Show sen introduces bill to back ickes plan to use bests metals the editor is in receipt of a press dispatch from washington washing ton that Is of vital importance to mine own rs and citizens of utah of a bill that will be introduced in congress by senator Ol fahoney of wyoming this week to speed up production of mineral resources essential to war particularly will it apply to small to undertake recovery of the strategic minerals and to en earr scourge them to undertake at once recovery of vital from low grade ores that have not up to this time been attractive to such industry in substance it means right here at home in III morgan and summit counties to my personal knowledge we can produce magnesium atu aluminum minum chromium manganese and copper from deposits now n 0 w known to exist and by process ses which the interior department has proved to be effective I 1 both secretary ickes and senator senai I 1 now adv advocate ecate establishment of government plants panta to work the low grade ores it if eriv itt at capital Is unwilling to cairel thal thai held and condemned the yasi pas plan of depending largely upon big established companies for tile the rc recovery covery of strategic and vital metals rather they would give evory encouragement to small private interests which if given government financial aid could add materially teri ally to the output of american minerals secretary Sec ickes has particularly stressed his belief that fabrication plants ants should be located close to raw materials both agree that all patents coveting covering processes for treatment of low grade erode ores should be made available Uval lable confidentially to the government eTil ment for the duration of the war the secretary maintaining eve hat the bureau of mines should have authority to study and aft these processes and map them hyal lable for the war period to new ers 0 who o may be induced to participate in the producing of war materials |