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Mr. Prichard. The question was raised before the other com- 

 mittee as to om- selhng this oil, that it should have been stock piled, 

 and I would like to file with you the same material, consisting of our 

 offer of the tung oil stocks to the Navy, their reply rejecting it, our 

 offer to the IVIunitions Board, and their rejection of the offer, and our 

 offer to the Army. I did not file all of the replies from the Army, 

 because as shown by this table, the Army took some of the oil. There 

 were a number of interchanges of coriespondence, cables and so on, 

 and the oil was exported to one of the occupied areas. 



Mr. Pace. Without objection those three statements will be filed 

 with the clerk for insertion in the record at this point. 



(The information is as follows:) 



Philadelphia, Pa., June 30, 1948. 

 Robert M. Walsh, 



Acting Director, Fats and Oils Branch, PMA, 



Washington, D. C: 

 Refer wire June 29 tung oil. Navy general stores has sufficient stocks on hand 

 at present. No additional procurements anticipated for approximately 9 months. 



Aviation Supply Office PG4-B. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Fats and Oils Branch, PMA, 



June 29, 194S. 

 Lt. J. W. Lipscomb, 



Assistant to Purchasing Officer, 



Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Have on hand at Harbor Tank Storage, Guttenberg, N. J., approximately 

 5,000,000 pounds American produced tung oil. What quantity can you use now, 

 and what are your requirements for near future. For price and particulars of 

 sale please phone Herman M. Young, Republic 4142, extension 3228. 



Robert M. Walsh, 

 Acting Director, Fats and Oils Branch, PMA. 



Treasury Department, 

 Bureau op Federal Supply, 



Washington 25, May 17, 1948. 

 Confidential. 

 Subject: Tung oil. 

 Mr. George L. Prichard, 



Director, Fats and Oils Br^n^ch, 



Production and Marketing Administration, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 



Washington 25, D. C. 

 Dear Mr. Prichard: Reference is made to your letter of May 14, 1948, 

 offering 78 tank cars of domestic tung oil for delivery to the national stock pile. 



Tung oil was deleted from the stock-piling program by the Munitions Board 

 January 26, 1948. Accordingly, no purchase of this commodity is contemplated. 

 Very trulv vours, 



H. C. Mai LL, Jr. 

 Chief, Strategic and Critical Materials Division. 



