Show PROCLAMATION TION PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY DAY DAYA Com Conn Committee Committee directed to the House of Representatives A petition of or the flit on onVa Va Ways s 's and Means Ieans the llie Congressional delegation President Plc of and amI the of the Interior of Utah the Secretary State the United States by the citizens of the town of Park Vit City in the tIlt County Count of Summit in the State of Utah wish wih to eaU cull to your our attention that V We e respectfully in Utah and awl the nation has Jilts The file lead inc mining Riffling industry serious curtailment through the depression in prices suffered dumping of lead thud and zinc from low usage age foreign n caused by reduced the basis basic countries Employment has hab been seriously is seriously threatened nut and substantial suh tax of area economy our nt and schools loyal local government go income for mai maintenance of our related services has hus has been lost We in lit this thi American Community lire are just as liS dependent on mining as liS is any foreign mining urea arla for fOl American goods good taxes dollars we earn in mining all ull go or 01 savings which provide investment funds fund for new lIew or 01 expanded cd in industries We Ve e doubt that other than titan a small portion of money paid for foreign produced metals nit tills returns to the United States Hates The Government in iii pa pat past t years yent's has lute spent huge sums Burns of money our money subsidizing sub told and otherwise encouraging production pro of for foreign ign metals Now ow we se are faced with loss los of our of the till excess dumping through community of jobs lols decay our production stimulated in foreign countries ies h by our lilli own money I It It is Js expected that once the competitive balance of our tic domestic ill industry is destro destroyed cd hi higher Jacl prices will ill be hI paid pahl for metals than those necessary to maintain domestic nine lead mining Till The competitive balance of our domestic production is gravely cannot lannot long continue con coil threatened for even the mints mint's now operating to do so NO under tinder prel present prices Foreign governments lia hun have m devaluated their currencies imposed imposed im im- posed import rind and export controls iise used I monopolistic practices and und other devices far fur more serious in t their effect on Pit trade titan than any tra trade e control practices practice ever wr utilized by br our country We Me e therefore petition you while white thero there is yet time to save savo lead lead zinc mining to give full support to the tho sliding scale stabilization lead zinc lead zinc zino import tax provision of IIII AVe We Weare e eare are but a afew few of many litany so 80 affected and threatened but we humbly s seek k your serious consideration of this request The action requested in in this petition hu hits lias been approved ll by hy bythe hythe bythe the City Council of Park lark City and a as Mayor of the City 1 I l Marie Earle W lt declare ll Saturday slay May 23 3 1953 to be Preserve ve It Our Community Day flay in ill this im lur important HII of our city an are ulI urged to participate action and request favorable Congressional legislation for the preservation of the lead zinc lead industry |