Show c J 5 C Government 0 Officials ff I 5 Stress y N Need ed for Exploration Work exploration In to th the e States and Its Territories s for additional deposits of ot strategic stra metals and minerals vital vita Co to the national defense sho should shoal ld continue Unabated governments government officials s paid this UtI week national supplies of rail Trad zinc and cadmium an another and other r metals have Improved th the e present program grogram to discover ne new w 1 of or minerals must be In- In and not diminished rl ag agree They point out Until huge quantities of ot strategic materials are ate now being extracted ex Reacted and every effort must be b e made lInal to develop n new v sources o of ef f production The Importance of the minerals min orals als exploration lon Iora program was wa s emphasized In a Jo Joint nt statement t Iry Secretary at of the Interior Os Os- cat mr 1 L. L Chapman man Under tinder whom the Ute Defense Minerals Slon flon Is 13 an and Jess L Larson adminis tin tor 0 ol ot the Defense Materials Agency The Joint statement follows There have been significant changes for lor or the better In the national na na- lional supplies of nonferrous and amI strategic minerals partie particularly lead zinc and cadmium I have rhe These Improved conditions tb been m brought about by Increase increased ed cd production In some Instances and reduced consumption In others However exploration objectives lives tives are of considerably longer loner range than those associated with immediate rate s sup supply u p p ply 1 y problems While our primary effort eUort Is to insure mn e national security emphasis em should be bc placed on expanding ex future reserves of crit critical critical ical minerals for civilian as well as defense purposes Consequently a ai aA a aggressive e exploration program Is s fully lully Jus Jus- tilled Rifled The comparative slightly Improved conditions In supplies ol of some me metals should In Jn no way lessen establishment of reserves ol or critical minerals within our W t Wre ve are re extracting large quantities ol Ot strategic lc minerals in this country and we should try to k keep tP as much new ton mas mage nage coming In through ration as we exhaust for tor mill tary tart and extraordinary es The exploration program should be continued on present pres nt basis as s Ion long as pres amt nt c prevail The lEbe Defense Minerals Exploration ration Administration program tin tto aid o and nd promote the try fry ry nr m development in the Uni tell ted States and anA Territories of ot ad 1 deposits and minerals critically needed for national de Tense has already certified dis or development of eight le of strategic min tests These discoveries Ies or or r de do developments Include monazite a aNre rare fare earth ore which contains uranium sulphur tungsten strategic mIca and beryl |