Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-26
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Office, gal w. n. PECK Residence, 2442

! he most htshly bcncfDiai tu hll
"Tho glor, ,nr tho greatness ~
hlH nation hnH i'h'ri upon the iul.
iaii,r ~ the ludiN iiual That Hpllil
must b. fuslrr,d. protected nnh rh
outraged Uus"funrui may prop
rN super rise restrain indicate
lmitntiurv to- rmphntically II
, should leave IniuH,r, ~ "sc'uio the
plans agreed 80 The incentive ut
indivldItl srii,ity ulunr proper
lines IN the winning ~ mi'rrnH should
remain urtraun"llrd Nhrn iudl
Hduhl initiative shall be- Euppf, f-cd
Nc Hhnli have passed tho zenith ~
our glofN ns = nation
During ~, Huiuutn IN Washington
] have been Htu,R bi the sIstlt ui
inuiuhl disiruHi that has apparently
Characterized sutun governmental dr
pa ftmoniH un the on. hand huh the
world ~ industry On Lh" other
condition ~ this kiud' 3. ~ br DE-
pi"catcd what ita Justification ma,
bc an not attempting tu d.t.rmiur
i'ul II government und industry nrs
~ tulfill their respective duties sat.
iHihrtofilN n ~ obvious that there
''''' w 'NNll'A' Hill Nhl 'hhll
dOnCe
We have. NJ ruu,sr. drlfied far
from this idrnl procedure Industry
has often played The pati ~ pirate.
government ~ times The role ~ the
tIrant lioih have been a. times lo
blame
1T has been recognized that ccr.
tain governmental super, iriuu II de-
sirbhle, IN fact nec"sAnti, but IN an
attempt tO mnlnthin unrestricted
competition, W. have inflicted upon
Tho nation a system 50 utt~rh inef
nrirnt and inadequate. that u broke
down completely IN the hour ~
emergency ana stress ana nrce-.i
iai"d tn. substitution of various
mnk-shlfA. all founded more ~ les-
upon co o'"petailon ~ tho fundn
mcntal principle
From III. above paragraphs lukch
from Nj Icuilas u,ost recent
speech II may bc seen that hs IL
neither IN favor Of absolutely un.
restricted composition or ~ rigid and
conplet" governmental control iis
terms tn. wartime method NJ con.
troll ''mg lt~-hifts" ana wherever pos.
sihlc substitutes IN. word super
vision" for the word control To
sum II all up. Mr Reqna cl-rrly In
dioatos that his opinion In that 60.
operation. handled To u limited es-
tent by government supcrN lzion. must
tako the place of tho unrestricted
competition, which b. aays. ia tho
fundamental principle of our ants
trust laws"
This speech of the oil admini-ira-
tor. who will soon retire. has been
el la. l..s
oil men from oklahoma and else
where who are In Washington. OF
tn. four administrators. Mr.. McAdoo,
Mr. Hoover. Dr Garfield anu MIR
Nequa, only tho first and last have
as y~t expressed publicly the opinion
which they have reached regarding
the wisdom of governmental con.
troll ns q peace-time proposition. In
tho particular jurisdictions over
which they havo exercised n during
the war, Just a- Mr., McAdoo's
statements have been received with
the ke~nest interes, by tho railroad
world. and as any statment that Mr..
Hoover miEh make would he received
by the great agricultural sections Of
tho country. or that Dr. Garfield
misht mako would he considered In
tho coal regiOns. the words OF the
oil administrator will be read In the
oil producing fields.
Mark Lawrence Requa has been
the governmental supervisor of the
oil Industry for almost q year lie
was appointed airector Of the oil di-
vision OF the fuel administra-
tion on January 10, 1919 Ivy
profession he IN mining enri-
nesr, but his executive ability has
been recognized In other numerous
He has been Mr.. Hoov-
rr's assistant In thu early days of th~
food administration. hr has built a
railroad, II a director In the OaR-
land Bank Of Savings. was the de.
v-lop~r of the Nevada Consolidated
Copper company, president OF the
Petroleum company, and has
served IN. government before as n
engineer In the bureau Of
mines Mr.. R-lua was educated In
private schools and by tutors Ur
was horn IN virginia county Nevada
and today he IL celebrating his tifU
second birthday
Mr., Relun IL popular among all his
asrlstan,- and workers In ap.
pearanco he In slightly above the
average height. medium build con
servaiivc. IN drosH IN clean phavrn
and slightly bald In manncrism dur
ing working hours he IL inclined to
he hrurque. but never 10 the extent
nf being curt or discouricous Away
from business he " genial aud thor
oushly llk.ahle lie makes hts home
In San Francisco