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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1950)
6}a<ilujQ4t Those very practical and good looking wool jersey separates have definitely taken the campus by storm this fall. They can be spot ted in almost any feminine crowd. But popular as they are, they should not daunt the co-ed with a flair for the original as two alike are seldom seen. Jersey skirts, finely pleated all round, are very new, and the colorful striped skirts gathered at: the waist like dirndl skirts are I popular. Both can easily he dress ed up for an informal date. Besides the usual sweaters, wool jersey blouses in so many styles one could not begin to name them all, are a top favorite. Beautifully blended combinations or the bright and daring contrasting color com binations are both at the top of the smart list. With two such skirts and blouses the enterpris ing co-ed can juggle them around and come forth with any num ber of outfits of which she can be proud. Not only are wool jersey com binations smart, but with the foot ball season here and trips to Port land, and possibly other places, for games on the schedule, they pack beautifully (without taking up much valuable suitcase room) and travel well. 1* Every day the people of the United States use up 6 million barrels Of petroleum.* In order to refine that petroleum into useful products the American oil companies have built 375 refineries ^ at a cost of 4}A thousand million dollars. Union Oil’s four refineries, for example, represent a total investment of $96 million. - * Iliac h barrel contains 42 gallons. 2* Obviously, no company in its right mind is going to lay out 25 or 30 or 100 million dollars for a refinery unless that company has an assured supply of crude oil to keep the refinery operating. Neither can it do so unless it has some marketing setup through which it can sell the refinery’s fin ished products to the public. J# Consequent!/, the oil industry has tended to develop along the lines of “integrated” compa nies— companies that produce, reline and market oil under c^e organization. Union Oil is one of tnof« “integrated” companies. And there are 104 more in the U. 3.- all competing- vigorously with each other. , . 4* In addition to those “integrated” compa ii ni,vs, there are some 34,000 others, large and ! email, which .specialise in only one or two phases i of the oil business. The existence of “integrated” companies is of v>tul importance to these sroeial I (zing companies. For it enables them to t *»d maive a for their products and service’. >' products for their maikoting operanot-s. . - •V T^. 5* Recently/ the Department of Justice has indicated its desire to break up the “integrated” oil companies because they are “too big.” The Department would like to force all companies to confine their activities to one or two phases of the business. In view of this, we’d like to ask two questions: First, if a company is not permitted by law to market its own products, who is going to risk his capital in the costly refinery improve ments America will need for the better products of tomorrow? 6. Second, if a company can’t contract for a sure supply of crude, who is going to risk, his cap. ital in the additional refineries we will need for the increased population of the future? If this is the opening wedge or a campaign to nationalize the oil industry, we can understand the Depart ment’s actions. If not, it is one of the surest ways we can think of to sabotage America’s oil progress. I# -- - 5 *-•* , V ' ... YMIOM Oil € ©MS?AMY I N Z Jitt# Sl ow C A a, a W O R !V £ ;V %> OR “OSATE3 5 hi CAi i FOR N I A, OCTOBER 17, 1 C 9 0 " ' ; of Fn ion Oi! 7ompany, is dedicated to a i -I •/.<$ i‘0?i,s. We hope you'll feel '■*< i/ti .> ><s /. /-arc 2o offer. Write: The •!ild, To3 Angeles 17, California,. '