Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 1 | Maximum Prices for Gas Studied

MAXIMUM PRICES FOR GAS STUDIED WASHINGTON Sept 1 I Im iT Im Immediate mediate establishment of maximum retail prices for gasoline and other oil products was und under r serious serious' consideration consideration consideration con con- today by the petroleum in industry's industry's industry's in- in planning and coordinating committee with strong indic indications this course would be recommended to Secretary Ickes and the adminIstration tion The committee took up this vital question n as it pushed ahead its us study of the oil all code bec becoming ming effective tomorrow in an nn effort to get its major Immediate recommendations in shape to go promptly to Secretary Ickes Icke the oil administrator administrators A revision of the production control control con con- section under which the government government govern govern- ment will attempt to io h hold ld the flow of oil aU to market in m line with demand also aLoo was in progress The changes were said reliably to tobe tobe tobe be intended to tighten up this section so that instead c of 01 the governments government's recommendation to a stale state what Its production would be be it would stipulate stipulate stipulate late the exact amount No change was expected in the section giving the government full power to prevent prevent pre pro vent shipment out of a slate of ot more than its allocated share of the national nation at production What form Immediate retail price f fixing would take if decided on by the administration was an undisclosed closed point a as committee members threshed over it