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Show Page HIE 2 THE UTAH Friday. August 9r 1957 UTAH STATESMAN STATESMAN Weekly Newspaper Devoted te Good Goveiuroeat" 1IARRT B. MILLER, Publisher Phone EM (21 Church Street Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Oiiice at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate 31.00 per year Published weekly at 421 Church Street. Salt Lake Qty, Utah. A 49 NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, flo Comment it WASHINGTON The .. close division in Congress on basic issues provides fresh 1 evidence of the ieril of confronting industry from unwise .action in legislation. 1956 The principles of private enterprise often survive or are rejec-;e- d by 'the narowest of margins n either Senate or House. This situation is certain to continue during the remainder of the life of th 85th Congress. It could be changed by the electon next Congressman . LEAD AND ZINC Hearings on the administrations lead-zin- c bill, of which I am a sponsor, were completed before the House Ways and Means Committee this week and we are waiting anxiously for the verdict. While the Democratic controlled Committee took the occasion to give administration of witnesses a through gong over, I for one would not try to predict what action the committee is going to take. NO QUESTION There may be a difference of opinion, both considered and political, as to what steps should be taken to help the lead-ziindustry, but no one was heard to deny that its plight is owing to excessive foreign imports. This legislation would work toward restoring a reasonable balance between domestic and imported supplies by imposing a sliding scale of excise taxes on imported lead and zinc, with free trade" prevailing whenever prices rose to a point that the domestic industry can break even. It seems a reasonable enough request to nc from Washington lead ond zinc, and their families. But an even more serious enemy right now is time. Congress is becoming mighty restless and onca. the Civil Eights issue is settled, it will be hard to hold the lawmakers in session any longer. This means that even if the Ways and Means Committee gives our bill a quick nod of approval, there would be a tough fight to get it acted upon before next year. CANT WAIT At the hearing, proponents tried to impress upon the committee that there is real doubt whether much of the industry can survive until next year if help isnt forthcoming now. To quote myself, The question is not whether our American lead-zin- c the industry needs protection America whether question is needs and wants a domestic lead-ziindustry. Well see what answer we get. nc ACREAGE The Deof Agriculture has just partment Soil Bank reserve 1958 announced WHEAT program for winter wheat. The signup period will open August 26 and close October 4. Of the $500 million authorized by Congress for the Acreage Reserve, $178 million will be allocated to wheat, both spring and winter. A new provision of the soil bank me. Of TIMES A WASTING is that course, it opposed by school of thought which believes that we must not displease any of our foreign friends whatever it may cost our own people in this law, of course, is a $3,000 limitacase the producers and miners of tion to any one producer. SHEER Hill AFB will continue to be alh important and key defense ' cen- ye&r. ter and even more so because of One outstanding example of the the new Marquardt Ramjet close division in Congress is the Plant in Ogden and the rocket 208-2vote by which the House fuel, Thiokol Plant near Brigham of Representatives killed the $1.5 City. Each of these developments billion bill for federal aid for. portends i n c reasing payrolls, school construction. prosperity and progress for our This measure would have laun- - , state and people. ched the nation on a wholly new Ash Creek Project program under which the govern- - ; A dam providing irrigation ment in Washington would grow water and flood control would be bigger, and state and local' re- -' built with very little more cost sponsibility would shrink. than a bridge across the creek as It would have reversed the hisin the plans for a new highway. toric policy of the nation that the General Persons of the Corps of Federal Government should keep Army Engineers just told me that hands off the schools. if the law will allow them they The narrow margin by which it will provide part of the funds and was killed will serve to revive construct the dam. the issue next year with nationWool Laboratory wide preasure programs being inUtahs woolgrowers especially, augurated in an effort to win paswill be happy to know that USDA sage. will receive $990,000 for new THE HELLS CANYON FIGHT work in utilization research this Again, the close division in year. Officials expect to use part Congress was reflected in the acof these funds to construct and tion of the House Interior Comoperate a pilot plant for wool re- mittee in rejecting the Hells Cansearch in Albany California, Scidam bill by a vote of 4. entists will attempt to develope yon This was a clear cut contest becommercial methods for improv- tween private enterprise vs. sociaing wool characterists. Already listic construction and operation successful on test tube basis are a of a ces. huge hydroelectric shrinkproof process and other private enterprise survivedproject,a Colorado Storage Project by The Colorado Storage Project processes which make wool resi-ta- narrow margin. to moths and to the harmful budget of $25,142,000 has been' ap.Veteran members of, Congress proved. This is good news for effects of sun, storage, acid alkali professed amazement at the close Utah! Our enemies knew that and bleaching. vote. Licenses already had been their best chance to destroy the Packers Trade Practice Enforce- granted to a private corporation to oncstruct dams on the Snake project was to knock out the first ment committees Three House have for large appropriation. Happily River, to provide hydroelectric us, they failed. Since $4.8 million held hearings on my bill to return power and flood control. The has been earmarked for the Flam- to the Federal Trade Commission were granted under feding Gorge Project, this will assure the enforcement of unfair trade eral law, after long procedure and a good start for the Northern Utah practice laws in the meat packing court fights. The private corpordeation had spent large sums of Project as well as the Glen Can- industry. The USDA has not the staff for effective veloped inWe Dam. are our yon and construction already exerting For example, they have money fluence with the Burau of Rechad begun. lamation to request a supplemen- not issued a single cease and deBut the advocates of federal tal appropriation for the Vernal sist order involving the whole- construction blithely ignored arsaling or retailing of meat in the guments of the Project. sanctity of con- ' last 18 years. They have never tract or the of private Nauvoo To Utah primacy issued a cease and desist order to push for a billion-doll- ar enterprise After many hours of work and against a for the merchanfederal dam. conference I was pleased to ar- dizing of packer at food or nonThe fight is not over. range a flight commanded by food product. A companion bill NATURAL GAS BILL Action Major Jay Bachman of Hunts- by Senator Watkins has been apof House the Interstate Commerce ville, Utah, in a jet plane from proved by the Senate Judiciary on Committee the natural gas bill to Hill Air Force Committee. Our efforts are backed Nauvoo, Illinois, a private enterprise measure Base in Ogden. Major Bachman by 27 organizations, including attracted interest of observers of was one of the pilots who recent- Utah Catlemen, Utah WoolgrowCongressional voting. ly circulated the globe nonstop ers, Western Meat Packers, Nat- close This measure was approved by in an intercontinental bomber. He ional Fed., of independent Busiis the grandson of Utah handcart ness, National Milk Producers the committee by a vote of 3. pioneers. The flight was arranged Federation and others. I feel that A similar bill was approved two to launch the Ogden Pioneer the House Committee on Agricul- years ago by the same vote but Days celebration and was com- ture will support this legislation in the meantime there were 11 committee. pleted in approximately 111 min- in a slightly changed form and changes on the In this case, as in many others utes of flight time. It took Major that it has a good chance of pasinvolving the question of private Bachmans grandparents 111 days sing before the adjournment of enterprise vs. bige to push their handcart from Illgovernment, Congress. party lines were broken. inois to Ogden. The Washington The future of the natural gas Utah Society celebrated the 24th Laugh And The World Laughs bill, which would remove fedWith You with a picnic at one of the District parks and invited me to Jimmy Durante, one of the eral utility-typ- e regulation from the of natural gas is protection in The the entertainment theme of the talk greats speak. uncertain. It is the awaiting House praised generation of pion- world, played in Washington last eers who did not fear to risk and week. This event gave our office (Continued on page 4) sacrifice for the future they wan- staff an excuse for a staff night ted. The grim message of today's where we could enjoy each others first impuls was to cry because he age of speed atoms, jets and mis- company away from the bustle of was ugly. On second thought he siles also calls for a pioneering the Capitol. It was an interesting decided to laugh because he lookspirit of courage, risks and sacri- performance. While I recalled a ed so funny. The East-SiN. Y. fice. story read several years ago in toughies joined in a roar of Missile in Our Future which Jimmy related an incident laughter and said Aint he a real Good news for all Utah was the in his childhood that was perhaps guy. y word I recently received from the the turning point of his life. His Soon after the: adjournment, of Pentagon that Hill Air Force Base uncommonly large nose (schnoz-zola- ") Congress I will open an office in Ogden would soon become one could have made him into at Hotel Ben Lomand in Ogden. of the four or five key centers in an introverted recluse noted for It should be op4n by September the United States which would the first time that his big nose 3. During the recess I intend to service and supply guided mis- gave him a strange look. Upon be- visit with you in each of the 25 siles. This can only mean that ing taunted by the other boys his counties of the first district Henry Aldous Dixon Crisis In Lead-Zin- c Lead has dropped from 16c to 14c and zinc has fallen from 13c to 10c in about 10 weeks as a result of the termination of the Presidents barter and stockpiling program and a heavy influx of foreign metals which compete with our domestic mines and miners. This has been disastrous for Utah mines. In 1947, there was a total of 21 mines operating in the lead-ziindustry in Utah. This year there are only three major producers operating and possibly three or four minor operations functioning. The Administration has presented a bill which is intended to stabilize the industry. The Senate has completed hearings on the bill and the House hearings started August 1. The entire Utah delegation is working diligently with the White House and other members of Congress to put the program over before adjournment. There are so many free traders in Congress that we face a stif uphill ight, but we are determined that our supply of these crucial metals shall not rely on' the whimseys of foreign sour- 03 nc 16-1- nt . sese en-orcem- ent. 33, non-me- HSL SAVINGS 15-1- 33-m- an ... WEISFDILIL RAZDEI3 . de -- OF 86 Proof jaN'MOiu '56 WATEIflll AND FRAZIER DISTILLERY COMPANY, BA8DST0WN. KENTUCKY |