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Show COMMENTS , PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SETS RECORD The oil industry supplies the fuel that keeps our machines and many of our factories factor-ies going. It has given the United States 63 per cent of all the oil produced in the world On top of that, the oil industry is working wonder in other vital fields. Rubber is an absolute essential to the nation in peace and in was. All our natural rubber comes frpm abroad, and our present supply of crude rubber is sufficient for onlv two years- If this became exhausted and we could obtain no more, the oil industry could meet most of our needs with an efficient synthetic syn-thetic rubber made from petroleum. Recently it was found that the fumes of pure gasoline are an effective anesthetic. Petroleum is being made into powerful disinfectants. dis-infectants. When it comes to other materials of war, the industry is likewise playing a big part A short while ago the government made arrangements ar-rangements with the industry to produce 60, 000,000 gallons of toluene, the- basic ingredient ingred-ient of TNT. . This ds just one example of how our natural nat-ural resource industries are quietly helping to build America's defense, and at the same time meceting America's normal needs- |