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Arguments presented in the dispute have involved numerous issues that are related to the tideland problem, but the basic question of ownership of the land has brought out two different approaches...
...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...
...This is the first in a series of two articles on the tideland oil problem. The second will appear in Friday's CRIMSON...
...tideland bills are now facing Congress. One bill says that ownership of the disputed lands resides in the States; the other sets up a system of federal ownership and development of the lands. The former was passed by Congress last year and vetoed by President Truman. It is over these bills that the controversy rages...