Hearing on stockpiling bills (S. 752 and S. 1481) before the Subcommittee
on Surplus Property of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Page
October 30, 1945 (exhibit 26)___
Hearings on stockpiling bill S. 752 before the House Committee on Military
Affairs, February 5 and 26, 1946 (exhibit 28).
H. R. 1602 (80th Cong., 1st sess.), a bill to extend the premium price plan
for copper, lead, and zinc for 2 years, introduced by Mr. Allen of Illinois,
and as reported with amendments by the House Committee on Public
Lands July 1, 1947 (exhibit 47).
H. R. 1602, Report No. 755 on, (80th Cong., 1st sess.) submitted by the
House Committee on Public Lands July 1, 1947 (exhibit 48)
H. R. 1602 as passed by the House with amendments July 22, 1947, and
reported to and passed by the Senate (exhibit 49) _.
H. R. 1602, Report No. 709 on (80th Cong., 1st sess.), submitted by the
Senate Committee on Public Lands July 23, 1947 (exhibit 50).
H. R. 1602, the President's "Memorandum of Disapproval" dated August 8,
1947, on vetoing, a bill to extend the premium price plan for copper, lead,
and zinc (with manganese added) for 2 years (exhibit 51).
H. R. 2455 (80th Cong., 1st sess.), a bill to stimulate the exploration, de-
velopment, mining, and production of strategic and critical minerals
and metals within the United States, introduced by Mr. Russell of Neva-
da, and as reported with amendments by the House Committee on Public
Lands on April 25, 1947 (exhibit 46).
H. R. 2455 (the Russell bill of 1947), selected parts of hearings on, before
the Subcommittee on Public Lands, House Committee on Public Lands
80th Cong., 1st sess.), March 28, April 4, 8, and 11, 1947 (exhibit 45) 1293
H. R. 6390 (the Jensen bill of April 29, 1948): Practically identical to
H. R. 6456 (the Mills bill) and therefore not included in the appendix__
H. R. 6403 (the Crawford bill of April 30, 1948): Practically identical to
H. R. 6456 (the Mills bill) and therefore not included in the appendix.
H. R. 6456 (80th Cong., 2d sess.), a bill to stimulate the exploration, develop-
ment, mining, production, and conservation of strategic and critical
minerals and metals within the United States, introduced by Mr. Mills
of Arkansas on May 5, 1948, and referred to the House Committee on
Public Lands (exhibit 56) –
H. R. 6623 (80th Cong., 2d sess.), a bill to stimulate the exploration, de-
velopment, mining, production, and conservation of strategic and critical
minerals and metals within the United States, introduced by Mr. Russell
of Nevada and as reported by the Public Lands Committee on May 26,
1948 (exhibit 52).
H. R. 6623, Report No. 2041 on, submitted by the House Committee on
Public Lands May 26, 1948 (exhibit 53)--.
H. R. 6623, Report of the Department of the Interior on, dated May 26, 1948
(exhibit 57) –
H. R. 6623, letter of June 4, 1948, from the Department of Interior to the
Speaker of the House disapproving, and submitting substitute measure
(exhibit 58) -
H. R. 6623, letter of June 3, 1948, from the Bureau of the Budget to the
Secretary of the Interior disapproving (exhibit 59).
Interior Department: Activities and accomplishments of the United States
Bureau of Mines during World War II and work proposed under the
Stockpiling Act, Public Law 520 (79th Cong.); information submitted to
a Senate subcommittee by the Mining and Metallurgical Branches, Bu-
reau of Mines, subsequent to hearings held in May 1947 (exhibit 68) ___.
Interior Department: Draft No. 5 of bill to stimulate exploration of stra-
tegic and critical minerals and metals, dated June 1, 1948, submitted to
the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on June 4, 1948, by
the Acting Secretary of the Interior (exhibit 60) –
Interior Department, letter from the, to the Speaker of the House, dated
June 4, 1948, submitting draft No. 5 of its proposed bill to stimulate ex-
ploration only and recommending its enactment in lieu of H. R. 6623 or
other similar bills before Congress (exhibit 58).
Interior Department, Report of the, on H. R. 6623, dated May 26, 1948
(exhibit 48) ---
Iridium: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43).
Jensen bill of April 29, 1948, H. R. 6390 (to stimulate domestic mining), is
practically identical to the Mills bill and therefore is not included in the
appendix-for the Mills bill, see H. R. 6456.
Kyanite: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43)
Lead: stockpile specifications (exhibit 43).
Legal status of premium price plan for copper, lead, and zinc in 1946, memo-
randum on (exhibit 44).
Letter from the Bureau of the Budget to the Secretary of the Interior, dated
June 3, 1948, stating H. R. 6623 (and similar bills) not in accord with
program of the President and approving draft of bill for exploration bene-
fits only, as developed through interagency discussions (exhibit 59)----
Letter from the Department of the Interior to the Speaker of the House,
dated June 4, 1948, submitting draft No. 5 of its proposed bill to stimu-
late exploration only and recommending its enactment in lieu of H. R.
6623 or other similar bills before Congress (exhibit 58) --
Letters from the Munitions Board regarding appropriation requests, value
of acquisitions and stockpile objectives (exhibit 5).
Letter to subcommittee from Bureau of Federal Supply, dated September
21, 1948 (exhibit 38)
Life lines, charts showing United States: Procurement of Essential Mate-
rials-1946; prepared by the Operations Division, Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations, Department of the Navy (exhibit 73)-------- Facing 1542
List of executive positions in the National Security Resources Board as of
August 12, 1948 (exhibit 19).
Lucas, Jim G., news story by (exhibit 65). (See “United States.")
Malone bill of May 26, 1948 (to stimulate domestic mining) and report
on. (See S. 2756.)
Manganese ore: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43).
Members of the National Minerals Advisory Council to the Secretary of
the Interior and subcommittees of the Council as of August 26, 1948
(exhibit 20) ---
Membership of industry advisory committees to the National Security
Resources Board as of May 6, 1948 (exhibit 17)
Mercury Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43).
Mica: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43)-.
Military Procurement: A guide for Joint Industry-Military Procurement
Planning, issued by the Munitions Board June 1, 1948 (exhibit 69).
Mills bill of May 5, 1948 (to stimulate domestic mining) (exhibit 56).
(See H. R. 6456.)
Monazite: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43).
Munitions Board committee organization chart of September 1, 1948
(exhibit 10) ___
Munitions Board, current stockpile purchase program announced by the,
August 26, 1948 (exhibit 8).
Munitions Board committees and committee membership concerned with
minerals and metals on June 1, 1948 (exhibit 12) __.
Munitions Board functional chart of May 21, 1948 (exhibit 11)____Facing
Munitions Board, Guide for Joint Industry-Military Procurement Planning
issued by the, June 1, 1948 (exhibit 69).
Munitions Board, letters from, regarding appropriation requests, value of
acquisitions, and stockpile objectives (exhibit 5).
Munitions Board nonconfidential supplement to the report on stockpiling,
dated January 23, 1948 (exhibit 4)__
Munitions Board nonconfidential supplement to the report on stockpiling,
dated July 23, 1948 (exhibit 6).
Munitions Board (Army and Navy), Report to the Congress on Strategic
Materials, dated January 2, 1945 (exhibit 3)
Munitions Board stockpile purchase specifications of group A minerals and
metals, in effect September 22, 1948 (also refer to name of each mineral
and metal for page numbers) (exhibit 43).
Munitions Board witnesses (testimony of) before the House Appropriations
Committee (exhibits 71 and 72). (See "Selected parts of hear-
ings
National Minerals Advisory Council to the Secretary of the Interior and
subcommittees of the Council as of August 26, 1948, members of the
(exhibit 20) –
National Security Act of 1947 (Public Law 253, 80th Cong.) (in part)
creating the National Security Resources Board and establishing the
Munitions Board (exhibit 9).
National Security Resources Board: Chart showing its position in the execu-
tive branch of the Government as established by the National Security
Act of 1947, dated February 12, 1948 (exhibit 14).
National Security Resources Board: Chart showing the organization of the
staff of, dated May 14, 1948 (exhibit 16)
National Security Resources Board: Chart showing the role of, dated Febru-
ary 12, 1948 (exhibit 15).
National Security Resources Board: List of executive positions in the, as
of August 12, 1948 (exhibit 19).
National Security Resources Board: Membership of Industry Advisory Com-
mittee to the, as of May 6, 1948 (exhibit 17) –
National Security Resources Board staff: Officers in executive agencies
consulted by, and interagency advisory committees as of July 22, 1948
(exhibit 18).
National war metals and minerals program announced by the President
April 24, 1943 (exhibit 67). (See "Extracts from a Senate subcommittee
report.")
Nickel: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43).
Objectives (stockpile), appropriation requests, and value of acquisitions:
Letters from the Munitions Board regarding (exhibit 5).
Objectives (stockpile), assumptions used in computing (exhibit 7).
Offer and acceptance form used by the Strategic and Critical Materials
Division, Bureau of Federal Supply (exhibit 41).
Officers in executive agencies consulted by NSRB staff and interagency
advisory committees as of July 22, 1948 (exhibit 18).
Orders, Executive, 9905 and 9931 designating the membership of the Na-
tional Security Resources Board and defining the functions, duties, and
authority of the Chairman of the Board (exhibit 12)___
Organization Chart of Munitions Board Committees, dated September 1,
1948 (exhibit 10)_
Organization Chart of the National Security Resources Board, dated May
14, 1948 (exhibit 16).
Platinum: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43).
Position of the National Security Resources Board in the executive branch
of the Government as established by the National Security Act of 1947:
Chart dated February 12, 1948 (exhibit 14).
Premium price plan for copper, lead, and zinc, memorandum (1946) on
legal status of the; Senate subcommittee chairman appeals to the ad-
ministration in 1946 for continuance of the plan (exhibit 44)--.
Premium price plan for copper, lead. and zinc, for bills introduced in 1947
(80th Cong., 1st sess.) to extend the life of. (See H. R. 2455 and H. R.
1602.)
President's national war minerals and metals mining program announced
April 24, 1943 (exhibit 67). (See Extracts from a Senate subcom-
mittee report.)
President's statement on signing the Stockpiling Act into law July 23, 1946,
wherein he indicated that the "Buy American" provision of the act was
to be ignored (exhibit 33)__
President's assistant John R. Steelman, statement of, on the "Buy Ameri-
can" provision of the Stockpiling Act of 1946, as issued to the press
February 6, 1947 (exhibit 34)_.
President's assistant John R. Steelman, letter from, to Richard R. Deupree,
Executive Chairman of the Army and Navy Munitions Board, dated
February 6, 1947, on the applicability of the "Buy American" provision
of the Stockpiling Act (exhibit 35).
President's "Memorandum of Disapproval" dated August 8, 1947, on
vetoing H. R. 1602, a bill to extend the premium price plan for copper,
lead, and zinc (with manganese added) for 2 years (exhibit 51)_
Procurement of Essential Materials, 1946: Charts showing United States
life lines; prepared by the Operations Division, Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations, Department of the Navy (exhibit 73).
Procurement under foreign aid program. (See news story (exhibit 65)
by Jim G. Lucas, Scripps-Howard staff writer, under "United
States. * *
Procurement, Military-A Guide for Joint Industry-Military Procurement
Planning, issued by the Munitions Board June 1, 1948 (exhibit 69).
Procurement program to January 1943, conduct of the minerals, and stock-
piling. (See "Testimony of the Secretary of the Interior.
*"')
Procurement regulation, armed services, dated May 19, 1948 (exhibit 70) --
Public Law 117 (76th Cong.): Stockpiling Act of June 7, 1939 (exhibit 1)_.
Public Law 253 (80th Cong.): The National Security Act of 1947 (in part)
creating the National Security Resources Board and establishing the
Munitions Board (exhibit 9)-
Public Law 457 (78th Cong.): Surplus Property Act of 1944, the stock-
piling provisions of (exhibit 2).
Public Law 472 (80th Cong.): The Foreign Assistance Act of 1948; those
provisions bearing on or affecting the development of mineral resources
in foreign countries and on stockpiling (exhibit 64)---
Public Law 520 (79th Cong., 2d sess.): The Stockpiling Act of July 23,
1946 (exhibit 31)
Purchase program, current stockpile, announced by the Munitions Board
August 26, 1948 (exhibit 8) -
Quartz crystals: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43)
Report of the Department of the Interior on H. R. 6623, dated May 26, 1948
(exhibit 57) __
Report on European trade patterns by the House Select Committee on
Foreign Aid, April 30, 1948: Those parts of the report dealing with
minerals and metals (exhibit 61)_
Report on foreign aid, final, by the House Select Committee on Foreign
Aid, May 1, 1948: Those parts of the report dealing with minerals and
metals (exhibit 62)-
Report to the Congress on strategic materials, submitted by the Army and
Navy Munitions Board January 2, 1945 (exhibit 3)_.
Report on stockpiling by the Munitions Board, dated January 23, 1948,
nonconfidential supplement to the (exhibit 4)...
Report on stockpiling by the Munitions Board, dated July 23, 1948, non-
confidential supplement to the (exhibit 6) –
Report on a Survey of the Nation's Critical and Strategic Minerals and
Metals Program, 1944, extracts from a Senate subcommittee: Including
the national war metals and minerals mining program and policies an-
nounced by the President April 24, 1943 (exhibit 67)
Report No. 804 (79th Cong., 1st sess.) on stockpiling bill S. 752, submitted
by Mr. O'Mahoney from the Senate Committee on Military Affairs,
November 29, 1945 (exhibit 27)_.
Report No. 1869 (79th Cong. 2d sess.) on stockpiling bill S. 752, submitted
by Mr. May from the House Committee on Military Affairs, April 4,
1946 (exhibit 29).
Report No. 2235 (79th cong., 2d sess.) or stockpiling bill S. 752, Conference
Report., submitted by Mr. May from the committee on conference, June
10, 1946 (exhibit 30).
Report No. 755 (80th Cong., 1st sess.) on H. R. 1602 (Allen bill), submitted
by the House Committee on Public Lands July 1, 1947 (exhibit 48)____ 1322
Report No. 709 (80th Cong., 1st sess.) on H. R. 1602, submitted by the Senate
Committee on Public Lands July 23, 1947 (exhibit 50).
Report No. 1585 (80th Cong., 2d sess.) to accompany S. 2202 on the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1948, submitted by Mr. Eaton, from the House Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, March 29, 1948: Those parts of the report
bearing on the development of mineral resources in foreign countries
and on stockpiling (exhibit 63)–
Report No. 1741 (80th Cong., 2d sess.) on S. 2756, submitted by Mr. Malone
from the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs June 16,
1948 (exhibit 55)---
Report No. 2041 (80th Cong., 2d sess.) on H. R. 6623 (Russell bill), sub-
mitted by the House Committee on Public Lands May 26, 1948
(exhibit 53) _.
Role of the National Security Resources Board: Chart dated February 12,
1948 (exhibit 15).
L Russell bill of April 25, 1947, and hearing on.
Russell bill of May 26, 1948, and reports on.
Rutile: Stockpile specifications (exhibit 43)
(See H. R. 2455.)
(See H. R. 6623.)
S. 1160 (78th Cong., 1st sess.), the Scrugham stockpiling bill of June 3,
1943 (exhibit 21).
S. 1160, selected parts of hearings (78th Cong., 1st sess.) on the Scrugham
stockpiling bill of June 3, 1943 (exhibit 22).
S. 1582 (78th Cong., 1st sess.), the Scrugham stockpiling bill of December
8, 1943 (exhibit 23).
S. 752 (79th Cong., 2d sess.), the Thomas (of Utah) stockpiling bill of
March 16, 1945 (exhibit 24) –
S. 752 and S. 1481, hearing (79th Cong., 1st sess.) on stockpiling bills before
the Subcommittee on Surplus Property of the Senate Committee on Mili-
tary Affairs, October 30, 1945 (exhibit 26)
S. 752, Report No. 804 (79th Cong., 1st sess.) on, submitted by Mr. O'Ma-
honey from the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, November 29,
1945 (exhibit 27) –
S. 752, Report No. 1869 (79th Cong., 2d sess.) on, submitted by Mr. May
from the House Committee on Military Affairs, April 4, 1946 (exhibit 29)
S. 752, Report No. 2235 (79th Cong., 2d sess.) on, Conference Report, sub-
mitted by Mr. May from the committee on conference, June 10, 1946
(exhibit 30)
S. 1481 (79th Cong., 1st sess.), the Johnson (of Colorado) stockpiling bill
of October 15, 1945 (exhibit 25).
S. 2756 (80th Cong., 2d sess.), a bill to stimulate the exploration, develop-
ment, mining, production, and conservation of strategic and critical min-
erals and metals within the United States, introduced by Mr. Malone of
Nevada on May 26, 1948, and reported by Mr. Malone with amendments
June 16, 1948 (exhibit 54)--.
S. 2756, Report No. 1741 (80th Cong., 2d sess.) on, submitted by Mr. Malone
from the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs June 16,
1948 (exhibit 55) --
S. 2758 (80th Cong., 2d sess.) (the Ecton bill of May 27, 1948): Identical
to H. R. 6623 (the Russell bill) and therefore not included in the
appendix.
Sapphire and ruby: Stock-pile specifications (exhibit 43) –
Secretary of the Interior, testimony of the, before the Senate Small Busi-
ness Committee January 13, 1943, pertaining to stock-piling and the
conduct of the minerals procurement program to January 1943 (exhibit
66)___.
Selected parts of appropriation bill hearings on strategic and critical
materials, with Munitions Board witnesses, before subcommittees of the
House Committee on Appropriations, January 19 and May 15, 1948
(exhibit 71)
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