(The statement of Thomas A. Johnson and the statement of Guy W. Pinck, referred to and submitted by Senator Pepper, will be found at the end of today's transcript.)

(The documents referred to and submitted by State Senator Graham are here printed in full as follows:)

Hon. ERNEST R. GRAHAM,

Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D. C.

STATE OF FLORIDA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Tallahassee, May 29, 1942.

DEAR ERNEST: With further reference to the gasoline-rationing situation, I am enclosing for your information copy of letter I have written today to Mr. Ickes.

With best regards, I remain,
Yours faithfully,

Hon. HAROLD L. ICKES,

SPESSARD L. HOLLAND.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Tallahassee, May 29, 1942.

Petroleum Coordinator, Secretary of the Interior,

Washington, D. C.

DEAR MR. SECRETARY: This letter supplements my letter to you of May 16, in which I promised to furnish you certain additional information which was not available at the time my former letter was written.

I am enclosing herewith as promised a complete record of the deliveries of gasoline to the State of Florida for the month of April 1942, both by barge and by tanker. This list shows the name of each barge and tanker making delivery with the date thereof, as well as the port of delivery and the volume of gasoline delivered.

In addition, I am also enclosing the consolidated record by ports of the April deliveries of gasoline. Please note that this list does not include the barges and tankers serving the pipe line running from Port St. Joe, Fla. (on the Gulf of Mexico) up to Chattanooga, Tenn., and through which we are advised there is being pumped more than 1,000,000 gallons per day. The Department of Agriculture, who makes the inspections on which this record has been gathered, does not include the floating equipment which is serving the Port St. Joe line.

You will also note from the consolidated statement that nearly 74 percent of the gasoline deliveries in Florida were made through the Gulf ports. It will also be noted that while the tanker deliveries for April exceeded in gallons deliveries made by barges, that in three cases barges made deliveries to either Miami or Miami Beach during April and as stated in my previous letter these barges could have made deliveries on the west coast for transshipment of the gasoline by railroad or truck or through the intercoastal canal from Fort Myers to Stuart, and the gallonage which could have been delivered to Florida by these same barges would have been largely increased by confining their delivery to Gulf ports. I am also enclosing photostatic copies of the record of the opening and closing inventories for April 1942, of each of the oil companies operating in Florida. This record shows that on April 1 inventory on hand of these companies was 36,444,515 gallons and on April 30 a closing inventory of 39,053,330, or an increase of more than 2,600,000 gallons on hand at the close of the month than was on hand at the beginning of the month.

Since writing you on May 16, I have caused to be made between the period of May 18 and May 23 a survey which shows details of the laid up as well as active barges, both wood and steel, and tugboats and towboats, both wood and steel, which were in the State of Florida during this period. This information was secured by our field forces of the State road department operating in the five congressional districts of this State. This survey, I believe you will agree, gives you definite data as to not only steel and wood barges and tugs that are idle, but will also show you a large number of other barges and tugs that undoubtedly can be converted to petroleum business if the Government desires to use them.

I am sending you under separate cover two bound volumes containing this complete information. One of these volumes covers the barges and the other tugs and towboats.

A compilation of the information given in these two volumes shows the following:

After reading press reports on the 26th which stated that certain restrictions on carrying petroleum products in other than steel and iron vessels had been removed, we wired Commander B. S. Fields, Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, Washington, D. C., and under date of May 27 he wired as follows: "Restrictions on wood hull barges transporting grade E cargo in bulk removed as of May 26 subject to approval by hearquarters of construction or conversions."

This means that petroleum products such as fuel oil can now be handled in wood barges subject to the approval mentioned. This should free some of the steel barges now being used for grade B cargoes to handle gasoline, which can thus be added to the 5 idle steel barges already available as shown by the list. The list also shows a large number of idle tugs available in Florida ports, namely 3 steel tugs and 42 wood tugs.

I trust that with the previous information furnished you, plus that contained in this letter and shown by the survey which I am forwarding you, you will now grant my request that Florida be properly classified as a Gulf State rather than an Atlantic one and that my request for a transfer from district 1 to district 3 will be immediately approved by you.

With best regards, I beg to remain,

Yours faithfully,

Record of gasoline delivered in Florida during April 1942, as revealed by State Department of Agriculture inspection reports

Record of gasoline delivered in Florida during April 1942, as revealed by State Department of Agriculture inspection reports-Continued

"A" preceding quantity discharged indicates aviation gasoline. All other is taxable.

NOTE:-Records not available here which will show the additional gasoline delivered by above tankers and barges to ports outside Florida during same month.