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Show ' PAGE t It) K'DAT.APECBMBgk ilt Production of Steel Plates At iri1944 Geneva Expected Early -1 ; (Continued from Fae One)! need Was set at 96,000.000 tone. leaving & 13,000,000 ton deficit to oe Lmet by increased production from existing plants, or new prod uction from piants to be built.? : The - government authoritie acting: through the Defense Plant Corporation began to consider the location of a large integrated steel plant to serve the Pacific coast, he. said. The suitability of Utah coals for coking and Utah iron ore for reduction-had already been demonstrated,: as was their avail ability.. It remained only for the government Authorities to select a sita '.for the proposed plant.', To solve -this problem -the office of production management called up on the-United States Steel corporation corpor-ation to submit a plan. This was completed on May 8, 1941, and subsequently numerous other plans, some of which included provisions for the erection of all or part of the Iron and steel works units on the Pacific coast, were submitted. Finally, it was decided that all the proposed facilities except a steel foundry at Pittsburg, Cal., should be lo cated in Utah. Traces Development- Mr. Mathesiua continuing - to trace the history of the Geneva development, recalled that in mak ing the selection of a sitef the choice fell to the Frovo area, first because of the plentiful water supply assured by the Deer Creek project; second, the proximity of the sources of raw material; third, shipping facilities and the advant age of being approximately equid istant, in terms of freight rates from the Los Angeles, San Francisco Fran-cisco and Portland-Seattle indus trial areas?' - i ne government asxea mat a plant be built at Geneva, capable of , producing 700,000 tons of plates and 200.000 tons of structural shapes, billjeta and rounds. The transfer of the idle blast furnace at Joliet, HI. to the Ironton plant was also requested to provide an additional source of merchant pig iron to tne Pacific coast users, said Mr. Matheaius. Contracts for the erection of the plant Were then let to the.U. S. Steel corporation, and its sub sidiary, the Columbia Steel company com-pany -and its newly established defense plant division, with E. M. Barber in charge as vice president, Compliments Workers- - Mr. Mathesiua paid tribute ! to the quality of workmanship furnished fur-nished in the construction of the plant, recruited from nearby Utah communities. He stated that eventually, when the Utah properties prop-erties reach full production,, a force of 6000 men win be required, 5000- at Geneva. "It is our desire to recruit the greater part of these men, locally local-ly and we intend to offer employ ment to all capable men here who are willing to train with us for tne joos to be rilled." he said. Speaking in a humorous vein, he said that he had noticed in checking over the applications, that everybody wants to be bosses. "We need both kinds," he said, "the bosses and those who are willing to be bossed.? Answering questions as to when production will start Mr. Ma thesiua pointed out that the start-J ing oi a steel plant is a gradual process, starting with testing out various units of the plant. He said he expected the first steel will be produced during the first quarter quar-ter of 1944, ready for delivery during the second quarter. Congressman Pleased-Congressman Pleased-Congressman Robinson who was able to attend because of an unexpected un-expected trip to Utah from Chicago, Chi-cago, expressed his satisfaction that the huge steel expansion development de-velopment was brought to Utah and Provo and complimented local businessmen and civic. leaders for the part they - played in bringing about its location here. He paid tribute to the fine cooperation shown by the Defense Plant Cooperation Co-operation and other governmental agencies, in solving many of the problems arising during the con-: structlon. He spoke highly of the fine work of Mr. Hickey, who purchased the 1600 acres comprising the site with a minimum of friction and trouble. He expressed confidence that the plant will find a ready market for its products under private management after the war and said there is no question of the permanency of the industry in this area. Mayor Extends Welcome-Mayor Welcome-Mayor Harding presented facts and figures showing the marvelous marvel-ous natural wealth which exists in Utah and expressed the hope that the men who have come her to operate the plan will feel at home in Provo and find it possible pos-sible to make their permanent homes in this vicinity. He extended a warm welcome to all the executives ex-ecutives and pledged the cooperation cooper-ation of the city: officials in the solution of any problem that might arise. Mr. Bird who presided pointed to the vast transformation which has taken place in Provo and other Utah county cities since the beginning be-ginning of construction at Geneva. Gen-eva. He joined in extending a warm welcome to all the ex ecutives who have come here to accept positions at the Geneva plant. Copies of "Provo-the Pioneer Mormon City," written by the WPA writers' project, were distributed" dis-tributed" to an the guests by the f , -r-'v - ? v. .- n R. G. GLASS. Vice President and Manager of - Operations . . N '- - Mrf I ' 4 I &?fi - ; ,u i Jv W (f i J. WOHLrWEND, Treasurer FVil xVS &1f -r.v i ' '1 ',i m J. E. BUTLER, Comptroller Jensen Returns From Conference Dean Christen Jensen, of Brig ham Young university graduate school, represented B. Y. U. at tne regional conference of tne Hu manities in American Educational Institutions, held in Denver, Colo rado, December 3, 4 and o at the Cosmopolitan hotel. Dean Jensen served on the fol lowing committees while in at tendance: General conference com mittee, steering committee; and nomination committee as well as working on the committee on administrative ad-ministrative and organizational problems in the humanities. He was also a member of the sub-committee which drafted the report of this committee. There were 66 delegates from nine states in attendance. Sup cr-Dombc-r VIN End Vcr, Airman Dc-Iieve, Ending IsoTotionlsm Era By THOMAS M. JOXIXSOX ' , NBA Military; Writer WASHINGTON The. key, to final victory in this war, ."and -to world - relationships-: . afterward, may - b" t America's' r.iiev; super-bomber super-bomber squadrons of which, al ready; are rehearsing blows such as never have been struck before. These huge planes can . travel such , distances- with ; such huge loads. that global strategy and even statesmanship are likely to depend on who possesses the most and best of them, Airmen believe that the heavy bomber simply will Stop That i ; COUGH! Hake tbl SSe K Risk Taut. I . Try it for BUef f Coach asd CoW Dlsrsnforta. ; Get st 25c Bottle of MENTHO LYPTUS Cough Syrup Btmunbtr It muit hIp your couth or your moo7 wul t rf uodtd. PROVO DRUG CO! ts Worth ctT. a. now se chamber of commerce, and Provo city. Vocal numbers were sung during dur-ing the evening by Mrs. Doyle Dastrup. with Byron Jensen, ac com pan is t. The list of executives who were guests at the dinner follows: Walter-Mathesiua. president; R. G. Glass, vice president and man ager of operations; J. R. Gregory, vice president and general man ager of sales; J. Wohlwend, treasurer; treas-urer; J, E. Butler, comptroller; Merrill Russell, secretary and gen eral attorney: Peer D. Nielsen, general superintendent; H. M Paschbach, traffic manager; W. C. Conover, manager industrial re lation; C. G. Strote, purchasing agent; A. E. Terry, superintend ent coke plant: J. M. Stapleton, superintendent blast furnaces; E R. Richards, superintendent open heart: R. VV. Graham, superin tendent roiling mills; E. W. Dun can, superintendent maintenance shops, transportation and utilities; R. M. Gcrmpn, assistant comptroller; comp-troller; C. T. Spivey, superintendent superintend-ent industrial relations: J. P. Wil liams, plant industrial engineer; C. L. Waggoner, superintendent raw materials: R. C. Talbott, plant engineer; C. E. Reardon, super intendent metallurgical, chemical and inspection department; C. R Barrum, superintendent produc tion planning: Max C. Scheme, superintendent stone quarries. " ACHGS-PAinO . FqrQalek Helicf ii 3i Christmas Plans For Soldier Boys Extensive Christmas plans are being mapped for the service men at Camp Williams and Camp Pfeasant Grove by . the American Red Cross camp' and .hospital council coun-cil of Utah county. . Christmas trees with lights and decorations, a v variety show, holiday decorations decor-ations and Christmas parties will be . furnished to give these boys away from home the happiness and entertainment consistent with the Yule season. Mrs. J. E. Goates, council chair man, announced that all civic and service clubs, and community organizations or-ganizations are makng donations through their memberships for this purpose, although a large part of the money will come directly from the Utah county Red Cross chap ter. No other solicitations of any kind, such as house-to-house can vassing, is being sponsored by the local chapter. The county, committees, com posed of representatives of all civic organizations in the local area, functions at the request of the military through the field directors di-rectors of the Red Cross attached to eacn camp or hospital. Forum'n Agin'em Asks Fair Play For Japanese-Americans Editor Herald: I do not think the fact that Mr. R. R. Johnson of Springville is un aware of the facts should be allowed al-lowed to excuse him from his noisy harangue on the Japanese- American situation. The American sense of fair play should have pre vented him from being- so unjust. Mr. Johnson says' that no other group has been more immune to the tragedies of war than have the Americans of Japanese origin. I wonder if Mr. Johnson has enough ImagteaOOn tO know wnatj It means to nave to seu nur-ridly nur-ridly and often" for only fraction of their value - homes, farmp, businesses, and everything hat cannot be carried in one suitcase, and be transported off in the des ert to a government camp. I wonder won-der if he has ever been in a relocation relo-cation center to see what a drab and ephemeral life is inevitable m mieh a. nlace. I wonder if he real ly has taken time to get acquaint ed with the prooiems ox uw -American citizen of Japanese an-cestory. an-cestory. Until he has. he need not speak of Immunity to tne tragedies trag-edies of war time. That little remark about "fat bank rolls" is most unjust. Those of us who received invaluable aid from the Japanese Americans in harvesting our crops can tell a dif ferent storv. They came to our farms when we could not get help. They worked for relatively low farm waees while the men we reg ularly employed were making big wages in war industry or were in the armed services. We learned to appreciate them; many of us who had not taken the trouble to distinguish between the Japanese who we are fighting and the American citizen of Japanese descent des-cent soon felt ashamed of ourselves our-selves when we came in close contact con-tact with them, received their assistance, as-sistance, and learned some of their problems. I should like to point out to Mr. Johnson that the only reason these people are not in Industry is thati industry will not allow it. We do not give these people a chance to show their loyalty. The only reason that they are not on the farms producing food is that they were forced to leave them. They would like to show their loyalty by working in industry, on the farms, and by serving In the armed forces; but they are not given a chance. Certainly a sense of "fair play should prevent anyone any-one from blaming them for not doing what they are given no chance to do. That little remark about votes and the W. R. A. is too insane to deserve comment. Personally am grateful that- the W. R .A. has had courage enough to be un influenced by men of Mr. John son's stamp. Furthermore a man who would make such an unjust attack need not talk about con trlbutlon to American culture and degredation to the community. ..... LEONARD WILLIAM RICE not permit any nation to return to isolationism after this war.' It will r shrink this -globe to the size of --w baseball,; - - Already: say the airmen, these compng events cast their shadows before. The Allies are. winning the n war through three ; factors; Rusfjlan manpower, British-American? seapower. .and American-British-Russian air-power. In the phage now approaching, the last will- be decisive. - Already ' air-power air-power has enabled us first to defend de-fend our coasts and -Australia's against Japan, then to penetrate her 5 outposts, 'while -weakening German industry and! morale, crushing Italy and menacing the Balkans. Loads Already Increased We have proven the terrific power of daylight bombing, with an incredibly accurate bombsight and' by the world's, best heavy bombers. The Fortresses! and Liberators Lib-erators re being so equipped for extra winter loads that, though they may fly less, they will bomb more. They will be escorted unprecedented un-precedented distances by long-range long-range fighters'. And their bases are edging ever closer) to Germanyas Ger-manyas are those of the Russian air force. But soon, too, these giants will be . dwarfed 'to medium size. They may even, become, as General Arnold Ar-nold has said, "the last of the 'small' bombers." Right now preparations' prep-arations' are being made for an event' to . occur : probably; early In 1944 which all. airmen await " in awed suspense the first attack of the B129. Attack, not raid,' Is the word for the B-29 is our new super-bomber unequalled in the world. It is more heavily armored and armed than any other plane. It can carry a heavier load higher and faster and much farther. It can, on official word, "carry half a carload of bombs across the Atlantic and return without stop." So we may launch this thunderbolt thunder-bolt from Newfoundland against Berlin, or from Midway, .Hawaii, the Aleutians or Alaska" against Tokyo, and boomerang-like, it will return to be launched again. It will need special runways,, supply and maintenance facilities, but those can be provided even while the inevitable "bugs" are being worked out of a mechanism so vast. i Trend Now Recognized i, Airmen believe the great new bombers will bring a new era in global strategy which must reckon reck-on with wars that come winging from continent to continent, without with-out warning. For any power with enough super-bombers and bases, and enough gas. oil and industry to sustain them, can attack virtually vir-tually any other power with a suddenness and devastation to make an old-style "raid" resemble resem-ble : a squibbing firecracker. Global strategy, which formerly pivoted upon sea-power, soon will Red Cross Surgical Dressings Report pivot, primarily upon air-power. Increasingly, naval warfare alms at seizing sir-fields. The Array says DfficisJly:-This gaining, of air superiority is the first require ment for success in any major land operation." That shows the trend, but not the eventuality, Presently one nation may crush another through the air entirely. without movine a shin bv sea. or a soldier by land. Or, it may In- j vaae Dy air as uermany aid m Crete and we did in New Guinea. Planes the size of the B-29 will make Iceland, the Azores. Natal and Dakar even more potentially Ji aangerous to us man ever, it was with the B-29 in mind that our airmen and even our President warned of this, and were hooted by Isolationists. But after the B-29, there win come other bombers 1 that will skip Iceland and the rest as an express skips local stops. Then Vladivostok and Tokyo may be! as dangerous to us as in a few weeks Newfoundland will be to Berlin, or Alaska to Tokyo. Dally report of Red Cross sur gical dressing bandages produc tion, submitted by Mrs. L. F. Moore, director: Total producion to date.. 14,270 Tuesday production ....... 2,800 Work Booms at Armory Tuesdays and Thursdays. 9 to 11:30 a. m. Monday through Friday, 2 to ; T:30 to 10. low Is The Time To Raise Heat Chickens For Extra Profit Meat animals of all ' kinds are being 1 marketed at an unprecedented rate. Very few chicks have been brooded brood-ed this fall because of uncertain un-certain feed supplies. Meat will be scarce again by February. 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