EXHIBIT 5.-United States exports of kerosene, gas oil and distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil, by country: Quantity 1939, 1940, 1946, and [Barrels] 47,584 35, 367 EXHIBIT 5.-United States exports of kerosene, gas oil and distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil, by country: Quantity 1939, 1940, 1946, and French Indo-China and French Netherlands Indies. Philippine Islands. Asia, n. e. s.2. Kwantung.. Japan. Australia. Mr. HESELTON. We will have shipped 20,000 barrels of kerosene under this program, and in 1940 we shipped 572 barrels. Does not that amaze you? Mr. FOSTER. What were those figures again? Mr. HESELTON. Five hundred seventy-two barrels in 1940 and 20,000 barrels if this program is carried out. Mr. FOSTER. That is a substantial increase that undoubtedly comes about because they are unable to get other fuels, which they did have available in 1940. Mr. HESELTON. To New Zealand, in 1940 we shipped 6,755 barrels, and if this program is carried out, we will have shipped 80,000 barrels. New Zealand is not cold today, is it? Mr. FOSTER. No, sir; but they have to raise food, and they have to run their transportation. Mr. HESELTON. And we do, do we not? Mr. FOSTER. Certainly, and we are doing it. Mr. HESELTON. If we are going to undertake the things that you ask us to do, and many, many Members of Congress want done, we must keep our transportation system going and we have got to keep our productive system up, is not that right? Mr. FOSTER. And in our productive system we are doing much increased production in all fields. Mr. HESELTON. Did you know that an industry in Chicopee, Mass., had to shut down last week for a full day because they did not have enough oil to operate? The CHAIRMAN. On that point, I think that I read yesterday that there were 200,000 out of employment in three or four localities as a result of lack of fuel oil, to keep the plants going. Mr. FOSTER. Do not misunderstand me. I am not minimizing the difficulty of our situation here. I do say that we must consider, however, that there are difficulties in other places which are also great. Mr. HESELTON. We want a full explanation of why you are giving so much credit to the representations of people from other countries. I do not doubt but that they are telling you the truth, but their requests are not screened by anybody here, apparently, and I think that that is a terribly unfortunate thing let me put it that way— to have happened in this country, since this committee was informed in July of all of these factors, and when you testified before us and when other responsible and able Government officials testified before us; and I want to ask you to be prepared this afternoon, if you will, to give me the mechanics, the names of the people on the review committee and the names of the people on the several other committees and tell us how you go about this thing and what factors you take into consideration. Mr. FOSTER. I will be very glad to. I will have the chairman of the review committee here, if you would like him. (The names of members on review committee appear elsewhere in the record. The background information was filed with the committee.) Mr. HESELTON. Are they experienced as business men? I want you, also, to be prepared, and this is one thing about which everybody is uncertain, to tell us the operation of this licensing system, who initiates it, and whether it comes from the State Department or whether it |