Evening star., 1943-09-08

done "a superb job" The recapping
program will carry through "for a
long time to come, with every effort
being made to recap up to 2,500,000
tires per month";" he announced.
Next year there must be made
and issued to essential civilian driv-
ers minimum of 30000,000 new
tires Mr.. Dewey said. He noted
that shortages of tire cords exist and
are in prospect, but that heroic eff
forts" are being made to overcome
them.
The Amazon and other Latin
American areas are expected to con-
tribute between $4,000 and $4,000
tons of crude rubber next year, but
no appreciable amounts are expect-
ed from cryptostegia or from quay
ule paintings in this country
The low point of the country's
stock pile of crude and synthetic
rubbers will be reached some time
early in 1914. Mr.. Dewey stated. AS
the new production of synthetics
comes in. however, he said there
must be "a gradual but marked cas-
ing up of the restrictions upon the
use OF these synthetics."
Calm Over Petroleum Supply
Per K. FTolich, president of the
society, said that while shortage
Of natural petroleum will occur ..at
some future time" requiring use of
synthetic products, there is nothing
to indicate that this should result
In any sudden change as far as our
supply and consumption of gasoline
and petroleum derivatives are con-
cerned."
Declaring there was Is years.
normal supply of discovered oil in
the ground throughout the country,
Mr.. Frolich asserted in his presi-
Dental address:
1T would appear that In addi-
tion to the petroleum known to be
present in the ground. large but-as-
yet-undiscovered reserves may be
expected to exist in different parts
of the world, including the United
States. How long we can continue
to locate this oil and bring it to the
surface at the desired rate is an
open question"
"At some future time, however.
whether it be in the immediate fu-
ture, in the next generation, or In a
much later generation, shortage Of
petroleum will occur"
Meanwhile, he said, advances in
engine construction would make for
better efficiency in the utilization of
fuels and there will be necessary
adjustments in supply and demand
so that oil will be moved around
freely from the principal centers of
production to the principal centers
of consumption"
Long War to Change Picture.
"All this" Mr.. Frolich continued.
will tend to prolong the necessity
at least in time of peace-for turn
ing to alternate sources of supply
But he said "a prolonged war, with
continued heavy demands for petro.
leum would, in the absence of any
substantial new discoveries, aceeler-
ate the need" for other sources.
To meet the needs of the Allies
at war, he said. the United States
now is producing crude oil at the
rate of 100000 barrels a day.
Mr.. Frolich listed our coal re-
serves as potentially the largest pb-
tential alternative source of pc
troleum, with three trillion tons OF
coal deposits throughous. the coun-
try a.
Natural gas. oil shares and Ca
madam deposits of tar sands also
offer possibilities, he said, adding,
When the day comes that the
petroleum industry must turn in
earnest to new sources of LIQUID
fuels, it's dependence on chemistry
and engineering will become in-
creasingly great" e,-s