Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-19 | Page 3 | Radium Question Being Discussed

RADIUM QUESTION BEING DISCUSSED Washington, Jan. 19 The house mines' committee today began hearings hear-ings regarding radium and economic questions involved in proposed legislation legis-lation for withdrawing from settlement settle-ment public lands containing radium producing ores. Advocates and opponents op-ponents of the Foster bill, prepared with the approval of the interior department, de-partment, were ready to give their views, and Chairman Foster of the committee expects that legislation along the lines of his bill will be expedited. ex-pedited. J. M Flannery of Pittsburg, interested inter-ested in the Colorado mines, heads a. deputation in opposition.