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to curtau cotton or wheat or any other
product. Therefore the order could not
be used for the same purpose"
Deiies Amy Court Action.
Murray said he observed that when
military authority Is used against q
group Of laborers on strike 1t is re-
garded Is al right, but when used
against corporations In the interest Of
the people It Is bad precedent
Let East Texas food the market
If 1t wants" he said. when the tank
age Is exhausted the price of oil win
come back"
No court, he added, has a right to
bring an order within military zone
and "the right Of habeas corpus Is sus-
pended during martial law"
Pipeline Companies Protest.
Pipeline companies. refused permits
sion by National Guardsmen to take
crude oil from leases where about i00,-
900 barrels were available to run, pro-
tested early today to Otto Bradford,
field proration umpire and haison Of
ficer between the Guard and the oil
companies. Bradford was attempting
TO obtain official Qualification of the
order. which did not prohibit pipeline
runs.
Lieut.. Col. Murray visited the Okla
homa City tield early this morning,
finding operations at only IL producing
wells which were exempt from the de-
cree. Detachments Of State troops
patroiled some sections, ordered e
m&MA As 4m& a
orders save those Of the President OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States
Beginning with the Seminole and
Wewcka areas, Col. Murray and Gen.
Barrett were to start q tour Of the
States flush pools to enforce the order,
calling out National Guardsnlen IN
nearby towns TO aid them. Col. Muir
ray predicted they would have the
task completed in few days. He was
TO confer with the Governor today.
The eyes Of the industry were on
the legal STATS of major oil companies,
but Observers were without definite
announcement Of whether court action
would be attempted Immediately TO
open wells. Nor was there confirna-
ton OF rumors one company may take
an appeal direct to President Hoover.
From the ease with which Oklahoma
City wells were closed last night it was
apparent there would be no physical
resistance in the fields themselves to
enforcement Of the order.
Producers took the shutdown actiyi-
ties quietly, many with smiles. The
wilcox on & Gas Co., however, de-
tailed worEmen to guard the guards
men" Sinclair leases also were sup
piled with company men, but they were
directed TO aid the guard in any way.
About so guardsmen we're constantly
In the field.
A close watch was kept on one pro-
Queer where. gates were slightly dam
wed and there was 2 possibility Il might
II appeared that within 4s hours
there would be only one refinery OPP
Grating IN the Oklahoma City neld
district unless Texas Or other crude
can be delivered here. The Black
Gold Rennery. cfacials said, had crude
for IS to 40 days.
The Il. y. wilcox OIL a. Gas co. an
nosinced today II would shut down its
refinery ct Bristcw. About $50 men VA
BE let on.
Reaners said the shutdown may af-
feet independent nlling stations here
within Q few days, since they are run
ming on low storage and depending on
local plants. Others predicted stifI
increase In gasoline prices II the shut
down Is PROLONGED and companies are
forced to import refined products.
Black Gold, Gulf state. York Re
| zining and other refinery of1iciais said
| they had received offers Of East Texas
crude OH II 10 70 is cents barrel
On leading racks In that district There
4 . freight rate Of - TO IS eentsNn
| barrel from East Texas and Il appeared
ponaihle q lay down Texas crude IN
okiAh1naa City fox around 50 cents Q
barrel.