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Show MOSS SAYS FUEL SHORTAGE MADE UP LAST "WINTER Citing evidence that the fuel shortage in the Upper Plaines States last winter was "conjured "conjur-ed up" by major oil companies Utah Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss recently called for an "objective and penetrating eye" to be focused on the oil industry. indus-try. Citing a massive collection of statistics gathered in a five month study, Moss charged that there were some 1 1 million barrels bar-rels of numljer two heating fuel stored on the east coast last winter while the Upper Plains States suffered a serious shortage. short-age. The Senator said that shipments ship-ments from the gulf, coast refineries re-fineries toward Chicago last winter dropped abdut 20 percent below what the industry had itself it-self forecast only a year earlier. ear-lier. "Was there apian conjured up by the major oil company suppliers sup-pliers which resulted in the shortages in the Upper Plains States?" Moss asked, "one is unfortunately led toward that conclusion." Moss cited "delays, refusals and lack of candor on the part of many companies surveyed" and asked that the General Accounting Ac-counting Office be given authority author-ity " to audit the performance of the oil industry this winter and during the coming spring and summer to be sure that the -shortages Americans suffer will be as little as possible and that they are borne as equitably as possible by all". In addition, the Senator suggested sug-gested that a joint Congressional Congres-sional Committee on Energy Oversight be established. Moss said it should monitor the industry in-dustry and monitor the grant of . emergency powers which the Senate passed last week |