing snd i remodeling of some parts of the j present hospitsl, Mr. Collins ssid. Plans for the new wing are ; being prepared by Lloyd McClena-j McClena-j han of the architectural firm of i Ware A McClenahan and are ex-! ex-! pected to be submitted to the ! board for approval early in September, Sep-tember, Mr. Collins ssid. Bids for the project will be sdvertised in October, he sdded, with construction starting as soon thereafter as possible. fense. While purchase allocations are not made primarily on a basis of supporting the HnKmli y: the board i is Interested in a strong, produc-I produc-I tlve and efficient domestic mining industry. i It is not the purpose of the I stockpiling progrsm to solve the economic problems of other countries. coun-tries. j- Predicated on Requirements Mr. Rolle's message ststed thst the purpose of the stockpile Is to protect ths wsr economy from breaking down for lack of materials mate-rials from sources which would be cut off. But the board doea not regard this as a war economy, even though we are in a shooting wsr. The size of the stockpile Is predicated on annual requirements (in sn all-out war) for military and war-supporting civilian needs for the probable duration of such a war aa measured sgsinat domestic do-mestic production plus Imports from sources which would probably prob-ably not be cut off. The board estimstes that for copper, domestic production would supply 75 of the need snd imports im-ports from available sources would supply another 20, leaving t I See Page I, Column 4 i The new south wing will contain con-tain a new pathologicsl laboratory, labora-tory, additional emergency and out-patient facilities, enlarged kitchen, cafeteria and dining room spsce, sn enlsrged X-rsy department depart-ment more admitting office apace and two floors of patients' rooms. Later it is planned to build a new north wing to be connected with the south wing with a central cen-tral atructure which will replace the original hospital building, Mr. Collins ssid. When completed, the expended hospital will contain 225 beds and will be about 200 feet across the front snd 50 feet deep. Metal Meet Denies Need To Speed Up Stockpiling meet the emergencies of an atomic age and the hazard of air and sub-! marine warfare, however. Important Impor-tant such reserves msy be to supplement sup-plement our domestic production in specific instance In time of peace. On incentive, the eongre declared de-clared Itself In favor of a "sound nstional mineral policy that will i furnish an incentive for prospect-. prospect-. Ing, exploration and the develop- ment of minea producing essential I minerals." J Thi inc'ude a "constructive tsx policy . . . and a tax revision that ! will make venture capital available i to the speculative endeavor of : prospecting and development of ; : new mines " I The congress ssid that In the ; interest of national security, the (government should at least "sf-I "sf-I ford domestic mine the ssme con-1 ! sideration and aaaistsnce It gives . to foreign propertie." & Continued from Page One j to be stockpiled. The same general picture applies to lead, with a , slightly larger percentage for Imports. Im-ports. The zinc estimste la 50 from domestic and 30 from imports. im-ports. The stockpile is nearing comple- i tion. according to the message, fori several materials, including lesd. antimony and bauxite. The value j of the existing stockpile is $1.500,-j 000.000 snd the gosl is (4.000.000,- I 000. About one-half billion dollars j worth of metal are on order. I leaving some (2.000.000,000 worth j still to be purchssed. j The industry claim to addition-1 al tariff protection was presented! by Paul B. Jessup, vice president of the Dsy Mines. Inc., Wallace,! Ida. The tariff, he said, is the' simplest and fairest method of protecting basic industries. Near-Critical Shortage Rep. Carl T. Durham (D., N. C.) chairman of the house armed service subcommittee on stockpil- ; ing, took the position that this i country should import and stock- i pile ail the acarce foreign pro- i duced materials we ran obtain and st the same time look after the i health of the domestic mining j industry. He advocated stockpile purchases to keep marginal mines ; open if the cost wss not unres- j sonsble. ss in the artificial 25 differential of the "Buy American'' Ameri-can'' set, granting of long-term contracts to producers of seriously j deficient msterials. ! The spesker expressed the opin- ' ion thst the stockpile administra- . tors hsd done a good job. although he' ssid our resources are not ! adequate for all-out war. "One thing the program lacks." he added, "is strong, centrslized au- : thority In one sgency." j An sppraisl of domestic sup-1 plies of strstegic minerals was piesented by David A. Baker, consulting con-sulting engineer of Reno, Nev. Hi conclusion wss that while we are not a "have not" nation, neither are we aelf-ufficient in many of the minerala that are vital during a military emergency. Several Observatlona Some of his observation on particular metals follow: Manganese Domestic production produc-tion fsr short of needs but country haa Urge low-grsde resources which can make It relatively self-sufficient. self-sufficient. However, there is much to be done before low-grade re-aervea re-aervea can be made ussble. Chromium Not a promising outlook for long-rsnge supply. Vanadium Wartime production rose to sbout 75 of requirements. require-ments. Large low-grade reserve exist which could be drawn on under military necessity. Molybdenum Stsnds out sa lloy metal of which U. S. has most abundant supply. Low Grade Reserve Tungsten Nation has relstively large low-grsde reserves but Industry In-dustry has been whittled down by low prices, tariff reductions, high opersting costs and unnecesssnly rigid specificstions. Cobalt Situstion improved by development of the Blsckbird district dis-trict in Idaho snd construction of refinery in Utah. Antimony Domestic production produc-tion almost entirely a by-product and supply situstion fsr from secure. Quicksilver Domestic production produc-tion at lowest ebb in many years. Estimated that three years time snd $300 per flask would be required re-quired to bring production back to level reached In World War II, Delegatea Tuesday approved two other resolutions affecting tariffs and incentive. View en Tariffs On tsrifls. the congress declared that "ore iiserves In foreign countries coun-tries cannot be depended upon to , |