Evening star., 1942-07-18

| Wallace Breaks lie
Series Of New Pipelines
To Bring Oil to Eost;;
Cos Price Cut Seen
New hope for eventual relief OF
the oil and gasoline and rubber
situation on the Eastern Sea-
board was held out today through
several actions.
The Senate approved a s93, ,0OO, 900
appropriation for construction of a
barge canal across North Florida,
! and series of pipelines.
The War Production Board issued
orders yesterday in effect restoring
competition in the filling station
/ business.
Motorists received renewed assur-
ance that the recent gasoline price
increase would soon be cancelled.
A Senate agriculture subcommit-
tee pressed its inquiry into the pro-
duction of synthetic rubber.
The Florida barge bill, which also
authorizes improvement of the Gulf
Coast waterway along the Texas
Coast, was sent yesterday by the
Senate to the House for concurrence
in minor amendments.
Wallace Breaks Tie.
BY only q one-vote margin the
canal proposal remained in the bill
With Vice President Wallace break
ing tie, an amendment to strip the
canaf from the bill was rejected,
1880.
Passage of the entire bill then
came on voice vote.
OF the total sum, $44 900 900 would
be spent on the canal, SIC, 600 900 for
a series of pipelines across Florida:
$4,000, 900 for pipeline from North
Mississippi to Savannah. Ga. or
Charleston, S. c., and $26. 900 900 for
extension of the Gulf Coast water
way from Corpus Christi to Browns
vile, Tex, and for deepening of
waterway between Appalachee Bay,
Florida, and Corpus Christi.
longtime opponent of the Florida
canal, either in ship or barge form,
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, said:
THE country looks upon the
Florida canal as the supreme boom
doggle of all time"
To Senator Pepper. Democrat, of
Florida, and Andrews, Democrat,
of Florida. construction of the canal
and the pipelines will tremendously
aid the East"
Filling Station Supplies.
Since the Eastern oil shortage
grew acute, filling stations in that
area have received only so per cent
of their usual supply of gasoline.
Beginning July %, however, they
will receive as much gasoline as they
can sell under the rationing system.
That is, the coupons they detach
from the Eastern motorists gasoline
card will entitle them to replenish
their stocks gallon for gallon.
Under the present system, the
limited gallonage delivered to each
filling station has been quickly sold,
and there has been no incentive for
competition or special inducements
to customers.
While WPB was issuing its order.
House Majority Leader Mccormack
announced that Price Administra-
tor Henderson had assured him the
Eastern price rise of IN cents a gall
Ion would shortly be removed.
The increase was ordered to cover
the additional cost OF using railroad
facilities to transport gasoline which
formerly had been hauled by ships
The general understanding was that
the RFC would absorb the price
increase
Rubber Process Discussed.
Chairman Gillette of the Senate
subcommittee which has been deeply
concerned with the production of
/ synthetic rubber. expressed the be-
lief that Standard Oil of New Jersey
was receiving preferred treatment in
| the acceptance of process which it
recently developed This was the
use of "flexon" as a rubber substi-
/ tute.
| Senator Gillette said that this
was the only new process receiving
/ intensive study from the Govern
ment- financed Rubber Reserve Co.
| The process, Senator Gillette added
was presented only last week, and
already it is accepted" Agents of
4 the Rubber Reserve Co. he said
were already seeking priorities on
/ critical materials for the construc-
tion of f1exon plants.
Stanley Grassland, vice president
! OF Rubber Reserve, on the stand at
| the time, testified that his organiza :
| ton was making a survey to deter
mine what critical materials were
available for "makeshift plants"
Senator Thomas, Democrat, OF
Oklahoma served notice on The
Senate that he would call up at the
earliest moment next week a bill
to create a separate Government
agency to speed the manufacturing
of synthetic rubber from grain al
cohol.
War Production Chief Nelson re
peatedly has expressed his opposi-
ton to the bill on the grounds II
would mean a division of authorit.
in the production of rubber. Mr.
Nelson yesterday was reported to
have assumed personal direction OF
the rubber program.