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Show Mining Policy I Rules Sough! ,3V Sen. Mass j WASHINGTON. D. C. !C Sr. Frank E. Moss (I-. (I-. iiah) Chairman of the K:2 subcommittee on mm ?Sf Materials and Fuels. today he would oo- nsor a bill which would l!iab!i' a national mining fnd minerals policy. 'principal sponsor of the is Senator Gordon Al- 'ott (R-Co!o.). lv-; The bill would establish 'at the Congress and Ferl-ar- ! Government recognize te;hat it is in' the national in-ior:rest in-ior:rest to develop an econ-mically econ-mically sound and stable omestic mining and min-isc:-als industry. His The bill also recognizes miie importance of the order-isc.v order-isc.v development of domestic ea-iineral resources and reserves re-serves necessary to assure ohatisfaction of industrial and Security' needs, and that Mining, mineral 'and metallurgical metal-lurgical research is neces-erjiry neces-erjiry to promote the wise ilind efficient use of our min-i. min-i. jal resources. "The Secretary of Interior Inter-ior would be called upon to carry out this policy in such programs as may be authorized author-ized by other laws," Senator Sena-tor Moss said. "For. this reason, rea-son, the Secretary would.be required to include in his annual report . to the Cc.fr-gress, Cc.fr-gress, a report on the state of the dometic mining and minerals industry, including, a statement of the trend in utilization and depletion of these resources. He will also make recommendations for needed legislative programs" pro-grams" Senator Moss said. |