Show n OIL JOIL DICTATORSHIP NOT SINECURE FOR REQUA There was vas a period when most offices under the thc federal government were re regarded re- re garde largely as sinecures but that time has gone one glimmerIng The man who holds a public office these days s having for Its Us object the furtherance of the war has a a. Job almost as full of or worries as that of the kaiser And lIke the kaiser the present public official po possesses autocratic autocratic auto auto- cratic power only he must use It wisely or else be e subjected to the pitiless In Inquiries Inquiries Inquiries In- In of ot a congressional Investigating committee None but a r 1 patriot Is willing to a assume sume th the responsibilities of such an office s Who Vho tor for example example hanker hankers for th the of or- or flee fice of oil dictator held heM by Mark L L. Requa Re- Re Requa qu qua lie He has lias practically under his Von Ion one of or the industries that lint is most e essential to the thc winning of the war For were our army and the armies of the tho allies to run short of oil tile they the would certainly be In Jn a l vel very precarious situation iris lt lh personally personal up to Mr Requa to get et maximum production from horn the thousands wenS wells In the jn-the the oil fields ile and to o so 80 ar arrange arrange ar- ar range that the tho output Is properly used and arid distributed where It will give the best besL service Mr Requa will be he confronted by eco ceo co- co problems galore by legal les questions and by a multitude of matters calling for prompt and Intelligent ent decision When the thc war is over and he can retire to the calm pursuits of ot J peace It is a n. safe water wager that hat ho will do so with nith a brow furrowed with wrinkles of 0 worry ony ecat hat were never there thero before what That Mr Requa measures up to the standard of ot hi his present position he ha had alread already demonstrated H He Is going his duties in a awa wa way to assure harmony among tho the oil Interests yet ct with a forcefulness force force- forcefulness that will permit of ot no slacking The Tho oilmen appreciate the tho of or hid ii responsibilities position and are extremely willing even anxious anxious to to cooperate with him to secure results nOd and to make his hilS burdens lighter Financial Financial and Mining Review w. w |