Show N National Lona Long Range Mineral Policy Needed Uncle Sam needs a new breed breM of 01 men pro prospecting for gold back In In them thaY according to Rep Hep AI Al Ullman Ore IVOre whose state Is Is' Is celebrating the centennial centen centen- centennial nial of its birth Hep Walter S. S Daring Baring D Nev a agrees rles His state l is celebrating the looth anniversary ary of the ComMock Comstock Com stock Mock lode the all time lime great silver sil sil- ver tr strike i The prospector is ts d dead ad ada ai a a It dodo In this country Ullman told a House e mining tie he tie because the ht ITS tu metals market market mar mar- ket has has' been breI taken Bier o over r b by foreign for sign eign Importers Importer We Re I no Joll longer er have hae prospectors prospectors tors In the hills because we provide pro vide no Incentive for them We must provide some Ome Incentive to mining men It If the nation is to have any metals mining Industry left Ullman eald Industry Is Sick Periodically Congress takes a alook alook alook look at the sick dom domestic mining Industry n But nt t for tor bra a a decade It has failed to approve approve any major mining leg leg- Meanwhile domestic minIng mining min min- ing Is contracting a at an accelerated hd rate US U.S. miners were 1 i strong In 1919 There are only ly today And nd today if of the minerals workers worker t miners at all They are ate workers In the nations nation's oil and andI I IS II gas fields Petroleum Is the only I extractive Industry to create new Lob bobs In recent yeara ears earB I This year having met nut defeat old on le legislation HO so often mining mining- stale congressmen are attacking ft rOw the he problem from front a new all angle ll j i TIll il aiu li lu get rr to tu t spell pell out lut a national long ral Ils policy polly C Once committed to such a policy policy policy pol pol- icy they reason Congress Is more morl likely loo support programs to Implement Im in- It Holds Hearings I So the mining subcommittee of the House Interior Committee 1 It 1 held harln hearings s on resolutions by Committee Chairman Wayne Wayno N N. IU Colo eight other i congressmen 1 providing for such sucha Ia a policy The 1111 subcommittee bom III It I 10 I. I Alam r C Powell lol eli ll I also I Is ii sponsoring ji di r l' resolution e ell s n 0 I 1 u uti t I o 0 n II Powell lowell explained T rile e closest 1 1 had bail been blen tb to a mine mile Is the NewYork New New- NewYork York YOlk City subways subway's before tal tak- tak I Ipg over ovel the subcommittee chairmanship chair hair manship in January it t has been beena a 11 great ret education tl tp me ale he said saidI I 1 have found that the domestic mining Industry Is being strangled ed t by foreign Imports Sense of Congress Congress' The resolutions state that It ItIs ItIs itis Is In the national Interest for the United States not to become critically critically crit crit- dependent on oa f tor reign foreign o el g n Mi 1 ao qt 41 supply or 01 on a national P e. O l 1 minerals erali stock pile and and that It Is le lee th 1 e sense of Congress tha u t the federal go government 1 o foster fos tos ter and encourage the aiice aue uce of t ta s a a sound Bound domestic mining g gl industry l ll the the oror etly discovery ri and development of domestic reserves re reserves re- re serves and mining inking research It requests the tle President to to review review re reo view existing federal pr program Tt n to promote dom sUc lh mining production production pro pro- and to recommend It legislation legU legis gh lation n nel ary TO f carry arry e objectives outlined In the resolution tion I Similar Similar resolutions have befit Introduced In the Senate by Chairman James Jam M Murray 11 I- I Mont Cont of the Senate enate Interior Committee and by Sen G Gordon Cordon Allott IM Allott spelled out outa a n national minerals policy approach approach ap ap- to the American Minla ingress Sept 23 teaton aton In Favor Interior Secretary Fred A A. Seaton Seaton Sea Sea- ton Is 11 wholeheartedly In favor of such an ap approach after trying trying- unsuccessfully to sell two major malot ma ma- jor lot mineral proposals Jo 0 Congress during the th past 1 ast two years Seaton told a recent press con rOD ft fence fence- If Con Congress rl's will III spell lIell out what the goal gal Is supposed to tobee tobi bi bee f then thep perhaps we can get Iet a a III gram that Congress will pass pass There really isn't much point In my sending Bending another program up tilt tH year unless 1 just just want to to crown futility But Dut the industry wonders whether It can cat watt for Congress to make makeup up It mind ona on ona a l range long minerals policy So legislation is being 1 pushed in this C Congress as 88 before to try to remedy problems Th various segments segments seg seg- I ments of ot the he Industry Already two to measures pertaining to coal and aDd ai d have bave re received elvod some Bome action action action- |