Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tideland Oil bills are facing Congress. Decision on these bills will establish ownership and control of what promises to be one of the nation's most important mineral areas. Wrangling over the disposition of these new oil fields has become a great political struggle with the states in Congress, backed by monstor lobbies, lined up against President Truman and the administration. The Supreme Court seems to favor the administration, but the tricky wording of its decision establishing a doctrine of "paramount rights" has left its stand in doubt. The struggle has crossed party lines with many Democrats, particularly those from...
...other side of the fence, the supporters of the bill giving ownership of the tideland oil deposits to the states look at the practical situation in the tidelands today and try to ignore the Court decision as much as possible. They maintain that in practice the states have owned this land, and the federal bill would take it away from them. Great development and organization of the new oil fields have already taken place under state ownership. Such a change as is proposed by the administration would disrupt the whole system and delay the development of the area until...
Conservation was one of the first issues to enter the field. Conservation in oil has become a standard part of all oil legislation, and all states have their conservation laws. Federal conservation, however, has always been more effective than state, and Harold Ickes charges that oil lobbies in some states, particularly California, have reduced conservation to an ineffective farce. This consideration makes federal ownership necessary to maintain an important oil reserve. A Representative from Texas, however, says that there is precedent for federal regulation of state owned oil fields. Although most oil conservation is now in the hands...
...This is the first in a series of two articles on the tideland oil problem. The second will appear in Friday's CRIMSON...
...Ickes changed his mind. After a conference with President Roosevelt, he decided to hold lease applications and start legal action to determine ownership of the oil lands. Resolutions to assert United States ownership were introduced in Congress in 1937 and 1939 but were not passed, and the issue died down during the war. In 1947, Attorney General Tom Clark brought legal action directly against the State of California to bring the case under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court...