OIL: Roxana Petroleum Case

The ruling of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, which would have kept foreign oil interests out of the rich Oklahoma fields, is not to be accepted without a fight. The Roxana Petroleum Company (of the Royal Dutch-Shell group), which, according to Mr. Fall's ruling, could not take over the oil lands of the Creek Indians, are to have their case reviewed by Hubert Work, the present Secretary.

Secretary Fall decided that the 1920 Oil Land Lease Law, whereby "citizens of another country, the laws, customs or regulations of which deny...

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