Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 30 | Requa to Work for Oil Compact

I 1 W RK mR ml MP AtI I WASHINGTON April 27 7 AP AP- AP l. l ark Re Reua Requa iua who was v.-as director general general geni gen gen- i er eral l o of the oil oll division o of bf the fuel administration during the World j war ar announced d today that he would devote devot his bL entire time to bringing about about the Interstate compact which J the federal oil conservation board believes b necessary to tb curb urb overproduction overproduction over over- prod production of petroleum 5 Mr 1 R Requa said he would would under undertake under take tak the work as a a. private citizen although It was known that b both th the conservation conser on board loar and the American Petroleum institute had asked him to bacome their agent He lIe said he was leaving tonight for r California after a conference with Secretary Wilbur and would confer with the go governors o of Texas I and Oklahoma on his way west Secretary Wilbur announced at atthe atthe atthe the same time that George Otis director director- of of- of the g geological survey suney who vho is representing the board b ard in hi its effort to bring about the state compact ha had telegraphed him that Gov Governor Young of Call Call- had had- promised the full cooperation co co- operation o of that state in effecting a euch ch a com compact act