Show Federal Commission Opens Full Hearing on Plight of Zinc Lead The Park Record Is 1 Indebted to to tue 1 10 Washington DUTe Bureau u of the Deseret News for tor its ita fine coverage of f the hearing now being held in Washington on the plight of ot the zinc lead Industry W Washington Foreign metals purchases paid for lor by American Americana taX taC a dollars have helped put the domestic zinc lead miners out of business the US U.S. Tariff lon slon was told Tuesday Industry Plight The commission opened a full full- dress Iress hearing heating on the plight of the he nations nation's zinc lead Industry with Utah witnesses occupying keY ey roles The hearing is an outcome of ofa ofa a Senate Finance Committee resolution resolution res rca which held earlier recommendations have not relieved the industry and asked a further investigation investigation in in- of the situation In-I In I Key opening witnesses es included Included ed Senators Frank Moss and Walace Wainee Wai- Wai lace nee 1 F. F Bennett Dennett Miles P. P Romney Romney Rom Rom- ney Utah Mining Association mana manager and national chairman of f the Emergency Zinc Lead-Zinc committee committee com corn and Clark L. L Wilson vice ice president resident of the New Park MinIng MIn MIn- Ing ng Co All four painted a dim dun picture of f the domestic industry and al aU urged that some relief b be forth- forth coming Dim Picture Opposition testimony is expected to come from the bulk of f the 50 scheduled witnesses will come ome mainly from representatives of f large US U.S. firms with foreign metals holdings Sen Bennett Dennett told the commission commission commis- commis sion ion that in Utah alone there has been a decline of 13 per cent In lead ead and zinc production since quotas were Imposed In Sn October of 1958 He said the quota imposition helped some but still allowed so much Imports of metals that they only saved the domestic Industry from without alleviating allevi th the Injury He lie said that none of the Utah operations can function at a fit it because foreign imports have depressed the domestic market and added that Utah which are operating are are- dots dot Sh t only b because cause shutdown t e exp s 's 9 w be bo greater than th their tr pi n ent nt annual annual annual an an- nual it losses Bert Ben Moss said the tho domestic In Industry Industry Industry In- In was In its present plight bemuse because of the large quantity of cheaply mined foreign concentrates concentrates concentrates concen concen- which are being dumped on cm our shores He lIe said that In 1948 the Ut Utah mines employed about men mem By Dy 1958 the figure had dropped to 1006 1000 and last October was 95 It Is freely acknowledged tha that our domestic production cann cannot meet all our total needs he ho sateS About 30 per cent of our industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial consumption must come com from foreign sources |