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Olson, Sigurd F., 144n 



"Operation Outdoors," 28 



Operations research, measurement of 



interdependencies through, 176 

 Ordway, Samuel H., 92, 108 

 Ore deposits, research in, 57 

 Osborn, Fairfield, 42, 43n 

 Our Plundered Planet, Al 

 Our Times, 35 

 Owen, Wilfred, 126/i 



Pacific Coast, urbanization of, 116 

 Pacific Southwest, 235 

 Paish, F. W., 170n 



Paley Commission. See President's Ma- 

 terials Policy Commission 

 Partnership principle in resource devel- 

 opment, 36, 219, 238 

 Patterson, C, 57n 

 "Pelton Dam case," 31 

 Percentage depletion as form of sub- 

 sidy. See under Mining and mineral 

 resources 

 Pests and diseases, 70; control of, 63, 



68 

 Petroleum: 



actual and possible production, im- 

 portance of cushion between, 167, 

 195; 

 competitive pricing, effects on pro- 

 duction, 182-83; 

 Connally Act, 15; 

 consumption, domestic, 77, 90, 121, 



195; 

 development of foreign sources of, 



17; 

 differential treatment of, 192-95 

 {see also percentage depletion, 

 infra); 

 economic research on, need for, 193; 

 external diseconomies in exploita- 

 tion and production of, 159, 175, 

 177, 178, 182, 183; 

 importance of, to resource base, 



191-92, 195; 

 imports of oil, limitation on, 164, 



167, 194-95,231; 

 most efficient rate of recovery, 182, 



182n; 

 and national security, 167, 192, 194, 



195; 

 output, regulation of, 164, 167, 175, 

 211; 



percentage depletion, subsidy ele- 

 ment in, 163-67, 183, 195; 

 as physical substance and as re- 

 source, distinction between, 192, 

 195; 

 policy on, criteria for, 191-95; 

 price prospects and foreign trade 



policy, 183; 

 prospecting rights, 9-10; 

 rate of use, time distribution of, 159, 



178, 182-83; 

 research in, 55, 56; 

 reserves, 55-56, 81,82; 

 risks in discovery and development, 



166, 193; 

 tideland oil rights, 17-18, 36; 

 waste of, prohibition by state law, 



161; 

 wildcatters, 164, 166 



Phosphate, 9, 52; in Phosphoria forma- 

 tion, 58-59, 83-84; recovery of ura- 

 nium from, 58; TVA mining of, 83 



Phosphoria formation (Rocky Moun- 

 tains), 58-59, 83-84 



Pinchot, Gifford, 5, 6, 7, 9, 9n, 12, 23, 

 26, 27, 31, 42, 44, 50, 80, 160, 197, 

 210 



Pincus, William, 240n 



Pitman-Robertson Act (1937), 16 



PMPC. See President's Materials Pol- 

 icy Commission 



Polk, James, 5 



Pollution: of air and water, 119-21, 

 133, 140; control of, 140, 211; of 

 land, 120, 140; of water, and public 

 intervention, 184; of water, under 

 state regulation, 216 



Ponzi, Charles, 94 



Population, concentration of, in urban 

 centers, 118, 128 



Population growth, ix, 29, 33, 42, 106, 

 150-51; Bureau of Census projec- 

 tions, 101; cultural standards, impact 

 on, 130, 145; economic factors in, 

 73; and famine, 74; and gross na- 

 tional product, 73, 76; Malthus' 

 thesis, 66; and poverty, 75; and raw 

 materials requirements, future, 178- 

 79; in underdeveloped countries, 73- 

 74; U.N. report on, 74, 76; and U.S. 

 consumption, 77, 101-2 



Potomac River, 211 



Powder metallurgy, 59 



