The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-20
CONSERVATION OF OIL REPORT
 MADE BY NINE
Five R e C om m e ndations
 Are Submitted to Sec retary of Interior

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-Five recommendations have been made in the report submitted by the committee of nine, appointed by the Federal Oil Conservation ] Board of the Department of the Interior to consider legislative program for the conservation of the gas and petroleum resources. The contents of the report which was completed the end of Janu- ary last, have now been made public by Secretary of the In terior Hubert Work, as Chairman of the Board.
 Accompanying the report was a copy of tentative Bill drafted by the Committee of Nine and which it suggested would, if en- acted into law, result in practical conservation, more efficient pro duction, and tend to modernize existing methods employed in the development of oil pools.
 A summary of the recommends ton made by the Committee are as follows:
 CD Federal legislation which shall (a) unequivocally declare that agreements for the co-opera- tive development and operation of single pools are not in violation of the Federal antitrust laws, and (b) permit. under suitable safeguards the making, in times of over production. of agreements between oil producers for the curtailment of production.
 1 (2) Similar legislation by the various oil-producing states.
 (3) Immediate further study into the matter of the waste of natural gas, in order that legisla- tion may be formulated which will forbid such waste as fully as may be done without working in justice and unreasonable hard ship.
 l (4) Legislation by Congress granting the Secretary of the Interior authority to join and to i permit lessees from the Govern ment to join in agreements for the cooperative development and operation of single pools.
 (5) The passage by Congress of the legislation heretofore recommended to 1t by the Secre- tary of the Interior, removing the I existing mandate upon him to of fer for lease annually. regardless of conditions, 100000 acres ioi Osage IndiAnT lands.
 The purpose of the tentative { Bill drafted by the Committee is particularly in reference to recom- mendation CD and provides for the enacting of legislation gov erning this measure.
 The Committees work covered a period from December 10. last to January 27 of this year, dur ing which hearings were held written suggestions considered and the final report was submit ted to the oil Board on January 2S of this year.
 Secretary Work stated that this report of the Committee of Nine had not yet been considered by the oil Board, or by Government technologists who for the past three years have been conduct ing an exhaustive survey into every phase of oil production distribution, and consumption The public is entitled to know the Secretary added, just what ] conclusions and recommendations the Committee of Nine determin ed upon, and inasmuch as the Oil Board can not conclude it's own program of investigation i'm i mediately, the Secretary fell there appeared to be no necessity for withholding the report from the public until finally acted upon
 The Committee of Nine consist ed of: Thomas A. O'D0nnell California Petroleum Company; U. Edgar Pew, Sun Oil Company; w. s. Parish, Humble Oil and Re fining Company; Henry M. Bates University of Michigan; James A Veasey, Carter oil Company; Warren Oluey. Jr., of San Fran cisco; Edward c. Finney, Assist ant Secretary of the Interior Walter B. Brown, Assistant Sec retary of Commerce.; and Abram F. Myers, Federal Trade Com missioner.