Show Weller Urges Congress to Hold Uranium Hearings Grand Junction Jum on Special Special Special- The Uranium Institute of ot America Amer Amer- Ica ca through Its executive vice president Gordon Weller this week will Urge Congress to hold extensive hearings to fully review review review re re- the million a view year raw materials program of the Atomic Energy Commission Weller Welter will wUl make the request of Joint congressional com corns on atomic em energy he testifies b before tore that body's annual Section Hearings In Washington DC nc on Thursday March 2 In ant article carried In the February edition of the Atomic Age Magazine the Institutes Institute's official publication Weller declared de do I Glared that Congress has hag tailed failed to perform Us its normal ch reign check function In the regular regular reg reg- I ular utaI review of the raw materials program of the Atomic Energy Commission He Ita noted that In Inthe Inthe Inthe the past 10 years approximately approximate approximate- ly three and a quarter q billion dollars has b been en spent for uranium uranium uranium ura ura- by the American er or Yet he said we have record record record re re- cord of only one hearing which provided a review of the adminIstration administration admin admin- of the procurement program In the article based on a portion portion portion por por- tion of Welters Welter's prepared testis testimony mony before the Joint committee commit commit- tee tN he pointed out that the small uranium miner In AmerIca America America Amer Amer- ica Is b being forced out of busIness business bus buss iness Hess under an adminis administrative philosophy which seems to be Intent upon repealing the basic laws of mining econom ics fear Miners he noted are being plagued with market limitation announcements requirements for reports on reserves rec al based upon revised criteria by wl which ch those reserves are to be determined tax Interpretations interpretations Inter inter- tragically distorted Information concerning mine h health alth conditions and consequent cones conse- quent regulations |