Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Neglect of our railroad problem...
Moving of the U. S. Fleet to the Atlantic means rear-guard tactics have played out. One form of action remains for the U. S.: to invite Japan to a round-table examination of the Pacific problem. Thus the U. S. might lump all its Pacific eggs, bargain on behalf of the Philippines, of The Netherlands East Indies, and even Australia, perhaps win for China better terms than are now in sight. The U. S. has much to offer hard-pressed, sorely drained Japan. The U. S. also has much to gain, including insurance of U. S. supply sources...
Norwegians, Danes, Dutch, Belgians and French will starve. Then the U. S. will have to face its toughest relief problem: to obey its heart or its head-to help Hitler by feeding Hitler-ruled Europe, or to let Europe starve...
Last week that problem had not yet arisen. Like a cornucopia with a conscience, the U. S. prepared to pour out aid to the victims of war. But never before had U. S. relief had to cope with lightning war. Before a relief fund was raised and a relief ship chartered, the country for which the help was destined might be wiped off the map, the very port to which a relief ship was sent might be in ruins or out-of-bounds in a war zone...
Last week East Ohio extricated itself from the dilemma. Proudly announced by President Charles Eugene Gallagher was a scheme that got the storage problem down to three dinky (57-foot) spherical tanks, the expense down to $1,000,000, the fire hazard to zero. The scheme: liquefaction. Against next winter's peak demand. East Ohio will next fall compress natural gas under 600 pounds of pressure, liquefy it by cooling at 250° F. below zero, pour it into insulated sphericals. In the three tanks, Utilitarian Gallagher will have the liquid equivalent of 150,000,000 cubic feet, compressed...