Springville Herald | 1944-06-15 | Page 5 | Oil Vital to Operation of Warfare

Oil Vital To Operation of Warfare The importance of petroleum in warfare is illustrated by the declaration decla-ration of Chairman Vinson, of the House Naval Affairs Committee, that the Navy will have to change its Pacific war strategy unless it can get oil from the West Coast. The operation of thousands of aircraft and hundreds of ships depends de-pends upon an assured supply of oil and its products. Any future campaign against Japan must be planned on the basis of "available oil supplies. The immediate objective of Mr. Vinson was to secure congressional congression-al of a bill to permit operation of the Elk Hills field, where Reserve supplies are available. Apparently, Apparent-ly, the emergency exists and "time is the essence of the whole matter." mat-ter." Without the oil, military leaders assert that the war program pro-gram in the Pacific will have to be changed.