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...order was obviously a stopgap. Before the East's supply of oil became critically short (on account of a tanker shortage), oilmen expected Washington would finally have to take on itself the nasty task of rationing individuals. The man at the pump obviously could not do the job in a way satisfactory to his customers or to the Government...
Climaxing a long huddle with oilmen, Petroleum Coordinator Ickes last week announced that the industry had agreed to double refining capacity for aviation gasoline, in order to forestall a shortage...
Because they can carry oil for one-third pipeline and one-tenth tank-car costs, tankers normally carry 90% of the 1,500,000 bbl. used each day on the Atlantic seaboard. When the first 50 tankers went, oilmen tightened their belts by speedups in tanker service, heavier loading, greater use of pipeline and rail. The loss of 100 more tankers would cut the daily intercoastal tanker haul to less than 600,000 bbl. This is a chasm no stopgap methods can bridge...
Best long-distance answer is pipelines. But each time oilmen push pipelines they crash head on with railroad lobbies. Of the four new pipelines proposed, only one-a 250-mile line between Portland, Me. and Montreal-was under unimpeded construction last week. Congress still stewed over the Cole Bill (granting rights of way to pipelines). If it passes despite railroad opposition, and new pipelines are laid at once, they will still carry no oil before next spring...
...oilmen this whole situation is fantastic. Unofficially they think Washington is too easy with the British, that it would pay to check on how efficiently their tankers are being used. Officially, they think the U.S. might look elsewhere for tankers. In a report issued two months ago (TIME, July 7), they pointed to a score of German, Italian and Danish tankers rusting in Latin-American ports. But when the ration cards are handed out, millions of irate motorists may begin shouting for use of these ships...