Evening star., 1943-06-21
Capacity Production
OF Coal Is Needed,
owl Report Says
Ten Per Cent Increase
For Heating Required
During Next Winter
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
To meet this years demands,
the largest in history, soft coal
must be mined at full capacity
every MONTH" the Office of War
Information said today.
Shortages of manpower and
equipment could put a top limit on
coal production, Owl said in long
report on fuel prospects for the
coming winter, and a third factor
is "a temporary production stop
page"
Gasoline and fuel rationing cam
not be relaxed if petroleum needs
arc to be met, the survey declared
and military demands for oil may
make the curbs on civilians even
harsher than in the past
owl said its report was as Of
today and the situation is subject
to change.
Pipeline Flow Figured
Fasteners particularly should not
be misled into false optimism by
the rapid construction of pipelines,
the report said. Owl quoted Dep
uty Petroleum Administrator Ralph
X Davies as warning that the
future flow from the big inch" and
lesser pipelines has been anticipated
in all calculations.
I'VE know all the favorable fac
tors" Mr.. Davies said. The big
unknown factor is what military de-
mands might be under some circum-
stances. On that score we can take
no chances of not having everything
that may be needed
Fuel shortages can be avoided,
Owl declared. only if:
Large consumers of fuel Oil con-
vert now to coal.
Both household and factory users
order coal Immediately without be-
ing too particular about kind and
quality.
HouSeholderS at once place orders
for misunderstanding and home in
sulation.
Urges Quick Action.
Quick action by coal consumers is
essential lest transportation become
a bottleneck, Owl reported. Coal
must be kept rolling as fast as it is
mined in order not to tie up load
ing facilities, and must be moved
into consumers bins and stockpiles
instead of jamming the coal indus
try's storage facilities, OWL con-
tinued.
There are more than $4,000 900
consumers of bituminous coal" Owl
said. 1T supplies industry with
more than One-half of the power
and energy required to produce the
weapons of war. 1t creates nearly
SIS per cent of the electricity used
1t runs four out of every five rail-
road locomotives 1t heats approx
mately so per cent of the Nations S
homes"
About 6O0000,0 900 tons of soft coal,
an increase of 10000 900 over last
years record coal produc-
lion. will be needed to meet war and
essential civilian demands this year.
Owl estimated Some 650OO,000
tons of anthracite will be needed,
100000 tons more than were pro-
duced in 1912
Increased Demand Expected.
The Bituminous Coal Consumers
Council has estimated that about
l30,000,000 tons will be needed to
neat homes, Office buildings. schools
and such structures, a 10 per cent
increase over last year.
This estimate, which may be too
Conserva tive. is based on the con-
tinuance of the war through the
1894 heating sea-on and upon
average weather conditions" Owl
said. An unusually severe winter
would of course, result in a sub
stantlal increase in coal demands. ="
The problems posed by manpower
and transportation were highlighted
by Owls disclosure that 10000
miners quit the coal fields last year
.or the armed forces and other in
dustries.