The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
Find Fault win Teapot
Dome Deal

Find Fault win Teapot
Dome Deal
A meeting of the directors and OF
the advisory committee of the Ma
tlonal Association of the 1ndepen-
dent Oil Producers was held AT
Tulsa, Okla. on May 4, 1929. Among
those attending this meeting were
representatives from Texas Okla
homa, Kansas. West Virginia, Penn
sylvanla, and Wyoming
After a full discussion OF the
policy OF the government in leasing
the naval reserves known as Teapot
Dome and California reserves, u pro-
test was prepared. and the PRESIDENT
directed to forward same to the sem
ate OF the United states protesting
against the policy of the government
in opening the naval reserves for
exploitation.
The president of the association
was further authorized to appoint
committee TO make ~ study and
analysis OF the contracts entered
into by the government for the ex-
ploitation OF these naval reserves
and to report back to the nssocla-
tion at "A subsequent date as to what
the effects of these contracts would
be upon the industry and upon the
public as a whole. The committee
VIII also render such assistance as
they may be able to give to the COM
mlttee on land in the United States
senate which now has the matter OF
Investigation of these contracts un-
der way.
The president appointed Mr.. Mark
y. Mitchell Of Independence, Kan,
Mr.. w. II. Sproul of Sedan, Kan,
MIR. ]. u. Parnell OF Wichita Falls
Texas, Mr.. James G.. Lyons and Mr.
J. J. Moroney OF Okmulgee, Okla,
as committee to carry on this
work.
"To the Senate of the United States,
Washington, ID. G.
The National Association OF In
dependent OIL Producers represent
ing substantially all the Independent
oil producers of the United States,
desires TO enter it's protest:
First Against the policy OF the
secretary OF interior and the secre-
tary Of navy in opening the naval
reserves at this time for exploita-
tion.
Second. Against the method OF
leasing public lands without COM
petitive bidding as eXemplified in
the recent contract entered into be-
tween Secretary FAN of the interior
and Secretary DENLY Of the navy and
the Standard -Sinclair-Dohepy in
terests.
Third. Against the policy OF any
department OF the government of
the United States entering into
contract of any character whatso-
ever whether competitive or not.
which would tend to continue or
perpetuate monopolistic control of
the oil industry OF the United States.
or create n monopoly on the sale of
fuel oil or refined oil to the navy
or any other department of the gov
ernment.
For the following reasons:
There exists no emergency or ne
cessity which would warrant the
opening of the naval reserves at this
time for exploitation in order that
the navy might be supplied with
the various grades of oil required by
II. there being already above ground
and In storage in the United States
the greatest amount OF oil that has
been in storage in the history of all
times.
"The prices OF fuel oil at the sea-
board are lower than they have been
in years, and there is an abundant
supply.
THE oil industry OF the United
States is just now convalesCing from
the greatest depression It has ever
suffered, the daily production now
being the largest in it's history, and
| therefore. the turning over of gov
ernment lands to the large pipeline
| Interests for exploitation will have
the direct result OF depressing the
price of crude oil without in any
way relieving the people OF the
onerous and burdensome high prices
OF refined products.
"rhe policy of opening the naval
reserves at this time Is at variance
with the policy announced by Preei-
| dent Harding last year in request
Ing the ways and means committee
OF the house to place crude oil on
the free list. The president eX-
pressed the idea at that time that 1t
should be the policy of the govern
ment of the United States to en-
courage the development of oil re-
sources In neighboring and foreign
countries by the capital of the
United States with view to utiliz-
ing their petroleum resources in this
country, thus conserving and hus-
banding our own petroleum re-
sources for our future protection
and industrial up-bulding.
The delivery of the naval re-
serves OF the United States to the
Standard Oil-Sinclair- Doheny inter-
ests constitutes a return to the era
of land grabbing and carpet-bag-
ging whose hydrahead of iniquIty
was crushed by the, policy OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt almost a decade ago.
Shortly after the discovery OF oil
In the Indian Territory. now known
as the State of Oklahoma, efforts
were repeatedly made to grab the
entire petroleum resources Of the
state under large blanket leases, and
there were men at that time in high
offices, cabinet members, and lesser
politicians in great swarms, who ia
vored these grants. The independent
oil producers spent many days at
Washington fighting this attempted
monopoly, and in order to prevent
the monopoly OF these lands by a
few large companies, the secretary
of interior, by order of President
Roosevelt, issued a regulation that
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