WAR STILL DEPENDS ON OIL
Received' Sunday, 7 p.m. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Senate oil investigating comfiiittee's final report said the United States could not fight another major war if it had to rely on its own cfude oil. It urged that bold steps be taken to develop synthetic fuel for which source materials such as natural gas, shale coal and lignites were ample for many centitries. The report declared that despite the atomic bomb, oil remained the key to military victory. No nation lacking a Sure supply could hope to maintain leadership. The report continued that the United States was no longer the world 's greatest oil reservoir. The eVidehce available indicated that Russia was a greater potential. sou'rce of petroleum.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 February 1947, Page 5
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