Resolutions
Passed By
Chamber
RESOLUTION ON MINERALS
STOCK PILING
(Passed by Board of Directors
of. the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce on September 2, 1943.
on. recommendation of Mip^pc
Committee as result of action ta
kep at meeting on August 28.
1943.)
WHEREAS, there has been sub
njitted to the San Francisco
% Chamber of Commerce for study
and comment Senate Bill No.
1160, introduced in the United
Srtates Senate by Senator Scree- j
ham of Nevada, relating to the'
creation of a national stock pile !
of strategic and critical metals
and minerals to be accumulated i
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during after the war as a I
security for the United States
against critical shortages in the
event of future emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the Chamber ha
referred the Bill for study and
report to its Mining Committee:
and
WHEREAS, the Mining Com
mittee has recommended to the :
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Chamber the adoption of the fol
lowing resolution with respect to |
said Bill, and the Chamber ap- j
proves the recommendation of its |
Mining Committee;
.NOW, THEREFORE. EE IT
RESOLVED THAT
(1) the San Francisco Chamber j
ol Commerce approves the gen
eral principle of accumulation ;
by the United States Govern- 1
ment, through an appropriate j
agency such as the Mortals Re- |
serve Company, of an adequate
supply of strategic and critical
metals and minerals to supple
ment the normal production of
such metals and minerals for
use in future emergencies;
. - (2) such accumulation should
be commenced to such extent a
is possible during the present
war emergency and continued
after conclusion cf the war until
an adevuate supply of each of
these critical and strategic metals '
and minerals is on hand in a na
tional stock pile;
(3) the stock pile so accumu
lated during and after the war
. should be held and used solely
fbr the supplementing of such
current production as may be
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COMPLIMENTS
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BOB KITE
SCAVENGER
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Henry Joseph
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possible during the present and
future national emergencies and
should not be sold or dumped on
the market in such a way as to
disturb normal prices or sales of
such metals or minerals by pri
vate industry;
(4) determination of the quan
tities to be accumulated and
method of preserving the stock
pile intact and the prices to be
paid for the same should be left
to the discretion of a stock pile
advisory committee, to be com
posed of representatives frrm the
War, Navy and Interior Depart
ments and from the mining in
dustry; ,
(5) Metals Reserve Compan;
or similar government agency
should be charged with the actual
purchase and holding of title for
the government to said miner-al
and should be guided and con
trolled in making such purchases
by such recommendations of said
stock pile advisory committee;
PROVIDED, that it is the opin
ion of the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce that
(a) such purchases should so
far as possible be made from do
mestic sources at current domes
tic prices and the continuance
of domestic production, particu
larly after war, should be thus
encouraged;
(,b) purchases from foreign
sources should be made only :o
the extent that domestic sources
were either non-exristent or
wholly inadequate to supply such
metals and minerals at reason
able cost;
(c) the cost of acquiring said
stock pile should be furnished by
Congressional appropriations or
by allocations of Reconstruction
Finance Corporation funds;
(d) nothing in said Bill should
purport to authorize the govern
ment to go into the business of
mining, smelting, refining, or
benefiedating crude ores, such
operations being left entirely to
private industry; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that
to the exten/t thait the Scrugham
Bill (Senate 1160) complies with
the foregoing conditions, it is
hereby approved and endorsed
by this Chamber, and the Cham
ber further ^recommends such
amendments to said bill as msy
be necessary to make its provi
sions conform with the foregoir.e
principles be introduced and
adopted prior to enactment of the
Bill into law; and. be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that
this Chamber commends the fore
sightedne<*s of Senator Scrugham
in introducing such a bill and
urges upon the Senators and Con
gressmen from California that
they lend their endorsement to
the same with the amendments
herein suggested; and, be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, that a
copy of this resolution be for
warded to Senator Scrugham and
to each of the Senators and Rep
resentatives from California.
RESOLUTION FOR
LIMITATION ORDER
AMENDMENT
(Adopted by the Board of Di
rectors of the San F'ranciaco
Chamber of Commerce, Sapttrr.
-ber 30, ’943)
WHEREAS, the War Produc
tion Board by issuance of Ord-:r
L-208 has directed and enforced
t h e closure of gold mines
throughout the United States in
cluding those in Cal f sr.ito
jeet to permission t said m:- a?
to Keep op.r merely or. a main
tenance basis without producing
asy ore which requires a shale
ton crew in any event; and
WHEREAS, a number of gold
mines in California are very
deep and have very extensive
workings, and the maintenance
cost of keeping said mines pump
ed out, timbered and in condi
tion that they can ^ver be work
ed in the future causes a gTMDt
drain on the treasuries of the
companies operating the same;
and
WHEREAS, if due tc the in
ability of companies to indefi
nitely finance the maintenance
of such mines it should become
necessary tc close the same en
tirely and allow them to cave in
and fill with water, it would be
probably impractical and un
economical to ever open and oper
ate the same; and
WHEREAS the loss of sucih
mines as an economic venture
to the owners thereof and to the
communities in which they oper
ate would be irreparable and a
death blow to many cocnmuni
ties of this State which rely en
tirely upon gold mining for their
economic existence; and
WHEREAS, it appears tc the
Chamber of Commerce from the
statement of competent mine
operators that it would be pos
sible for these deep mines to be
kept open, un watt red and in re
pair, provided that their owners
I be allowed to mine and extract
| enough ore therefrom to pay the
[actual maintenance expenses
I without profit, and that such
1 limited operation could be car
ried on with materials on 'hand
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NOW. THEREFORE, be it
RESOLVED, that :h crests
of this State and of the City of
San Francisco, its principal mir
ing metropolis, demand that
same provision be made by the
Wrr Production Beard ‘ allow
the production of or- r. raid
mines to an extent sufficient to
finance the cost of maintaining
the same in condition for future
operations: and. be it <
FURTHER RESOLVED. that •
this Chamber believes that War !
Production Board Order L-208 :
Cfct, and should be amended t *
permit gold mineshcloeed by rea- *.
son of its provisions to mine !
and extract enough ere to pay J
the cost of maintenance of the •
prrperties in an unwatered and
timbered condition for future
operations; and. be it
FURTHER RESOLVED. that
this Chamber believe? that such
limited gold production can be
carried on with such strategic
materials as are at hand in the
mines and without the employ
ment of labor which would be j
available either for military use
or for employment in strategic;
metal mines: and. be it
FURTHER RESOLVED. that
if the War Production Board df- !j
dines to meet the repeated re- 1 1
quests from such properties for <
permission to operate on said •
limited basis, the matter should
be made a subject of Oorgres- '
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