Evening star., 1943-01-09
Fuel Oil
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in that market on the basis of need
With the exception of the specified
emergency situations tset up in the
priorities list under Order No. / OF
the Petroleum Administrator fol
War; and the primary supply quotas
established by the Petroleum Ad-
ministrator for War, all dealers and
secondary suppliers of fuel oil must
from now on sell any amount of
their supply to any purchasers who
present the necessary coupons"
Mr.. Henderson reminded dealers
that violations of the order would
open them up to severe penalties.
Demands Still Too High.
Despite the recent cut in oil con-
sumption for non-residential users
and the man OH pleasure driving, thu
saving of petroleum supplies in the
East will fall far short of reducing
demands to the level of available
stocks, the Petroleum Industry Wal
Council yesterday informed Petrol.
cum Administrator Ickes.
The council, comprising represent
atives of the oil industry, warned
that unless military shipments from
Eastern ports were eased, hardship
among civilians this month and
next would be inevitable.
Part ~of the deficiency can be
made up by drawing on reserve
stocks lin certain areas" the coun-
Gil said. To make up the rest, the
group urged:
/. That the armed forces 60 to
sources other than the East fol-
their oil needs: or
2. That few more tankers be
spared for deliveries by sea to the
Atlantic Seaboard without i'm
pairing our first responsibility OF
supplying our military forces and
our allies with the petroleum prod
ucts they need"
The council suggested that the
latter recommendation might be
carried out by allowing new tank
ers to spend their break in" periods
along Atlantic coastal routes. thus
facilitating necessary checkups and
repairs.
The oil men said that the recent
cuts in fuel oil consumption and
the ban on pleasure driving will save
$4,000 barrels day but that the
remaining deficiency will be 270,O0C
barrels day during January. AS
seen now. they said. deliveries of oil
to the East during the remainder OF
this month will aggregate 1,l46,00O
barrels daily while the demand, in
cluding rationed civilian consump-
ton and military shipments, will
be 1,416,0O0 barrels.
BY February, it was predicted. the
deficiency will be reduced to 128,O ,OOO
barrels a day because the Texas
Illinois leg of the emergency pipe
line will be in operation. This pipe
line should increase deliveries to
1,226,000 barrels day, while the
demand is expected to drop to 1854,
600 barrels daily.
February Is Crisis.
After February, the counc% said
the oil situation should be com
foltable' for several months.
Rationing of fuel oil in New York
City yesterday compelled the Boaro
of Education there to order all pub.
lie schools closed for a five-day
period beginning February /. Ii was
estimated this would save 195, ,OO(
gallons of oil and would enable the
schools to spread this oil over the
remainder of the cold season. The
vacation would replace the usual
Easter week holidays for New York's
public school children.
Rhode Island stores and business
houses not connected wi h the wal
effort faced the prospect Of a FIVE
day week as State officials sought tc
find some means Of saving oil. The
proposal was made by Gov. J. How
ard McGrath and received imme-
diate support throughout the State