Show AMERICAN GAS HAD HERO ROLE ROLEf Head o of f Oil Industry Tells Tell s of Part Petr Petroleum Petioles lm Played j f in 11 Winning g War T at j 1 I 1 Chicago C tic ago o March 27 The j-The Tho new spirit spill t o of understanding born horn of ot the thc war continue within tho oil Industry m iii l peace time A A. A C C C. Bedford head hend of cC the thc Standard Oil on company compan of or New ew Jersey Jer- Jer soy sov declared tonight at thu tho closing session of or the National Petroleum congress cons con- con gress giess It was s to keep keen tho o Industry out of or government roo h hans hands dB and continue the committee lie Ile said saiu of oC tho the war that the newly formed petroleum um In Institute In In- had been formed at the eon cn here The Institute he hc declared would not only bo the family council of or ortho tho industry but would be its s c and spokesman in nati national n Affairs nut But for or American oil all Verdun could not not have havo been saved sa and the sa same I commodity kept too t o British army arm on on tho the alert for tor without petroleum 4 4 48 P per por percent or cent of or Great Britain's mn navy could not I have lave been moved mo Mr Bedford said sain In n part In winning petroleum's the thc war r. r I It as an Impossibility to ship coal In allies allies' requirements to meet the FraS France and the ono vital Bedford Bedord was WIS American petroleum Mr lr said said and added And It if today today a corta certain cortaro n imperial peris POI per son per is doing a n. little honest labor with witha a a bucksaw at his royal roul hiding place his or of making good Holland Instead in ugly words of oC last March It is because bo be- armies was cause back bade of or the tho allied gasoline American better how 11 No o 0 one In America know the submarine submarino menace than I roal real was committee committe commit commit- tho the members of or the petroleum tee te and tho gallant wa way in m which our our navy ool tool up the work of C protecting the allies at al sea soa s a will never ne bo forgot forgot- forgot forgot- with the thc do ton b by those who Wad aUd to shipment of or petroleum products to tho front Practically contribution tho the entire made b by America to tc relieve relie the tho shortage short short- of oC ocean tonnage tonna e ens ns as the petroleum petroleum petroleum petro petro- age ag Short Short-I tankers tank- tank leum Industry's s contribution of or ers I 1 |