The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-10
Monopoly Power

emily developed dominant political power
by War Production Chief Nelson's objections the production
of alcohol grain purpose of manufacturing syn
thec rubber voiced by him this week. according
reports No other conclusion can be drawn in the face of es
mony the economical practcabty of the production
alcohol from farm products and in the production of buta
dene the essential ingredient synthetic rubber This es
given before the subcommittee of the
mee agriculture and forestry by competent unpre
udced chemist which called before it. None the dollar
ayear denied it's feasibility but all evasive and dis
couraging about it.
The Finance Corporation with its monop
oily stooge head JONES' has aocaed $3.50 900 with
possibility of increase to OOO 600 for the consruc
ton of buadene plants the petroleum industry for the
ducon of 100000 of rubber DR. Lewis H. Marks of the
Pubcker Commercial Alcohol Company of Philadelphia tes
fled offer proof that the 100000 tons of rub
Der could be produced by utadene derived from alcohol made
from grains the adaptation of alcohol plants
ducon of alcohol from grains, construction of additional al
coho plants and plants for production of butadene from the
alcohol, for total cost of S175 100000
Dr. William j. Hale, president of the National Argol Com
pany, internationally recognized authority chem
istry in his testimony before the committee
attitude the oil companies and their supporters the
agencies He said in speaking of the production
of synthetic rubber: Why should limit it? Why should
agency the dictate that synthetic
rubber must be made by the oil companes Why not select
the ministers of the gospel? They might be just efficient
later butadiene Practically speaking that
the farmer controls the greatest amount of product for
rubber The farmer has the alcohol He crack it to buta
dene process it through acetadehyde.
To question by Senator Wheeler the oil companies do
not claim that rubber be made cheapy from OIL Dr.
Hale replied
"The companies have always claimed that they do
anything earth better oher
ganizaton That their haucnaton They cannot
make cheap rubber know what costs to make rubber
then they haven't got quite We
make butadiene from farm products for or . cents
pound. -.
agreed by all the chemists that plants for the
ducon alcohol from farm products should be located the
where the All agreed that corn
and wheat most desirable for the production of alcohol
they easily stored and not peshable fruits
potatoes other vegetables
The feasibility of construction of small plants for the pro-
used grown brought out by Dr. Marks He cited
Germany where the farmers individual plants
comparatively stills where they make 40 proof alcohol
The alcohol monopoly then purchases this product
refines it further and distributes profit industries
buadene produced in Germany Po-
land and other countries in Europe comes from potatoes
DR. Cy Neuman president Pubcker Commercial Alcohol
Company Philadelphia testified that the total of vital mate
necessary the construction of plants for production of
alcohol less than half of the amount required
for the production of butadiene from petroleum This OF
spikes argument of the bucpassers in the OPM
that vital materials for the construction of plants for the pro-
from alcohol not available There
difficulty for the big oil companies to secure materials Tor
the construction of butadiene production plants
The ALLEGATION of funds made by the Reconstruction FL
CORPORATION for the production synthetic rubber
made recommendation of committee made of repre-
sentatves Universal Oil Products Phillips Petroleum.
Carbide and Carbon Gulf OIL Standard Oil of New
Jersey and others in his testimony sad "The i'm
partially of this committee reeks to high heaven In spite OF
world there been manufactured
than 900 tons of butadene from petroleum products
yet 100000 have been made successfully from
alcohol this impartial committee decided that acoho unless
from petroleum. could not have place in the pic
In other words grain alcohol taboo The result of
impartial decision left 600 in the hands
the petroleum corporations and their satellites $15O000OOO
being grudgngy distributed to the rubber companies
blandy informed that the contracts signed
by with Rubber Reserve and the oil corporations
the Modes and Persan unbreakabe May
recall what happened to the Modes and the
Why bend those contracts little bit to
nation? If could trim little 900 off
900 devote this trfe the de- IT.
veopment butadene from grain with gust of speed we
tide the better utilization of
point the to victory Does anyone
him tho of
greedsers would spare single dime for the adj II
of agriculture organic chemistry by of
ducing few of butadene? they haven't got the Il
courage patriotism let's work
gether Well help YOU In their silence there only
They would let others fight the battles while tt
goa the gores of their gold But they going to fl
defeat This gradual spread of sympathy between the
and aboer apparent be made quite real
interests choose not to heed
prepare after this for avalanche in which
hey submerged and labor and agriculture reign
reme" sc