The House Interstate Commerce Committee today asked a ban on all shipments of oil to foreign countries and gave the situation in the Middle East as one reason for the critical nature of the problem.
In a House concurrent resolution Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, chairman of the Committee called for the establishment of a Joint committee on fuel oil policy to make a review of present fuel supply and to appraise foreign commitments of fuel oil in light of “changing political conditions.”
Wolverton told the House that the Middle East situation looks far from good with the Moslem reception of the partition of Palestine raising considerable doubt as to the security of farther transportation of oil. The Committee accordingly calls for the deferment of any foreign commitment covering petroleum and petroleum products until the world-wide demand and supply picture and the reliance hitherto placed upon the Middle East as a source of supply can be reviewed,” he said.
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