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Andrews, M. E., Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to Chairman
Woverton, dated February 27, 1948, with attachments__
Douglas, Lewis W., Ambassador to Great Britain, to Chairman
Wolverton, dated February 18, 1948, with attached copy of letter
to Hon. John Heselton, a Representative in Congress from the
State of Massachusetts.

328

Eakens, Robert H. S., Department of State, to Andrew Stevenson,
adviser to the committee, dated February 25, 1948_ _ _ _

Foster, William C., Under Secretary, Department of Commerce, to

Chairman Wolverton, dated February 2, 1948, regarding reexamina-

tion of export quotas for petroleum and petroleum products, first

quarter 1948.

McKeough, Raymond S., Vice Chairman, Maritime Commission, to
Chairman Wolverton, dated January 29, 1948...
Montgomery, Donald, UAW-CIO, to Hon. Robert Hale, a Repre-
sentative in Congress from the State of Maine, dated February 12,
1948

Montgomery, Henry A., counsel, Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., to
Chairman Wolverton, dated March 3, 1948.

Smith, W. W., Chairman, Maritime Commission, to Chairman
Wolverton, dated January 19, 1948...

Wolverton, Hon. Charles A., Chairman, to Hon. W. Averell Harriman,
Secretary of Commerce, dated January 19, 1948.

Wolverton, Hon. Charles A., Chairman, to Hon. W. Averell Harriman,
Secretary of Commerce, dated January 20, 1948..
Statistical tables, charts, documents, etc., submitted by-
Arabian-American Oil Co.:

Chart I. Comparative areas Middle East versus United States.
Chart II. Middle East oil concessions.

Chart III. Petroleum reserves of the world.

Chart IV. Producing wells versus daily average production.

Chart V. Consumer need, production, and refining capacity, 1946
compared to 1951.

Chart. Crude oil production Arabian-American Oil Co., 1941

through 1947.

Chart. World crude oil production (excluding Russia) 1947 com-

pared with 1951.

Chart. Domestic demand for crude and products.

Chart. Crude runs to stills (world excluding Russia), 1947 com-

pared with 1951.

Map. Petroleum facilities, Saudi-Arabia-Bahrein-Qatar.

Map. Petroleum facilities, Middle East, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, and

Saudi Arabia.

(The above charts are maps appear at end of hearing.)

Summary. Middle East oil developments___

Army-Navy Petroleum Board:

434

357

143

615

612

133

259

Map "The World's Flow of Petroleum," from the Chicago Daily

Tribune, February 1, 1948, issue..
Facing 322

Copies of orders and directives issued by armed forces furnishing

detailed instructions to be followed to provide efficient petro-

leum operations at installations, July 7, 1947, through January

21, 1948.

Statement on distribution of petroleum in occupied countries__

Statement on export allocations of petroleum by the Department

of Commerce__

Department of Commerce:

Exhibit 1. United States exports of crude petroleum and petro-

leum products to U. S. S. R., monthly, July-November 1947--

Exhibit 2. United States petroleum stocks at refineries, bulk

terminals and pipe lines.

Exhibit 3. United States domestic exports to U. S. S. R., total

and by principal commodities, monthly, January-November

Statistical tables, charts, documenis, etc., submitted by-Continued

Department of Commerce-Continued

Exhibit 4. Exports of selected petroleum products from the

United States. Comparison, first quarter 1947, first quarter

1948_

Exhibit 5. United States exports of kerosene, gas oil and distil-

late fuel oil, and residual fuel oil by country. Quantity 1939,

1940, 1946, and January-November 1947; and revised quota,

first quarter, 1948..

Exhibit 6. Canadian refinery inventories of refined petroleum
products, June 1-November 1, 1946 and 1947--

Exhibit 7. United States exports of petroleum and principal prod-

ucts, by leading country, November and January-November,

1947.

Exhibit 8. Areas of exit for petroleum products as shown by

license applications, fourth quarter 1947-.

Exhibit 9. Areas of exit for petroleum products as shown by first

quarter license applications, 1948..

Table: Major petroleum products, United States supply and

exports---

Table: Major petroleum products, stated foreign requirements

first quarter 1948, compared with United States export quotas,

fourth quarter 1947 and first quarter 1948.-

Table: United States exports of heating oils to Canada-percent-

age distribution by region of origin, first 10 months 1947..

Table: United States petroleum stocks at refineries and bulk

terminals by PAW districts_-

Table: Export licenses issued January 1-February 11, 1948-in

barrels..

Current Export Bulletin, Office of International Trade, December
31, 1947-"Export Licensing Policy".

Statement on procedures in the administration of export controls,

including establishment of quotas and handling of license appli-

cations...

Department Order No. 80, dated August 13, 1947, re Advisory
Committee on Second Decontrol Act, with list of Review Com-
mittee and Advisory Committee members..

List of tables: United States foreign trade in petroleum and prod-
ucts..

Federal Power Commission:

Copy of telegram dated February 11, 1948, to Panhandle Eastern
Pipe Line Co. and Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., from
Federal Power Commission, modifying orders and ordering
certain deliveries of natural gas---.

Interior Department:

Copy of letter from Hon. Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior,
to Walter S. Hallanan, Chairman, National Petroleum Council,
dated January 7, 1948..

Copy of telegram from Max W. Ball, Director, Oil and Gas

Division, Department of the Interior, to Mr. Walter S. Halla-

nan, Chairman, National Petroleum Council, dated December

23, 1947.

Report of the National Petroleum Council's Committee on

Voluntary Petroleum allocation agreements..

Executive order for conservation of fuel oil, gasoline and gas to

the heads of all Departments and independent agencies, dated

January 17, 1948.

200

Release issued by Oil and Gas Division, Department of the In-

terior, re conservation of fuel oil, gasoline and gas, dated Jan-

uary 15, 1948_

201

Table, tank wagon prices-

226

Copy of letter from Hon. Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior,

to Hon. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General, dated January 28,

1948.

198

Copy of letter from Hon. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General, to

Hon. Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, dated January

28, 1948..

198

Statistical tables, charts, documents, etc., submitted by-Continued

Maritime Commission:

Exhibit A. Copy of telegram dated January 5, 1948, from the

Chairman, Maritime Commission, with list of addressees__

Exhibit B. Copy of joint telegram dated January 8, 1948, by

the Chairman, Maritime Commission, with list of addressees.

Exhibit C. Copy of telegram dated January 12, 1948, by the

Chairman, Maritime Commission, with list of addressees..

Exhibit D. Copy of telegram dated January 22, 1948, by the

Chairman, Maritime Commission, and list of addressees-

Exhibit E. Copy of telegram dated January 22, 1948, by the

Chairman, Maritime Commission, and list of addressees..

Exhibit F. Copy of telegram by the Chairman, Maritime Com-

mission, to Keystone Shipping Co., Philadelphia, Pa., dated

January 22, 1948.

Exhibit G. List of tankers assigned to Navy service for February
1948 loadings and tankers returning from Navy service assigned
prior to February 1948..

List and schedule of tankers in Navy service on January 26, 1948.
Copies of telegraphic exchanges and memoranda between the
Maritime Commission and Maris Transportation System, Inc.;
Coastwise Bulk Carriers, Inc.; Socony Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.,
dated January 1948----

Table A. Tankers sold and delivered or to be delivered from

operating fleet to buyers, January 1, 1948 to date, for retention

in domestic trade..

Table B-1. Tankers sold and delivered or to be delivered from

lay-up to buyers, January 1948 to date, for retention in do-

mestic trade.

Table B-2. Tankers sold and delivered or to be delivered from

lay-up to noncitizen buyers__

Table 1. Employment of American and foreign registered ocean-

going tankers owned by or chartered to American oil com-

162

137

159

156

158

Table 1 (a). Status of privately owned oceangoing tankers of

American and foreign registry with record of employment be-

tween June 1, 1947 and December 31, 1947_.

163

167

Table 2-Acquisition and ultimate disposition of USMC tankers

December 1, 1941, to January 1, 1948..

170

Table 3-USMC tankers in the laid-up fleet as of December 31,

1947.

172

Table 4-USMC tankers under general agency agreement by

account and service, as of June and December 1947-

Table 5-Tankers sold to United States citizens, United States

flag operation Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946.

172

173

Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.:

Table-Gas-making materials provided for 1947-48 heating season

Copy of advertising appearing in Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.'s
Annual Report of 1947--

584

550

Advertisement used in all newspapers prior to shut-off April 26,
1946.

607

Typical conservation advertising appearing in Detroit newspapers

during the war and the years 1946-1947.

608

Copy of gas contract between Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.

and Michigan Consolidated Gas Co..--

593

Michigan Public Service Commission:

The minutes of a conference held in the office of the Governor of the

State of Michigan, in respect of the shortage of gas in the

Detroit area, February 6, 1948..

Navy Department:

Table-Field activity and estimated quantities of coal and fuel oil
consumption at United States Naval Stations at Portsmouth,
Va., Norfolk, Va., Quonset Point, R. I., and South Boston,
Mass...

Statement on Navy tanker situation.

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