Curfew on gas stations in the East last week got startling results. The first was the discovery by the Government that instead of dropping, gasoline consumption rose an estimated 8%. The second was the discovery by the public that Government rationing had already arrived. Without warning, OPACS' Leon Henderson ordered oil companies to cut their deliveries to filling stations 10%. That did give motorists a jolt.
Bewildered by this sudden turn of events (though something like it had been promised), consumers wondered how the remaining 90% was going to be distributed. Outside of declaring that service stations should discriminate in favor of...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
