Evening star., 1933-09-22
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OIL PRICE CUTTERS
Secretary Announces He Is
Ready to Proceed With
N. R. A. Test Cases.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Oil price cutters and handlers of
"hot" or bootleg" oil are going to
feel the mailed fist OF the N. R. A. as
administered by Secretary of the In
terror Ickes, he said yesterday.
Ickes, who also is oil administrator,
plans the first court test of the N. R.
A. power to enforce its codes on the
oil industry.
Louis CLAWS, an Interior Department
investigator, is in New York ready to
prosecute persons he is convinced have
cut prices or are handling Oil produced
in violation of State allocations
Meanwhile 1ckes approved the ap-
pointment of between six and seven
hundred persons to the regional COM
mittees on oil production, marketing,
transportation and refining. These will
help guide the industry in its efforts
to stabilize itself.
Yet to be announced are several hun
dred more persons for various State
committees.
While the Secretary did not comment
on the appointments, oil executives said
the committees were as widely repre-
sentative as possible.
Discloses Few Details.
Ickes disclosed few details of his plans
for prosecution of oil code violators.
We are ready to proceed" he said,
and I am instructing Mr.. Claws to
proceed"
The Secretary would rot say when
prosecutions would start.
Violations of the oil shipment regula-
tions that occurred before the signing
of the oil code, are to go ahead despite
legal proceedings seeking to test the
lega lity of the Secretary'S power to en-
force them.
Some sources said that part of the
gasoline that was being sold below
apparent cost was being withdrawn
from supplies stored before the effective
date OF the oil CODE.
The duties of the various regional
committees were not specified. but 1t
was said they would collect statistics,
settle disputes, correlate price data, and
suggest production ratios, among other
things.
Committee Chairmen.
The committees would attempt to
execute the oil code in their regions
as far as possible without calling upon
the Planning and Co-ordinating Com
mittee or Secretary Ickes,
Here are tne cnalTmen OF Cne 'aIlouS
committees:
Production-Regional district No l,
P. H Curry, South Penn Oil Co., No.
2: w. Scott Hayward, Shreveport. La;
No. 3, A. E. Taine, New Straitsville,
Ohio; No 4. Burdett Blue, Bartlesville,
Okla; No. 5, c. B. Richardson, Casper,
Wyo.; No. 6. j. A. Brown, Standard Oil
of California, San Francisco.
Marketing-E. G. Seubert, Standard
Oil of Indiana Chicago, general chair
man: region No. /, w. V. Hartmann,
Pan-American Oil Co.; No. 2, Wylie L.
Moore; No 3, A. c. Mcguire; No. 4,
P. M. Miskell; No 5, F. c. Cramer; No.
6, G.. Legh-Jones.
Transportation-Regi No. /, j.
Howard Pew, Sun Oil Co., Philadelphia;
No 3, Sheldon Clark. Sinclair Oil Co.,
Chicago; No. 4, Burt E. Hull. Texas Co.,
Houston, Tex; No. 5, John McFayden,
Ohio Oil Co.. Casper, Wyo. No. 6, L.
B. Jurs. Associated Oil Co., San Fran
cisco.
Refning-Region No. 1, Frank R.
Coates; No. 2, T. H. Barton, Ell Dorado,
Ark; No. 3, Paul Blazer, Ashland, KY;
No. 4, H. c. Weiss; No. s. 7. A. Dimes,
Salt Lake City. Utah; No 6, c. E. Ohm
stead, Texas Co., Los Angeles, Calf.