Show OL OIL CONFERENCE IS SUGGESTED BY ALEXANDER AlEXANDE Se Secretary of Commerce in Favor of Adoption of Distri Distribution ution Plan I WASHINGTON June 2 26 The 20 The The calling of ofa f fa a conference of ot the the leading oil l refiners and of lor of representatives of the principal fuel oil 01 using Industries a al as a nt n means ans of working out some sore distribution plan plait that would insure a reasonable supply supply of oil 01 was suggested Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- Sat Sat- by Secretary of Commerce Alexander in a letter leter to Senator r Phelan of ot California SenatOr phel Thelan Phelan ni In a letter to the cm dom com m merce secretary calling attention t to reports of an acute oil 01 situation on the Pacific coast urged an Embargo on 01 oil to the American market markets Secretary Alexander In r reply ply said that although until formal pr proclamation of peace the president had authority to restrict the exports of commodities an embargo to re relieve relieve re re- lieve leve the tile Pacific coast situation would have to be applied under the law l to Ic all aU American Amen Ameri can ports An oil I export embargo Mr Alexander further u t asserted s would r result In general Injury to American prestige In foe foe- eign countries counties Th The best beat solution he declared de de- dared cared would be Ic conference between re refiner refiners re- re finers finers' finer and industrial consumers consumer Mr Alexander said exports of oil 01 from the San Francisco district for th the tM first firt tour our months of 1920 1020 amounted to gallons gal gal- lons Ions as compared with gallons I for the entire entre year year 1010 1919 Senator Phelan In a statement Saturday said these figures tended to sustain charges charles of the Automobile Trade association that certain Ue I California companies were exporting large ing quantities gasoline of oil 01 at the same time rat ration rationIng n- n |