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Show SECRETARY PAYNE URGES DEVELOPMENT OF OIL FOR U. SJ I WASHINGTON. Juno 15. Dovelop-'ment Dovelop-'ment of tho oil resources of foreign countries by American interests with a view to insuring an ndoquate supply for the United States, wis urged by Secretary of tho Interior Payne in a letter to Senator Phelan of California. Tho latter Introduced a bill at tho last session of congress providing for cren- Uon of a United Statos oil corporation and tho development of oil fields in othor countries. In tho letter made public by Senator Phelan, the secretary said that tho purposo of the Pholan.blll is "to provide pro-vide tho means for further promoting tho worldwide search for oil," and added that "in that purposo I am In hearty accord." "Every American company engaged . In this pioneering search for oil that moots tho International requirements ot business conduct," Mr. Payne wrote, 1 "should be given full support by its government. I believe, moroovor, that tho authorization of the special corpo- ; ration along the goneral lines I havo ( indicated will incidentally strengthen . tho position of American companies already exploring oil fields on other continents, and it is a matter 'of national na-tional concern that their activities be given all the protection and aid they deserve." oo |