MSM Men in Industry

Crum '29 Perfects Wire Calculator E. J efferson Cn ,m, who recently perfected th e calculator for wire draftin g described on page 22, is General Foreman of the Rod and "vVire Divis ion, n ethl ehem Steel Co mpan y, S ·)arrows Point, Mel. "H e was graduated from iVfSM with a B.S. in M etallurg<ca l Enginee rin g and w'as fi ;" st employed by th e B eth lehem Steer Company in 1929. From 1933 to 1937 h was engaged in experimental and devel opment work for the s teel co mpa ny a nd was promoted to hi s prese nt pos ition in 1937. Whi le attending MSM he was a member of the Trian gle fraternity and Tau B eta Pi.

His hom e address is 816 C s treet, Sparrows Point, Md. H e is married and has three children. D . C. Jackling's Views on the· Copper Situation " The potentia li ties of the copper producin g indus try in thi s c ountry promi s in g an adequate s upply of th e metal for genera tions are just as g reat today as they we re wh en th e economic treatment of low grade sulphide ores was devised and initiated at the U tah Copper Company's properti es in Bin gham canyo n about 42 years ago" writes D. C. Jacklin g '92, whose fame and ackno wledged leaders hip in that indus try s tem from his own pioneer recog nition of the economic potentialiti es of the Bing ham canyon and s imil ar low g rade copper depos its. Co nvalescence from a sev.e re illness has prevented Mr. Jacklin g from prepa rin g a forma l a rticle on the coppe r s ituation, but he has g racious ly authorized extensive quotation s from recent co rres pondence o n the s ubj ect with Alumni Pres ident Schneeberger. 1vIr. Jacklin g's s ta tement is based on th e assumption that th e relation s hip between th e market price for the metal and th e cost of producin g it be th e same today as it was at that time, that, ". . that the users of copper metal are willin g to pay for it th e cost of production and a littl e more as an incen tive to min e a nd benefic iate avai labl e resources." Un- fortunately this has not been th e v iew of those "self-seekin g advocates of F ederal co ntrol of everyt hi ng" who seek to perpetrate s uc h control. H e points out" .... the costs of service and suppli es of all kinds have increased 100% or more, mos twise in the las t 15 yea rs ; a nd on ly for th e technolog ical imp rovements in methods and apparatus achi eved by the copper minin g industry itself throu g hout th e firs t 30 yea rs of this century, practicall y no coppe r at all could have been produced at a profit in thi s country to serve th e war needs durin g th e past five yea rs at th e arbitraril y imposed a nd confi scatory cei lin g prices fo r metal that have been in e ffect SiJ1 Ce th e begin nin g of the war and even before." Ins tead of the relief afforded oth er prod ucts of natural reS ources in th e matter of price a ll owances, th e copper industryon th e contrary has s uffered from ". th e impos ition of all sorts of in creased production expenses, enti rely as ide from taxes." j'vI r. J acklin g is defin itely not one of th e " Have-not" school. He says- " It is perfectly true that th e developed ore rese rves from whic h coppe r can be produced a t 12c per pou nd in the face of present day costs ha ve been co ns iderab ly depleted durin g th e war period ; but g rantin g an incr ease in price in s ome meas ure co mm ens urate with s wo ll en costs of th e present time, th e known ore occurrences of lower g rade ore wh ich wou ld become co mmercial under s uch condition s are, in terms of reco ve ra ble coppe r, jus t as g reat in th e li g ht of modern fac ili ti es and processes as th ey we re in meas llT"abl e degree when th e treatment of th e low

Dr. M cCracken Appointed to N ew Post Det rex Corporation, D e- troit, Mic h., has a nnounced th e appointment of Dr. \,yilli am L. Mc Cracken, recentl y di sc har ge d from th e U . S. A rm y En g in eers with the rank of lieutenant colon el, to th e pos ition of ad mini s trative ass is tant to C. F. Dinley S r., yice pres ident in charge of research and eng in eerin g. " Prior to the war, D r. ·McC rac ken had cha rge o f resea rch and development for oil-extraction. He ho lds three degrees : 13. S . from Missou ri Sc hoo l of Mines and Metallurgy, 1\/[. S. a nd Ph. D. fro m I owa State. Dr. i\IcCracken wo rked at I owa State as a res earch fe llow until 1939 when he firs t entered th e Detrex o rganization. H e is a member of the f\merican C hemi cal Society and th e American Society of Oil Chemists.

Dr. Mc Cracken's new duties , acco rdin g to A. O. Th alacker, vice pres ident and general manage r, will prov ide both admini s trative and technical assistance to iVfr. Dinley in research a nd product de,-elopment in all of th e compan y's three major divis ion s : indus trial metal cleaning, dry cleanin g, an d oi l-extraction. -

W illiam F. McConnell '42 Now in Texas

VVilliam F. McConnell is now with the Dictograph P roducts Inc. Hi s job is primaril y sales bu t h e also does the es timatin g for in stall ation s and supervises insta ll ations of equipment and is ac tin g as bran ch manager for the Dallas branc h of the Compan y. H e writes, "feel that thi s job offers exceptionally fin e opportunities if ha ndl ed ri g ht. I got the j ob throug h th e officer under whom I served in the army and reel quite fortunate in ha\· in g had the opportuni ty as it is the type of work I most enjoy and is much less confinin g and less subj ect to s upervisio n than was my pre\· ious j o b. In fact, thi s is almos t like being in bus in ess for myself. " Acknowledgment to H. S. McQueen

As noted in the last iss ue, H. S. "Mac·' M cQ ueen was the author of the m emorial to H. A. "Chi e f" Buehl er. Naturally we thank Mac for his cooperation in all o win g us to reproduce hi s work, but we want to m ake this publi c acknowledgment of the appreciati on of the A lumni ssoc iation and the s taff of the Rolla offi ce.

For many yea rs :'\Iac \\·as the Chi ef's right hand 111 an and together th ey carri ed on many projects.

Hi s address is : H. S. :.\IcQueen, The Alcoa 1\Iinin Co., 230 P a rk ave nu e, New York 17, N.Y.

g rade so- call ed porph yry ores became widesp read in this country durin g th e firs t 15 yea rs of this century. Furthermore, oth er low g rade o re occurrences not yet full y explored are known to exist, and undo ubtedl y other new depos its or extens ion s of those already kn own wi ll come to li g ht, to the e nd that thi s nation and its copper co ns umin g indus tri es will find avai labl e an adequate s uppl y of copper for all needs for a longer period of time than now es timated for th e productive li fe of a ny other min eral reso urces, exce ptin g coal and other so-call ed nOll -metalli c min eral s."

Simi lar s tatements an d co rres pondence to the P ress and a rtic les by s uch authorities as Loui s S . Ca tes, pres ident of 1 helps Dodge Co rporation, and Ira B. Jora lemon, natio nally kn own econom ic geolog ist, Support a nd attes t to the soundness of Mr. J acklin g·s \-iews and concl us ions.