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...with red tape that he pulled out. Washington friends persuaded him back; he became boss of WPB's power section. He took the job when it was a cyclone center: Harold Ickes was fighting for control of public power; the big new aluminum plants needed more power fast; copper for new wiring was short and the Army & Navy were screaming for all that was in sight. "Cap" Krug came through the test with colors flying: he did not completely avert power shortages, but he kept the huge new aluminum plants and all other war industries turning. Now he runs...
...Arizona one shaft of Phelps Dodge's Bisbee mine is short 200 men out of 450; the Miami-Globe copper-mining area needs 500 more men right away. Idaho, close to high-pay aircraft and shipbuilding jobs, needs 500-1,000 men more...
...actual numbers of men the mining manpower shortage is as small as it is big in results. To operate at capacity, the union estimated that the U.S. copper, lead and zinc mining industry right now needs 10% more than...
Meanwhile copper continues so scarce that even the Army last week recognized the shortage, let WPB order curtailment of uniform insignia production in order to save perhaps 300 tons of copper a year (just over 1/100th of 1% of the U.S.'s expected copper supply this year...
...Last April the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that copper, lead and zinc smelting and refining workers averaged $35.18 a week while metal miners averaged $37.28. This compares with $40.22 for steel workers (before their recent wage boost), $45.94 for aircraft workers and $53.30 for shipbuilders...