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Show MAY 30, 1953 THE JOURNAL 8 NEW TESTAMENT FOR THE NAVA JOS bills which would tend to restrict or entirely prevent importation of these vital metals. This is bunk and hokum. The American Metals Company speaks for the American Metals Company. Its concern is for its properties scattered throughout the world. This company received more in dividends from South African Mining companies than it listed as its operating income from wholly-owne- d operations. According to its own annual report of 1!52, it had 3210 employees in the United States and 5030 employees abroad most of them miners in Mexico. This is speaking not en lightened just good, self-intere- st self-intere- st old-fashion- of the American Bible Society accepts from Mrs. Karl Dalton in New York the manuscript of the first translation of the New Testament into the language of the Navajo Indians. Scholars have been working on the manuscript for 12 years. With this edition the Bible will have been translated into 1,144 dialects and languages. DR. EUGENE A. NIDA What They're Doing in Washington Statement of Representative protecting against the proposed William A. Dawson (R., Utah) be- join thousands of consumers of fore the House Committee on Ways these metals in all industries in and Means, May 15, 1053: abandoning homes they had bought Mr. Chairman: through the years. Now Park City I want to thank the members of looks derelict a ghost town, a this Committee for giving me the shadow of its former self. It's a opportunity of appearing in behalf deserted village. Stores are smothof H. R. 4201. The bill holds out the ered by debts because in lean times hope of health to a sick and dying they give so much credit. Water metal mining industry. The pro- and electric lines to houses have End tection the law provides for the been taken up or cut off zinc and lead miner is needed im- quote. That is Park City once-gremediately to relieve economic mishunproducer of vital strategic metals. ery in thousands of home in It is the same story in nearly evBut dreds of mining communities. still more important, this protec- ery lead-zin- c mining town in the tion is needed to maintain the pro- Nation. Almost a year ago now, this country in effect started to ductive capacity of this Nation. lead-zin- c mining indusI intend to keep this statement export its as brief as possible. But I also in- try. Unless early action is taken, tend to take this opportunity to we will never get it back. challenge some of the testimony Statement of Rep. William A. which has been presented during the past few weeks before this Dawson (R., Utah) May 15, 1053. Secretary of State John Foster Committee. Dulles also appeared before this Secretary of Interior Douglas committee: McKay in his testimony before this He made the following stateCommittee showed honest concern ment: for the present plight of the lead-zin- c The present Act (he refers to mining industry. But he ques- the present Reciprocal Trade Act) tioned whether it is of such a na- contains provisions which enable ture as to justify using the term special measures to be taken to ghost town in describing some of protect situations such as may exour communities. ist, for example, in relation to the I wish the secretary could visit lead and zinc industries. our mining towns. Or had time to What are these provisions that read my mail. Mr. Dulles cited as a ray of hope Let me tell the Committee about for the industry and its miners? Park City, Utah, which for more I have written him but as of this than half a century has poured its morning I have not received a rerich mineral deposits into the in- ply. 1 assume, however, he was redustrial bloodstream of the Na- ferring to the Peril Point Provition. It has one industry mining. sion in the present Act. This protection is at its maximum 2.55c It has one careTr employment miners. It has one type of plant per pound on lead and 2.1c per a mine. pound on zinc. That is not suffiPark City has been in trouble cient to alleviate the present cribefore. When industrial comsump-tio- n sis. At this time I also would like to of lead and zinc dropped to an opportunity of cautioning take nothing in the depression, the the committee against being mismines closed. But now consumption of these lead by certain lead-zin- c indusvital metals is at an e peak. spokesmen for the I teleto a Yet how has Park City fared since try. refer particularly gram I received from the American last June when foreign metals their production in some instances Metals Company of Illinois. And I subsidized by the U. S. taxpayer-br- oke as sure the same telegram was adthe lead-zin- c price? I quote dressed to members of the Coma typical letter this from Father mittee. After deliberately exaggerating Patrick Cullen of Park City. Since then it has been a long the effect the passage of H. R. 42!4 would have on the price of period of dire distress for families, the telegram states: We many of whom have moved away, ... ed self-intere- st. During the course of the long hearings on this bill, the Chairman, Honorable Dan Reed of New York, This has made the statement did become not country great by has done its It payrolls. exporting that and more in the case of the lead-zin- c industry. For here not only a payroll is involved. A continuation of the present law means that a vital strategic metal producing industry has been exported. Along with it goes our airplane plants, our armament factories, our bearing shops. For they in effect become as scattered throughout the world as the raw material producing industries upon which they depend. The present law offers no relief to a very sick industry. Its future rests in the hands of Congress, and as a member I don't intend to stand idly by and see it pass out of Atomic-Ey- e View at self-designat- c, . . . Dixie Negro Wins the organizations, of the people the United States suffered a $55 million dollar defeat in the House this week. By five votes, those favoring federal handouts, continued inflation andor higher taxes beat us after a lengthy debate in the large farm farmers and House. BENSONS BUDGET . . . Secy. Benson asked for $140 million for the Conservation Agricultural Program. This money is used to help farmers defray costly permanent soil conservation practices which benefit the Nation as a whole. What it did not include were federal funds which in the past have been dribbled out to farmers for doing what good farmers would do that is, apply fertilizer to increase crop yields. DR. RUFUS E. CLEMENT, 52, presi- ... dent of Atlanta (Ga.) University, LIMESTONE LOBBY The is the first Negro to win a major limestone lobby moved in. In a con- office over a white opponent in fidential letter to limestone pro- Atlanta, since the Reconstruction lie won a seat on the citys ducers, their lobbyist said that un- period. Board of Education by an 8,000-vo- te less the government continued the majority. Dr. Clement defertilizer program the industry it- clared: It proves that the people self would have to get out and of the South are far ahead of what (International) sell limestone to the farmers. some think. were bombarded Congressmen News About Folks in with letters, most of them instigated not by the farmer but by CLEARFIELD those who directly benefit from Dorothy White the expenditure the special limeCorrespondent stone producers. Phone: 0406-J- 1 ITS UNFAIR . . . The give-awa- y program pays the farmer part of the cost of adding limestone to his soil. Less than o0 of our farmers participate at all and, of these who do participate, half of them receive less than $GO from the program. The industry, of course, gets $55 million in government money. ... Our FARMERS AGAINST independent farmers are against the program on principle and anyone who suggested to them that they would sell their vote for a $50 government handout would probably get a well merited sock on the jaw. For if you are going to use taxpayer funds to pay part of the cost of operating a farm, where should the program stop? A dance was held at the First ward for the Primary youngsters as an end of the nine mouth seasons lesson period. Primary will start at 10:30 a.m. beginning next Tuesday in this ward. Summer activities will begin then. Mrs. Bessie Stevens, assisted in the dancing last Tuesday when she brought a square dance group from her sixth grade class at Wasatch school to demonstrate for the rest of the children. A treat was served following the fun. Jimmy and Janine Clark, children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark have been confined at home this week with measles. Jimmy however made it back to school in time for farewell activities. A flash fire from burning grease caused painful superficial burns on the writing hand of this correspondent this week. Although there was no serious damage done it was maddening to have to clean a newly decorated ceiling and new cabinet in the half way remodeled kitchen before they had hardly been used. . . Under should this theory, a grocer get The store. his for paid painting government should pay part of the cost of transportation for the copper miner. These items are part of the cost of earning a living and under the limestone theory, they should be subsidized. The governMiss Cleone Wheeler will be the ment would just take your salary check, take off a percentage for speaker at First ward this coming administration and give part of Sunday when she will relate some of her experiences while in the what was left back to you. East German LDS mission. She THE RESULT . . . Now unless recently returned from there. While the Senate takes action, Secy. Ben- in Germany she spent 17 months in son will be required by Congress Berlin, four in Hanover and four to spend $55 million next year for in Kiel. On her way home she a program opposed by the Utah toured Italy, Switzerland and Farm Bureau, the American Farm France with a stopover of a few Bureau and the National Grange, hours in England. Since her reand by almost all farmers except turn home she has already been those relatively few who because set apart as the Activity counselor of a large and profitable operation in the Young Ladies Mutual of the can use enough lime to qualify for ward with Mrs. Ross Sanders as the maximum handout of $2,500 president and Jane Stringham as from the government. the other counselor. MONEY FOR ALL . ... ed all-tim- lead-zin- Secy, of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, the BY FIVE VOTES mobile cannon, reportedly capable of firing shells with atomic warheads, goes on display for New Yorkers at Battery Park as part of the citys THE ARMY'S 280-m- m observance of Armed Forces week. W. J. Powers Jr., is dwarfed by the huge barrel of the (International) weapon. 80-t- on THE DANGER It is prolike which this the threaten grams existence of legitimate soil conservation projects which the government should help sponsor. On the basis of this indefensible example of federal giveaway, the farmers enemies and the uniformed can attack the legitimate aid he deserves to receive for projects which preserve the soil in the national interest. Speakers at First ward last Sunday were the seminary graduates from the John R. Barnes seminary who are members of the ward. They include Ruth Anne Wood, Lewis Ipsen and Anita Larsen. Rulon Van Orden was sustained as assistant ward chorister in First ward last Sunday with Anita Larsen as assistant organist and Rachel Larsen as president of the choir. |