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Washington, D. C, Feb. 12. Sen
ator Rufus Holman has introduced
a bill creating the office of mineral
production administrator as a divi
sion of the department of the inter
ior. With the approval of the in
terior secretary, and when such ac
tion is deemed advisable in the in
terest of successful prosecution of
wars in which the United States is
now engaged, the administrator is
authorized to subsidize the mining,
production, refining or beneficiation
of any strategic mineral or critical
metal by any person engaged in the
operating of a mining property which
cannot be operated with a reason
able profit without a subsidy.
Introduction of the measure was
caused by the delay of the Defense
Plant corporation in assisting in the
production of metals required for the
war, such as chromite, copper, zinc, ,
etc. The senator says that inasmuch
as the government is neglecting to
increase the metals, and outside
sources are being cut off by Japanese
activity, he believes' a complete new
set-up should be etablished. If en
acted, the measure would be of im
mense value to the mining industry
of the. far west where there are
many properties which cannot pro-
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duce metals at current price ceil
ings. An Oregon man has written to the
war department inquiring whether
the department is in the market for
shark oil. He explained that shark
oil does not freeze and that it might
be a good thing in the motor of
bombers which fly several miles
high where the temperature is far
below zero. The war department
was not interested; told him to in
quire elsewhere.
Answering complaints of a short
age of agricultural labor in Oregon,
head of the selective service denies
that it is due to farm boys being
drafted. Making a survey of Des- '
chutes, Umatilla, Multnomah and
other counties, General Hershey
shows that about 10 percent of the
young men inducted into the ser
vice have had some agricultural con
nection. He attributes the shortage
to the high wages paid in shipyards
and other war industries and to vol
untary enlistments. He gives it as
his opinion that there is still all
the farm labor necessary in Oregon
if wages are right. To attract labor
to the farms, he declares, there
should be a minimum wage of $50
a month and "found."
Unless office of civilian defense
change its rule there is not a com
munity in the northwest to which
fire equipment will be allocated for
extinguishing incendiary bombs if
the population is less than 5000.
Starting at 5000, the larger the city
the more the fire apparatus, gas
masks and steel helmets to be dis
tributed. No provision is made for
the scores of towns and villages
which are as exposed to an air raid
as is Portland. However, some pro
tection is provided against forest
fires in an amendment to priorities
bill offered by Senator McNary. The
American Forestry association, which
includes all the private timber own
ers in the northwest, is concerned
about incendiary fires in the forests.
The McNary amendment authorizes
th president to use the manpower
of CCC camps to patrol municipal
water systems, gen mating systems
and other public utilities against the
hazards of forest fires.
Inside story of why congress voted
one half billion dollars for China
without a dissenting vote is that is
the price taxpayers must pay for the
speech made by Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox to mayors on
January 12. Secretary Knox, who
says he was misunderstood, told the
mayors that Hitler must first be dis
posed of before attention could be
given to the Japanese. Chinese of
ficials began talking of peace with
Japan, saying they could not contin
ue fighting unless aid came from
the United States and Great Britain,
and Pacific coast delegations roared
that the west coast must not be ne
glected while AEF is chasing Ger
mans. The Chinese are supposed to
have been placated by loan of this
monoy; the west coast legislators are
not.
To prevent any more "misunder
standing" of sTveches Archibald Mc-
Leish, librarian of congress and ad
ministrator of office of facts and
figures, has been directed by the
White House to scan all speeches of
top-flight officials before they are
delivered. Censorship is something
new for cabinet members.
Senator Holman is one of a sub
committee of military affairs com
mittee which has been appointed to
investigate the allegation that in
competent army officers are pro
moted instead of being dismissed
from the service. The practice of
the senate voting en bloc on long
lists of promotions will be suspended '
while this subcommittee does a lit
tle browsing around to determine
whether each proposed promotion
is justified.
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