Evening star., 1933-07-21
OIL COMPROMISE
PROPOSAL SOUGHT
Meeting Recessed Until To-
morrow for Factions to
Get Together.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Split on the question OF permanent
organization to represent the oil in
dustry, the Emergency National Com
mittee Of petroleum interests today
deferred decision until tomorrow in
the hope the various factions could
compose their differences.
As the committee met at hotel
to work out other quarrels between
factions, a proposed code for the mar
keting division asking that it be con-
sidered as an Independent division was
submitted to Hugh S. johnson. indus
trial administrator. by the independent
and individually branded Petroleum
MarketerS Association Of America.
B. L. Majewski. Of the Illinois Pc
troleum MarketerS' Association, led in
the campaign in the committee this
morning to postpone setting up a per-
manent organization
Tom Glasgow of Charlotte. N. c., and
others Joined in asking that action
be delayed.
Hearings Start Monday.
Writ Franklin. president of the In
dependent Petroleum Association, and
several others urged immediate creation
Of the permanent committee to succeed
the present committee It was estab-
lished as temporary organization at
the recent Chicago convention of oil in
terestS, at which time proposed trade
plan was drawn up and submitted to
Federal officials. Hearings will start
Monday.
Franklin insisted that the Executive
Committee should be completed before
the hearing began and that postponing
organization until after the code was
formally approved would bring about
a state OF chaotic uncertainty"
Axtell j. Byles, president Of the Amer
ican Petroleum Institute, serving today
as temporary chairman of the commit
tee. agreed with Franklin.
AS compromise the group voted to
defer action until tomorrow.
The committee will function II and
when created as a liaiSon agency be-
tween the industry and the Govern
ment
The marketing association proposed
Its ideas as supplement to the code
OF practices for the petroleum industry
approved in 1929 by the Federal Trade
Commission.
The marketing association asked that:
The minimum wage scale for market
md division employees in the South be
$l2 weekly, and $l4 in the North, with
42-hour week maximum.
NO petroleum product be sold for less
than the combined commodity and
handling cost.
The producing transportation, refin-
ing and marketing divisions of the in
segregated.
An administration advisory commit
tee OF 20 members, selected by the
President, be set up to represent ali
branches Of the industry.
The proposal also provided that EN-.
ployes could form unions or Join them
and be free from coercion Of employers
suggested standardized accounting
system, and asked that the following
items be included in figuring q mini
mum price:
Cost of material, freight. taxes, oper.
ating expense per unit of sale and q
pro rata share Of the general overhead
Texan Asks Probe.
1t asked that applying profits or losses
OF one branch OF the industry to an
other be prohibited and urged that the
state Commerce Commission proceed
ings to prescribe regulations controlline
operations and rates of pipe lines anc
agencies transporting oil by water.
James " Alfred. Texas attorney gen
eral, yesterday recommended to the ad-
ministration that it make an investi-
cation into the operation of pipe lines
and rates charged for moving petroleum
in them.
Alfred. here with c. v. Terrell and
E. o. Thompson, members Of the Texa.
Railroad Commission. charged with
controlling Texas oil flow, gave hi:
views to Gen. johnson and his assist
ant, K. M. Simpson.