The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-03
AS 1T APPEARS TO
Your Congressman
BY JOHN r. MURDOCH

special interest 10 AIlZOud, do II
provided $2,000.O0O for a pilot
plant to be located near Boulder
Dam for the treatment of ore OF
strategic minerals. This is so OBJ
viouslv a thing needed as a part
of our national defense plan that
il seems strange that it was the
one item most seriously attacked
bv Congressman John Taber OF
New York in his attempt to strike
il out. Taber was unsuccessful.
of course. this huge appropriation
makes blanket provision for mill
tarv expenditures including some
of direct benefit to Arizona.
Western congressman last week
consulted on the best means OF IN
surfing fair treatment of the min
ing industry in the new excess
profits tax bill, which passed both
Houses in quite different forms IS
now in conference. 1t was
brought up in the House under
closed rule which permitted no
amendments. and although its
provisions when applied to mining
corporations were not satisfactory,
House members were thus requlr-
ed TO take il or leave it." Ac-
Cordingly. we later consulted WIN
the senators, asking them to re-
shape some of its provision more
eouitabIy. and still later we re
ouested the House conferees TO
accept some of the more import
ynt Cenate amendments. The con-
ference report has not been re
ceived up to the time of this writ
ing.
On September when the con-
scription bill was before the
House. attempted to write IN an
amendment safeguarding h
rights on the public domain or
men inducted into the service for
the period of their service and
sufficient length of time there-
after. There was some CONFUSION
as to whether that bill did whal
was requested but | was assured
that subsequent legislation would
take care of the matter adequate
lv Accordingly, l went before the
House Military Affairs Committee
On II. r. 1O33S. which bill the
committee reported out September
81. and made sure that such
rights were properly protected
This protection extends to assess
ment work on unpatented mining
claims. to- grazing permits 10
homestead entries, and to like IL
rancial requirements of the men
inducted into service who nave
some claims upon the pubic 40
main
The House Irrigation and Re-
clamation Committee is consider
ing a new bill clarifying the pro-
vision of the Wheeler-Case Act
with reference to water facilities
aiming to iron out the differences
between the Bureau of Reclama-
ton in the Department of Interior
and the Department of Agriculture.
The object is to eliminate fraction
and overlapping of authority, and
the result of such a bill will be
to release considerable sum of
money for water development.
Arizona stands to profit by this
measure.
On August 80 the House passed
the Truth in Fabrics Bill, which
pertains to labelling of woollen
goods. The measure later went to
Conference, and the conferees re-
ported it as the House passed II.
Naturally the Wool Growers AS
sociation was firmly behind this
bill. and I have received con-
siderable correspondence favoring
il from certain women organiza-
tions and those who have con-
sumer's interest. | was glad TO
support this bill and worked for
it.
After unbelievable maneuvering
and consultation with the Speaker
Floor Leader, Minority Leader,
and several other members OF
both parties, l was able to bring
H. R. 1896 before the House for
consideration under unanimous
consent agreement. The bill pass
ed; and having already been pass
ed by the Senate, it was signed by
the President and is now Public
Law 7S4. This measure raises the
limit on RFC Glass B mining loans
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