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Show President Roosevelt Plans PlansMessage PlansMessage PlansMessage Message on Phosphate - WASHINOTOy WASHINGTON WABBINOTOII March Mbrch reh 1-'U1e 1 'U1e U1e 1-Tire Tire 1'U1eImportance 1Tireimportance I - ' TheImportance Importance of phosphates ph08phales to the thefood thefood thefood food supply is the subject wbject of a ai amessage amessage amessage i message the President is In I * plannIng planningto to send to U > congress toon soon soonfr soonMr toonMr Mr \fr fr ' \ RooMvelt Roo6eve1t Roosevelt told reporters reportera on onTuesda.y onTuesday onTuesday Tuesda.y Tuesday . he was studying .studying . the abortI abortage shortIage short abort Iage I age of phosphates and would pass passon passon on his Information Jnfonnatlon bo to the th * legisla leglela- leglela leglelators legislators - tors He added that the message messagewould messagewould messagewould leg1s1a1tors leg1s1a-1 leg1s1a 1 would propose no specific programOovemment programGovernment program programGovernment Government Oovemment research has ha * shown shownthat shownthat shownthat that ph phosphorus phorus Is a necessity neceMlty In InanImal inanimal Inanimal anImal human and plant nutri nutri- nutrition nutri- nutri nutrition nutrition - - tion and that m much ueh of the th * soil is isd isdeficient Isdeficient d deficient ficlent In this property The bulkoff bulkoff bulk | off the phosphate produced In 10 this - - - - - - country is used for fertilizer fertlI1zer al si although sithough although though it has come 60me some qualltlea qualities use usefuJ useful usefuj fuJ ful In 10 manufacture of munitionsShortly munitionsShortly munitions munitionsShortly Shortly before Mr MIr Ro eveltl Rooeevelt eveltlspoke Rooeeveltspoke Rooseveltspok spoke * Senator Pope (0) 0 ( D ) of Idaho Idahoahd Idahoahd Idahoahd ahd discussed phosphates with him himAfter himi After Arter the conference Pope Pop * said saidhe saidbe , , he would not be surprised aurprlsed if the thepresident the'president thepresident ' president . signed .signed an executive or order order der soon authorizing the Tennease Tennesse Tennessevalley Tennessevalley valley authority a.uthorlty authorlty . to conduct ex- ex experiments experiments ex experiments - periments with western phosphatesThe phosphatesme phosphates phosphatesThe The me senator who sought gov- gov government government gov government - ernment cooperation in the th * devel devel- development development development - opment of the phosphate beds beda in inIdahO inIdaho inIdaho IdahO Utah . , . Wyoming : and Mon Mon- Montana Montana Montana - tana said aaJd a drat drait dra.tt dratt . ! of an executive executiveorder executiveorder executiveorder order had been submitted subn11tted to Lhe the Lhepresident thepresident thpresident * president and that the th * latter had hadexpressed hadexpressed hadexpressed expressed conslderahl considerable * Interest ' The proposed order ordel ' he h * said sa1d , , , provided pro- pro provlded pro provided - vided vlded for Investigation tnvest1gatlbn tnvestigattbn of the th * feas- feas teas- teas feasablUty teasability teas-ability teas ability - ablUty ability of devcloplnr developl.ng developlng developing . the th * deposits depositsestimated depositseathnated depoaltsestimated estimated eathnated at 6,600 6600 6,500 6500 oJWOOOOOOO , , 000 000 tooa ton tons & . . Pope Pop * said hLs his primary loteTe-'t loteTe 't t Interest loteTe'twaa Interestwas Interestwas - ' waa was to obl obtain .1n 1n . cheap fertilizer " ' ' tor for torthe forthe forthe the farmerAn farmer fanner farmerAn fannerAn An estimated mUmated 90 0 per cent of the theremaining theremaining theremaining remaining phosphate phospha.te . supply In the theUnited t tUnited theUnited United State Sta.te6 State6 States . * Is embedded In tn to thesOlis thesoils the theoils sOlis soils oils of Utah . . . Idaho Wyoming and andMontana andMontana andMontana Montana moat most of It concentrated concentratedin In the Soda Springs area of east eastem eastern eastem em ern Idaho Ida.ho . The depoalts deposits underly underly- underlyIng underlying underlying - ing 2Q.8 2Q8 2Q 2UOOO . 000 acres constitute abOut about15 85 pefcent peaP'cent peaPcent per ' cent of the phosphate wealth wealthof wealthof wealthof of the worldRecognition worldRecognition world worldRecognition Recognition of this tact fact led laal last laalOctober lastOctober lastOctober October to a meeting in Pocatt'llo Pocattllo Pocatello Pocatt'lloIdaho PocatelloIdaho PocatelloIdaho ' Idaho where federal fl"deral flderal " and IItale state IItalerepresentatives staterepresentatives staterepresentatives representatives agreed to a long longrange longrange longrange range program of research re5e'Brch re5eBrch ' and u1 ul u1tlmate ultimate ultimate tlmate timate development of the four fourstate fourstate fourstate state resources t'eSOW'CeS teSOWCeS ' A permanent or organization organlzatlon organlzatlon ganization ganlzatlon among authorities of thf the thefour thefour > fOUT four states also was projectedOnly projectedOnly projected projectedOnly Only one plant Is nOl no ' " ' rerr con ccs-dally ccs dally ' " " . " " . ' - cla.1ly cla1ly cially . operatlngn operatingn In the region It ItIs Itis Itia Is located at Oonda Conda Ida eight eightmUes eightmiles elfhtmiles mUes miles north of Soda Springs a.nd and . a.ndthe andthe andth the * product products * mined are treated in inMontana InMontana inMontana Montana . . , Intel-mountain Intel mountain Intermount1n Intermountain - . & sponsors aponsoe sponsorshave aponsoehave sponsorshave have ought aought sought federal fe lna1 < aid In estab estab- - establ1shing establishing establishing lishing l1shing ' a eo prooessinc prooesa1ng processing plant near the thesite thesite thesite site of the ores to experiment In Inprepara inpreparation inpreparation prepara preparation tlon methods met.hoda methoda . and test wt teat pro productlon production productlon ductlon duction cocts costa costs |