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Show Rep. Wayne N. Aspinall, Interior chairman, have introduced, designed design-ed to stabilize lead and zinc prices through a flexible quota formula. Mr. King said he thinks the problem pro-blem can be corrected by quotas, but said he sees "little possibility" the president will use his executive authority to impose realistic quotas. quo-tas. "Three months ago," he said, "I participated in a conference with Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton on import quotas. The unremitting un-remitting plight of the lead and zinc producers showed the quota which had been fixed by executive order were not correcting the problem. "The Congressional delegation received Mr. Seaton' assurances that the quotas would be adjusted if the prices did not soon improve. But the quotas have not been tightened, tight-ened, and the prices have shown no improvement." DAVID S. KING RffORTS Rep. David S. King (D-Utah) Monday assailed the administration for its failure to tighten import quotas on lead and zinc by executive execu-tive order, and urged the Congress to enact legislation to tighten them before this session adjourns. Mr. King made his statement in the hearings which the House Committee Com-mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs Af-fairs is conducting on the plight of the sagging domestic lead and zinc mines. He urged that the committee favorably fa-vorably report the bill which he and |
