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Show IICKES ICKES 1CES EXTENDS PROSPECTING PROSPECTINO PROSPECTINGOIL PROSPECTINOOil OIL . PERMITS TO AUGOST AUGUST AIIUST 1Secretaly 1 I | Secretaiy SecretalY of Interior Harold L Ickeslast Ickes Ickeslast Ickeslast { last week extended all oil and gas pros pros- prosI prospecting prospecting - pecting permits to August 1 , pendmg pending pendmgI pendmgdisposition pendingdisposition I I 1 disposition of legislation now before beforecongress beforecongress beforecongress He also extended to thesame the thesame thesame I same congress date the time tune for submission of ofthe ofthe olthe the cooperative ormit or unit \mit mit \ plan for devel- devel developiug devel devel- developing developing - - oping opiug permits under the regulations of ofAprll ofApril ofApril Aprll April 4 , . 1932A 1932 1932A 1932A A separate act of congress extending extendingoil extendingoil donain do do- domain donain - - oil and gas permits pennits on the public publlc \ main \nain nain nain for a three-year three year - - period Is 1s being beingurged beingurged beingurged urged by congressmen , on the groundthat ground groundthat groundthat that since 1929 all h11 l1 permit permtt exfenslons exen.s1onS exens1onS exfenslonshave exen.s1onShave extensionshave . have forbidden drilling drllhng Permit perr.nlt perrnlt . hold hold- holders holders holders - to toinvestigate toinvestigate toinvestigate had an opportunity ers have never nc"ter ncter neer " investigate the mineral resources oflands of oflands oflands lands , because the government governr.nent governrnent . would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not allow them to do so , prohibitingall prohibtUng prohibiting all drilling the first year the order was waseffective waseffective effective and subsequently subsequentry requiringdepartmental requiring requiringdepartmental requiringdepartmental departmental approval of all operating operatingunits operatingunits operatingunits units desiring to drill drillmder under \mder mder \ coopera coopera- cooperative cooperative cooperalive - tive live agreements It is stated that theinterior the theinterIor theinterior interIor department sympathetic syr.npnthetlc syrnpnthetlc Issyr.npnthetlc Is- Is i is " - . to tothis tothis tothis this movement mover.nent movernent . to extend the life 1ie ! of ofprospecting ofprospecting ofprospecting prospecting permits , and the passageif pMSage passage passageIf if ! an act by congr congress congrss ( ss to this thls end Isexpected Is Isexpected Isexpected expected |