600.127/185: Telegram
Mr. G. J. Wrightsman to the Secretary of State 62
Tulsa
,
19 June,
1921
.
[Received June 20—12:36 a.m.]
[Received June 20—12:36 a.m.]
Independent American Oil Producers who represent over 60 percent of American production and employ millions of American workmen respectfully protest against interference by this Government with Mexico’s policy of export tax on oil. We are asking Congress for tariff on oil to stabilize the industry. It would be inconsistent and prejudicial to our prospects of securing this legitimate and positively needed measure of protection at a critical time for the State Department to make protest against export duty by Mexico.
C. J. Wrightsman
- Similar communications were received from other American oil producers; not printed.↩