Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-11 | Page 18 | Oil Refineries Ask Districting

PIL IL REFINERIES ASK SK DISTRICTING i Major Companies Move for jf i Revision of Clause in tr t Petroleum Code April II 11 In r-In ff In a surprise move toda today the major oil companies representing more than 80 so per cent of the gasoline production production tion ton in the United States placed before before before be be- fore the petroleum administrative board oard a new revision of the refining article articIe of the oil code The proposal was made by Axtell J Jl Byles Bles president o of the American Petroleum Institute on behalf behall of ot the Atlantic Refining company compan the Cities Service company the Colonial Beacon Bea Bea- t con n Oil company the Continental Oil on company the Gulf Gult Refining company the Humble Oil and Refining com corn compan company pany pan the Indian Refining company the Pure Oil company the Richfield Oil company Shell Union Oil corporation corpor corpor- tion Sinclair Refining Relining com company pan kelly Oil company Vacuum corporation the Standard Oil companies com companIes panics of or California Indiana Louisiana Louisi dna ana New Jersey and md Ohio the Sun I Oil company the Texas corporation the Tidewater Oil company and the Union Oil company Byles said the group was definitely opposed to legislative control of relining re- re lining fining operation feeling it in inconsistent incon con with a voluntary program he major companies companies' plan provides provides provides pro pro- vides that a federal agency designated design at ed d by the president should divide the country in refining districts in collaboration collaboration col with the planning and c coordination co coordination co- co ordination committee with a national coordinator and district subject to approval of the planning and coordination committee to determine determine deter deter- mine proper inventories of gasoline for each district and the prod production cUon in Ii each district to meet demand WASHINGTON April 11 ii An iP-An assertion that in the petroleum petroleum petro petro- leum industry were being barbecued barbecued barbe cued through the use of cheap equipment and lack of safety devices was made to the petroleum administrative adminis adminis- Native board t today day by Harvey FremIng Frem Frem- Ing lug president of the International Association As As- of Oil Field Gas Well and Refinery W Workers of America