Show Atlas Cuts Work Force For Stretch-Out Stretch Program ram offs Lay Is were made Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day at the Moab mill mm of Atlan At At- lan Ian Minerals with 30 men cut cutoff cutoff cutoff off from the force on an a a. the cross-the-board basis jing ing ng both oth salary and wage wagie earners The off lay according to Mr R. R F. F Hollis vice pres president 1 dent ent for milling became necessary necessary necessary essary due to the stretch stretch- lout out program under Atomic Energy Commission plans In a statement released Wednesday Mr Hollis said A decision has been made by Atlas Minerals to participate i pate In the Atomic Energy Commissions Commission's program program program pro pro- gram which calls for a reduction reduction reduction re re- re- re in the annual procurement procurement pro pro- of ot uranium conCEntrate concentrate concentrate con con- but provides for additional additional ad ad- purchases through 1970 Atlas Is now committed to long range participation in inthe inthe inthe the uranium Industry and will execute the with the shortly Encouragement Encourage Encourage- ment meat through a recent breakthrough breakthrough break break- through in nuclear power production costs contributed to Atlas' Atlas decision to embark en cn an extensive program Involving involVing In in- valuing exploration for tor expansion ex ex- of ore reserves and Improvement In metallurgical cal techniques However Mr Hollis continued con con- continued In order to bring production in line Une with the new program one section of the Moab mill mm will wm be shut shutdown shutdown shutdown down and the working force reduced by approximately twenty-five twenty per cent This will willbe willbe be the first general off lay-off at Moab since the mill mm started in 1956 The working force at the mill mm Is Js expected expected- to be maintained main main- maintained at persons if pos pos- sible This is the number re remaining remaining re re- after the present layoff |