This is particularly true in the deposit of aluminum and magnesiumbearing materials in the Northwest. By reason of favorable consideration given by our Government some of these deposits are being opened and development begun. but if we remove the customs duties now placed on the importation of these materials we will remove the incentive and the opportunity for the development of these deposits. Local producers having to comply with our laws governing labor and living conditions of workmen cannot hope to compete with totalitarian countries where cheap coolie and other similar labor exists. Low cost of hydroelectric power in the Columbia River area made. available through the development of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee projects is fast making the Northwest the center of aluminum production. We have found that the winning of the war will depend largely upon the ability of one side or the other to produce the necessary mechanical equipment and other tools and material needed to prosecute the war.
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Foreign laborers are described as cheap coolie labor.