Show Western Republicans Pro Promising ising f Action for Mining Next Congress Republicans meeting in I Denyer i I Monday fonday promised the western ni tern Iner niner action the In In the next Congress Congress' on u establishment of ot the much much- I fined national minerals policy They defended existing quotas ion on lead zinc Imports And they said Raid the mining Industry of ot the lulled State would move ah ahead ad to 10 o new high ground with the end endor of or strikes In the Industry Dut flut l Democrats generally took an alt adverse view challenging administration ad ad- ministration spokesmen and ami Republican Re Re- publican congressmen to prove their contentions One prominent D Democrat Sen I James E. E Murray of Montana said he hadn't seen seen a glimmer of a national minerals policy after after atter af at- I ter sIx sir years of conversation I I He lie also took occasion to announce an an- an 1 I I ounce he ha would run for re election in 1960 I I Outlook Bright 1 Elmer F. F Dennett Bennett undersecretary underscore 1 I tary of the Interior told the tho American Mining contention con con- opening Monday that the department was aa supporting a a I I measure which would for the first time place in the department depart depart I ment mont the responsibility for the i I i development of programs to foster loster lost lost- er and encourage the wise and orderly development of the country's coun coun- I Itry's try's minerals resources resources I Terming it a II long step forward forward for for- ward Mr Bennett Dennett s said ld piecemeal piece piece- I meal mineral minerai policy of tho the past decade had be been n oriented largely either to wartime economy or national security requirements I Mr Bennett Dennett said that the outlook for for or mining is bright in the United United Uni- Uni ted ed States State US U.S. Sen Gordon Allott U U- Cole said In a prepared speech that tat pending legislation which which- h he ho initiated would service notice on oh on the world that It Is our turn Inn to maintain a sound Bound mining and mineral industry in in this country Ho lIo said saIl the legislation would have lave the tho torce forc of law In establishing es- es such a ar a policy What difference would my bill make maket he 10 asked If It the principle had been laid down before the lead lead- zinc excise proposal was waa presented present present- ed Id in 1957 would we not have ha been boell better better off oft off If if Congress had alread already decided th that t it was fed fed- oral etal duty in the national interest to encourage a II sound and stable and minerals industry industry in in- Sen Allot asked Promise Not Kept Sen Murray said however 1 that he has a se sense so of about establishment of ot polley T That at Is la due he said Bald to the fact that our domestic minerals producing Industries in many categories have been deteriorating 10 ing in recent years and SO some l of them are actually shut downAll down I I All this la occasioned by the I undeniable tact act that we have haye- no national minerals to guide our program program program-no no policy subscribed ed to by the Congress the exI ex ex- 1 j I branch braich of the government go laud the the thu mining industry itself For the past six years ears the executive branch has been promising Congress and tho the thoI I American people time and time again thai it w was on the verge of coming comings up with a II long range ranga policy den Sen en Murray urray said aid To date that promise has not been een kept and I J am unable to detect bluet even a flicker of real in in- erest in the eyes of those from whom such a program might be bex expected x pec ted he said The Montanan l Indicated that he would run rUA again again in in a asserting that bat next year and anil throughout n m It next term of office he lie would be e In the ot Df t the fight for forc c of ol such a II minerals polk Policy Needed I I He lie called for tor th the thu following for for- mul s Nationwide recognition at t all levels leveis and in au all branches branchell of t government that we must be beas bes as 3 s nearly self in rais orllis as In respect to those minerals of which the he US U.S. reduces produces produces produces- 40 O per cent or or more of ot need Import quotas be e Imposed at a level guaranteeIng guarantee guarantee- Ing UK dom domestic producers ot or each each mineral minerai at least as to maximum historic share of ot the American mar market et plus a II proportionate share hare of future con con- Increases Materials contained in the government gov st stockpile may be released ed only with congressional coD consent conS con sent and then OV over l' l a long period of time with consultation of ot Industry Rep Ed J also c castigated the Republicans all asserting that under the Truman I administration the domestic producer pro pro- ducer ducor of o 01 lea lead and z zinc nc had e en 0 I joyed a period of prosperity not known under the present admInIstration admin admIn- 1 I Today the United States Is S. dep dependent O on foreign sources source for about 75 per cent of ot Its lead sine I needs need a he said Compare this with the situation at the end end of ot World War II If The Tho Democrat asserted asserted as as- that the Interior Department Depart Depar ment meat had to follow administration administration tion lion policy In maintaining an op optimistic attitude to toward ard status o of I I I I I i tb the mining Industry even If It this this' attitude didn't reflect the facts J Get In Step j t t Stephen I. I L. L R. R Dem Dam governor of f Colorado told tol the tile welcoming luncheon at the tho the meeting that the Industry ought to top stop engaging i la gloomy survey of ot it its It past past and get in tep with the tho needs needa ot of the free free world and and competition com com- competition con com petition with the Soviet union First we need an nn Inventory p of the free worlds world's arsenal of I natural resources he said Second Sec Seo ond I firmly believe that our domestic mining Industry must work toward a quota production system for tor Its Ita own protection la Ia contrast to high tariff walls walla atthe ot oL the past Lik Likewise an unlimited uncontrolled tree free trade would cause havoc within the frea free world as well as within our ow own owl borders We mU t also recognize that reducing the American wage level to a degree where we could compete com corn pete with low Income foreign la labor labor la- la bor is s. s not only Inhuman but also Impractical And unrealistic The Tho governor who has been mentioned as as i a vice presidential hopeful on the Democratic side of the fence also called fot for a a aI I I commission made up of miners miner I processors and labor unions unions- In Inthe InI I the minerals field nelt to work as aa a unit in development of ot new marketa markets mar mar- keta and mines and preservation of existing properties i iI I I ln the tho day th heard J. J Roy Hoy Price of the office of oC I Civil Defense Mobilization predict pro pre pro pro- diet dict it would take at least another year before the comes omea up upI I with the answer to what meta metals and materials In its Ita seven seven-billion- doll dollar r stockpile would be sold I j II Robert W. W Tribune Bustness Bust DusI- ness Editor |