OIL: Where to Get It

Where to Get It Railroad men raised their sights again last week, began talking about bringing 900,000 barrels of oil a day into the rationed East (last week's new record: 708,000). At this figure, provided barges and other sources continue to bring in close to 200,000 barrels more, the present rationing rate will let the East begin putting around 100,000 barrels a day back into its depleted inventories (though the section will still be far short of the 1,600,000 barrels a day it used to consume in carefree pre-war days).

> To go beyond 900,000 barrels a day, the railroads...

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