Show washington N E W S I 1 X va orr 4 t FROM OUR congressman W WK K GRANGER c national cemeteries for our heroes last monday the house military affairs A feairs committee began consideration of the war departments proposal that 70 new national cemeteries be created and that the present 13 now existing be enlarged in order to provide suitable burial burg al grounds for our dead heroes of this war this proposal brought to focus the provision that the bodies of all men who have given their lives in this terrible conflict and who have been buried on foreign soil may be brot home for burial if the next of kin request such action in writing to the quartermaster general memorial Div division islon war department washington DC to those of us who have been living near the beautiful arlington national cemetery it is easy to understand the solace and comfort which comes to those who mourn the loss of loved ones when they are able to visit the graves located in beautifully well kept national shrines where only veterans vit erans erang may be buried the proposal further suggests that one national cemetery be located in the vicinity of each state capitol states densely populated will of cours have more than one cemetery if the complete proposal is accepted by congress geneva steel plant disposition of geneva steel plant is still very much in the news in washington and a matter of much c concern with the members of the utah congressional delegation our concern reflects the general attitude of the entire population of utah judging from communications received from every part of the state in addition to this the disposal of the geneva steel plant has become a question of concern to the users of steel on the pacific coast through kenneth T morris chair man western steel council representing 80 per cent of the purchasers of steel in the 11 western states western industrialists have thrown in effect an or else challenge at both the government and the steel makers taking the position n that cheaper chea pei steel is a necessity this majority group of pacific coast coa st steel buyers have announced that unless dunles 3 the government governa ent scaled down the he it original cost of the two western steel plants and unless private steel interests continued to operate them they would fairn a syndicate ot of western users to do the job |