Show NO suspension OF MINE I 1 WORK IS EXPECTED IN 37 As has been indicated before informed circles in washington and in the west are convinced that congress at the coming session willi will 1 refuse further to extend the moratorium t orl jum 0 on assessment ses work for mining girsas in claa claims A report from the capital attributed to E R Hagena Hagenah g hJ 1 best informed washington mining and mine legislation authority says indications aye that there will billj be no exemption of assessment asse s world work I 1 on mining claims by congress for 1936 37 as has been granted under the moratorium for the past six years exemption from assessment work was granted during depression years as an aid to small claim owners with recovery in general business it is now felt that these exemptions have served their purpose and that they should no longer be granted i it is generally conceded that exemptions have resulted in non 1 payment of assessments by corn com panics with the ability to pay them moreover hardship has been t placed on individuals who depend for a living upon assessment and mining work and it is felt that from one point of view mining development has been retarded I 1 exemption work should be performed before july 1 1937 unless the coming session of congress does see fit aitto to grant exemptions again |