NPA Construction Order M-4A, as amended August 20, 1951 (exhibit 61). Table I, Recreational, entertainment, and amusement construction__ Table II. Agencies to which communications should be directed_ NPA Form (CMP-4C): Application form for construction projects (ex- OPS Ceiling Price Regulation 19: Tungsten concentrates (exhibit 66) – OPS press release on GOR-9: Mica and tungsten ores and sales to Federal agencies of tungsten concentrates produced from foreign ores exempted OPS press release on GOR-2, amendment 1: Relaxing ceiling price regula- tions on certain sales of mineral and metals to GSA (exhibit 68)__ OPS amendment 1 to GOR-2, exempting from price restrictions certain OPS Supplementary Regulation 41 to GCPR: Adjustment of ceiling prices for brown iron ore produced in Georgia (exhibit 70) ---- OPS press release on amendment 4 to GOR-9: Exempting sales of certain minerals and metals from price control (exhibit 71). OPS General Overriding Regulation 9, collation 1, including amendments 1 to 6: Price control exemptions of certain industrial material and manu- OPS press release of October 2, 1951, on Supplementary Regulations 70 and 71 to GCPR: Ceiling prices on domestic and foreign lead and zinc DMA Form MF-103: Application for exploration project aid pursuant to DMA Form MF-200: Exploration project contract (exhibit 80). DMA Form MF-201: Mortgagor's subordination agreement (exhibit 81). DMA Form MF-202: Landlord's subordination agreement (exhibit 82). DMA Form MF-104: Operator's monthly progress report on exploration DMA press release of May 14, 1951: Questions and answers on the mineral DMA Form MF-105: Application for access road (exhibit 85). DMA Form MF-106: Application for purchase contract (exhibit 86). GSA press release of April 21, 1951, announcing a domestic tungsten pur- GSA press release of June 20, 1951, on amendment to regulations of do- mestic tungsten purchase program-duration of program (exhibit 90) – – GSA amendment to domestic tungsten purchase programr regulations: GSA press release of July 21, 1951, on issuance of domestic manganese purchase program regulations (Butte, Philipsburg, and Deming dis- DPA compilation of status of materials programs under section 303 of De- fense Production Act, as of September 1, 1951 (exhibit 100) DPA and NPA press releases (7) on all (60) emergency loans approved DPA press release of October 29, 1951, on list of basic materials: Issue DPA list of basic materials and alternates: Issue No. 3 released October DPA and DMA testimony (in part) before a subcommittee of the House 910 910 Brief of proposed district manganese programs, submitted by the Defense Minerals Administration for the record of the hearings held by the Sub- committee on Mines and Mining, May 10 and 11, 1951 (exhibit 116). THE DEFENSE MINERALS PRODUCTION PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met in room 1324, New House Office Building at 10 a. m., Hon. Ken Regan, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Mr. REGAN. The committee will come to order. STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN The Defense Production Act of 1950, which was enacted into law approximately 7 months ago, provides broad authority "for the encouragement of exploration, development, and mining of critical and strategic minerals and metals" from domestic sources by various means, including loans, purchases or commitments to purchase, abovemarket prices to marginal producers, and participation in the cost of exploration projects. Since the signing of the Defense Production Act on September 8, 1950, much appears to have been accomplished toward increasing our Armed Forces and providing for the expansion of billions of dollars' worth of manufacturing facilities for the production of war matériel. On the other hand, very little appears to have been accomplished under the act toward obtaining production from thousands of idle mines and mineral deposits in the United States. Serious shortages of many critical and strategic minerals and metals have developed in the past 8 months. These shortages, which can be expected to become more drastic over the next few years, have resulted in a steadily growing list of orders and regulations restricting and controlling the use of minerals and metals in short supply. Practically every segment of industry and the economy of the United States is experiencing the unfortunate dislocations and inflation resulting from the shortages of minerals and metals. Given adequate incentives, thousands of small and marginal mines. and deposits throughout the United States could be placed in production. An all-out program with this objective would materially lessen if not completely eliminate the shortages of a number of minerals and metals. It is the object of these hearings to determine, among other things (a) The authority and responsibilities of each administrative unit of the Government having any jurisdiction over various phases of the defense minerals production program; (b) The policies formulated and decisions rendered by each unit, of the Government in reference to such programs; 1 |