The CHAIRMAN. Those lists will be inserted in the record at this point. (The matter referred to is as follows:) APPENDIX B Long-distance telephone calls: Tank-car situation, Dec. 2, 1947, to Jan. 21, 1948 Oklahoma City, Okla. Chicago, Ill. Minneapolis, Minn. 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 Chicago, Ill.. 8 Tulsa, Okla.. 9 Dallas, Tex. 9 9 9 12 do. Dallas, Tex. Mr. Culiner, M & W Transport Co. A. E. Gebhardt, Union Tank Car Co. A. F. Podvin, Northwestern Oil Co. John Haviland, General Electric Co. Mr. Barksdale, Triangle Refining Co. B. H. Smith, Range Oil Supply Co. J. P. Longtine, Northwestern Oil Co. C. M. Graham, service agent. V. C. Clinger, service agent E. S. Evert. Mr. Barksdale. John Whelan, Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co. Mr. Hall, Como Oil Co. D. H. Smith, General American Tank Corp. Mr. Hayes. Mr. Gardner, Phillips Petroleum Co. Tom Fulton, mayor. Flyckt Oil Co. E. R. Weimer, service agent. Mr. Culiner, M. & W. Transport Co. Mr. Lewis, Primrose Petroleum Co. APPENDIX B-Continued Long-distance telephone calls: Tank-car situation, Dec. 2, 1947, to Jan. 21, 1948— Continued 6 6 6 Longview, Tex. St. Paul, Minn.. Mount Pleasant, Tex. 8 Dallas, Tex... 9 9 Dallas, Tex. 9 9 H. B. Miller, service agent. Mr. Carlson, Great Lakes Pipe Line Co. H. F. Horning, Northwest Petroleum Association. C. L. Ackerman, service agent. Mr. Smith, General American Transportation Co. E. E. Jackson. A. M. Hunter, Oskey Petroleum Co. E. S. Evert, Midwest Oil Co. W. Baskerville, Western Oil & Fuel Co. M. R. Montgomery, Tenola Inc. A. M. Hunter, Oskey Petroleum Co. Dick Lamberson, Union Tank Car Co. D. H. Smith, American Transportation Corp. J. H. Kochncke, Sinclair Refining Co. A. F. Podvin, Northwestern Oil Co. Mr. Cagieux, Bell Oil & Refining Co. Mr. KING. On January 19, to further assist in the emergency, we arranged to take 10 of our service agents away from their territories and assigned duties and placed them at the following points in the oil-producing territory: Shreveport, La.; Beaumont, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Amarillo, and Texarkana, Tex.; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla.; and Hobbs, N. Mex., with instructions that they remain in that territory until the crisis is over, keeping us informed daily as to the movement of tank cars. They cover all railroads and oil refineries in that vicinity. The men assigned to this duty are traveling by their private automobiles, as this enables them to cover more territory daily and to keep better abreast of and in touch with the situation. A separate report is prepared for each railroad covered and for each owner or lessee at each point covered. Checks are made showing the delay in movement of either loaded or empty cars by both shipper and carrier. These men are also furnished with the numbers of the additional tank cars which we secure for the hardship cases, and arrange to have the cars spotted promptly by the railroads, loaded, and billed by the shipper and pulled and forwarded by the railroad. As soon as the cars leave the terminal, we are advised of the train number and time and date of departure and immediately trace the cars by individual numbers through to destination by having our service agents, who are located at intermediate points, contact the railroads to be sure that all avoidable delays are prevented. Our service agents in destination territory are instructed to see that there is no delay in making the cars available for return movement. An assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Service has been sent into the oil-producing territory and will remain there with these 10 service agents on special assignment, going from one man to the other to assist and supervise their work. The members of my staff, in addition to the foregoing work, have attended numerous meetings and conferences with tank-car operators, members of the Oil and Gas Division of the Department of the Interior, officials of the Association of American Railroads, and others in endeavoring to work out a better solution to the problem than we have so far been able to obtain. The National Petroleum Council has evolved a plan which we understand will be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General for approval. This plan is comprehensive and we think good, but it does not meet our immediate problem. On Friday last, I invited representatives of tank-car operators to meet in my office on Monday, January 26, to discuss this problem and ways and means by which we could, in a more orderly and better fashion, meet the present emergent needs for sufficient cars to move the available fuel oil. On January 17, after a conference in my office, Mr. W. T. Faricy, president, Association of American Railroads, sent to the executives of that association's member roads a mimeographed letter, copy of which I have. This requests that the railroads immediately furnish a list of all shippers by tank car, by name and location, who load more 71869-48-pt. 1--19 than an average of 10 tank cars per day at any point on its line. It is felt that this will furnish means of identifying any point where more tank cars are being held than are being used currently. We are advised that the railroads are complying with this request. The CHAIRMAN. The mimeographed letter sent out by Mr. Faricy will be made a part of the record. (The letter is as follows:) To Executives of Member Roads: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS, In connection with the shortages of petroleum and products in different sections of the country, and in order that the officers of the association may be in a better position to deal with Government agencies regarding the alleviation of these shortages, it will likely be necessary to ask railroads for certain reports affecting the handling of, and delays to, tank cars. Preliminary to such request, it will be appreciated if you will immediately send me a list of all shippers of tank cars, by names and location, who load more than an average of 10 tank cars per day at any point on your line and also advise the names of other railroads which serve any such shipper at the same location. As to pipe-line and water terminals where tank-car products are loaded and forwarded by rail, please advise the average number of such tank cars shipped from each such terminal daily, based on shipments for the latest week for which data may be available. It will be most helpful if this information can be made available to me not later than Monday, January 26. Yours very truly, W. T. FARICY. Mr. KING. The meeting held in my office was attended by representatives of all of the important tank-car-owning companies in the country, several of which have recently responded to our appeals for tank cars to meet emergency situations. These representatives were advised that what was needed is some assurance that upon certification of a State fuel administrator, State fuel conservator, or similar official appointed by the governor of any State, that fuel was needed to meet emergency situations, that it was available and could be moved by tank car if tank cars were available, that through some means tank cars could be put into that service. It simply means squeezing a comparatively few cars per day from the whole car supply to meet the emergency. This office proposed that an agent familiar with tank-car movements and with petroleum transportation generally be appointed and given sufficient authority to deal with the situation. This plan was readily agreed to, and Mr. Richard H. Lamberton was appointed in accordance with terms of the order, which I have here, and to which I have referred. The CHAIRMAN. That order will be made a part of the record. (The order is as follows:) OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION Special Allocation Order ODT R-3 It appearing, That there is a critical shortage in the supply of tank cars of a type suitable for the transportation of kerosene and fuel oils; and that shortages of kerosene and fuel oils are causing distress in various sections of the country: Now, therefore, Pursuant to Title III of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, as amended, Executive Order 8989, as amended, Executive Order 9729, as amended, and Executive Order 9919, it is hereby orfered, that: 1. Richard H. Lamberton, 1800 Builders Building, Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, Illinois (Telephone Central 4700), is hereby appointed Agent of the Office of Defense Transportation, with full authority, subject to the general supervision of the Director, Railway Transport Department, Office of Defense Transportation, to secure from owners, lessors, lessees and other users of tank cars of a type suitable for transporting kerosene and fuel oils, sufficient tank cars to transport emergency shipments of kerosene and fuel oils upon certification to him by the fuel conservator, administrator, or similar official appointed by the Governor of a State, in the form attached hereto and made a part hereof, that an emergency exists with respect to such transportation. 2. In the event said Agent is unable to secure sufficient tank cars to handle an emergency tank-car movement of kerosene or fuel oils certified to him by an authorized fuel conservator, administrator or other official appointed by the Governor of a State, said Agent shall immediately advise the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation of such inability, and shall make such recommendations for such further action to be taken as he may consider appropriate. 3. The furnishing of tank cars for use in emergency movements of kerosene or fuel oils pursuant to a request made by the Agent hereinabove appointed, shall constitute an allocation by the Office of Defense Transportation of the use of such equipment for the movement by rail carriers of such commodities. This Special Allocation Order ODT R-3 shall become effective on January 27, 1948, and shall remain in full force and effect until further order of the Office of Defense Transportation. (54 Stat. 676, 55 Stat. 236, 56 Stat. 177, 58 Stat. 827, Stat. 658, 60 Stat. 345, 61 Stat. 34, 321, Pub. Law 395, 80th Cong.; 50 U. S. C. App. Sup. 633, 645, 1152; E. O. 8989, Dec. 18, 1941, 6 F. R. 6725; E. O. 9389, Oct. 18, 1943, 8 F. R. 14183; E. O. 9729, May 23, 1946, 11 F. R. 5641; E. O. 9919, Jan. 3, 1948, 13 F. R. 59.) Issued at Washington, D. C. this 27th day of January, 1948. Mr. R. H. LAMBERTON, [s] J. M. JOHNSON, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation. Agent, Office of Defense Transportation, Room 1800 Builders Building, Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, Illinois. DEAR SIR: This is to certify that an emergency situation exists at a community under my jurisdiction. This community and the consumers therein have less than a two weeks supply of No. There are a fuel oil or kerosene. gallons of days supply. en route which is An investigation has been made by State and Community Committees and there are no other supplies obtainable. gallons of shipment from the plant of are available for immediate at is and his facilities are adequate to receive and contingent upon tank cars being furnished to the shipper. The buyer of this at promptly unload tank cars. Satisfactory arrangements between buyer and seller have been consummated. Kindly arrange to have the necessary tank cars supplied to relieve this emergency and advise. Yours very truly, Mail Copy: A. H. Gass, Director Fuel Conservator for the State of... Railway Transport Department Office of Defense Transportation Washington 25, D. C. Mr. KING. We think this order is self-explanatory. We think it is workable. Mr. Lamberton is a man of many years' experience and wide acquaintance in the movement of tank cars. He was employed in this work by the Office of Defense Transportation during the war, and has continued as a consultant without compensation since that time. We think he is entirely capable of taking over the work, and that it will be done by Mr. Lamberton as agent for the Office of Defense Transportation substantially as it has been done in our own office |