Show mining men and war agency officials will confer in stimulation stimulate of production ot of critical metals for or the war effort and means of overcoming increasing labor shortages in the mines will be subjects to thorough consideration of metal mine operators when they gather at a two day war conference sponsored by the western division american mining congress at salt lake city monday and tuesday of 0 next week november 16 16 and 17 sessions ot the conference will be highlighted by addressees by major general lewis B hershey ot of the selective service system and brigadier general frank J mcsherry berry operations director of the war manpower commission on the all important topic of manpower tor for the mines the conference will be opened by mining congress congles s president howard 1 I young and the initial session will be devoted to consideration sider atlon of problems of metal production taking part in this session will be a number of officials including H W dodge assistant deputy director general of of industrial operations wllbur wilbur abelson mining branch adain admin intrator H 0 xing king chief of the copper branch bran cli W C page zinc branch erwin sang lead branch miles allies K X smith and andrew leith ferro alloys branch and richard J lund miscellaneous minerals branch I 1 at session on monday senator pat at mccarran ot of nevada will discuss outstanding problems of western mining the afternoon session will be devoted to consideration of strategic metal production bureau 0 of mines activities and the scrap program speakers are ex senator charles W henderson chairman of the and president of metals reserve company director R R sayers of the U S bureau of mines and 11 B D berger of salvage division other interesting and important subjects have been outlined I 1 for or monday evening and for or tuesday open discussions will be held on each subject discussed at the meetings it is hoped the conference will result in a ore thorough understanding betge between en war agency af officials ficiala and mine operators it U was stated |