The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-31
STANDARD OIL
 co. ANSWERS

(Continued from Page D or the sherman act, they did inurC greatly to the advance of American industry ana more than any other one thing have made possible oul present war activities in aviation gasoline, toluol md explosives ano In synthetic rubber itself"
 Referring specifically to Arnold's charges, which he denied, Parish said;
 "1t seems to me that the press and others have gone beyond the evidence which the committee has heard, perhaps, and probably through mISapprehension"
 Normal Transaction
 Standard Oil's agreement with Farben in 1920 he asserted, was a normal business transaction, He made 0 particular point of answer ing Arnold'S charge that In 1889 an attempt was made to insure con tinuance of the cartel even if the United States entered the war,
 "Our contracts of 1929 were to run until l947," he explained. "AS you gentlemen doubtless know, con- tracts such as these are not, in law, ahrogated but merely suspended when the parties nations are at war.
 The parties to such contracts must therefore And some way of getting along with their own bust- ness while the contracts are so sus- pended.
 In answer to Arnold's charge that Standard had kept Germany in- formed of developments in It's own process of producing butyl rubber, while keeping this government In Ignorance of the progress, Parish said:
 "Vyhen the European war broke out in l939 and Standard took over control of the Buna (German pro- cess) patents in the United States, it informed the War and Navy de- partments and offered It's coopera- ton in speeding up the production of synthetic rubber"
 He read long list of documents purportlng to show that Standard always had offered this government cooperation in the synthetic rubber pro ram, but that financial ditil- cutl9s had stood in the way.
 Butyl rubber, he said, was in- ferior in some respects to the Buna process and, furthermore, was not in a stage ready for commercial development until March l94l.
 Prom this time forward, our progress was rapid" he said.
 Answers tO Charges
 He gave the following answers to specific charges made by Arnold;
 l. ArnoldS charge: That in September, 1889, Standard, fearing a break in Japanese re- lations, discussed a "closer relation ship" with the Japanese Mltsui firm.
 Parish: "This cable (upon which Arnold based the charge) was sent by an American, the local manager in Yokohama, in an effort to ad- wise the directors that immediate steps could be taken to maintain some part of our American oil busi- ness in Japan against rising tide" He added that the State de- lpartment was informed of the sic- uation.
 2. Arnolds charge: That Stand ard was delivering aviation gaso- line to an Italian airline in Brazil in 194i.
 Parish: Deliveries to this airline were discussed with the State de- partment and with the American embassy at Rio de Janeiro. No de- livery was made except in conform ity with the policy of the depart ment."
 3. Arnolds charge; That in 1888 and 1889 Standards German suo- sidiary, DAPG was considering a plan to cooperate with the German government in erecting a refining plant for aviation gasoline at Ham burg.
 Parish: "Our German subsidiary is a German corporation managed and operated by German personnel. It is accountable to the German government and to no other goy- ernment. The German government in 1888 and 1889 was expanding its aviation gasoline facilities, and oul company was behind other Amer jean and British controlled com panies in Germany's refining pro- gram. Under the circumstances our German subsidiary could dc nothing less than the others had done"
 4. Charge: Tat after the fall of France, Standard helped Ger man interests establish hydrogena- tion plants in Occupied France.
 Parish: "This statement is un- true"
 s. Charge: That in July, l94l Farben offered Standard $24,000,- poo in gold for its Hungarian prop critics.
 Parish: 'This Is true; and under advice from the State department and the economic defense board the offer was not accepted"
 Discussing Arnold's charge that Standard had planned to assist Germany in designing an aviation gasoline plant, Parish remided the committee that this coutry did mol enter the war until Dec. 2, l94l.
 During 1888 and 1889 this coun- Gry was not at war with Germany, he said. 'sIn fact, every effort was being made to avoid including our selves in war, Commercial relations with Germany were continued on q normal basis. Under these cir eE1mstsnees, refusal to assist in the eesign Of lAls D ant would have eeen n1NarTanteo.' AL