late stocks and reserves out of known supplies, the building of inventories, the pyramiding of orders, and related factors would have slowed down deliveries and delayed construction. Forces stimulating production, however, would have counteracted some of these tendencies and the overall supply situation could well have been materially better than it is today. Mr. SLATTERY. We are coming to the time when we will not be able to get the copper to complete them. Mr. TARVER. Have you not already come to that time? What copper are you now getting for the R. E. A. co-ops? Mr. SLATTERY. We got no copper from O. P. M. in the month of September and none in the month of October. Mr. TARVER. Well, when you said you built 5,000 miles of line just what did you refer to? Mr. SLATTERY. That is construction from materials obtained by contractors, partly from the August allocation; we have such construction now being carried on. Mr. TARVER. That is, you had copper on hand? Mr. SLATTERY. With what copper was in the hands of contractors; ordered by them at the time they received the contracts. AMOUNT OF COPPER NOW ON HAND Mr. TARVER. How much copper do you have on hand now? Mr. SLATTERY. We do not have that figure; R. E. A. as an agency is not authorized to purchase and own such materials, what is meant by R. E. A. copper is copper in the hands of co-ops or of their contractors. I think we might get it by making inquiry of the co-ops, but that would require a very far-reaching questionnaire. As concerns the contractors, we could not get the data. Mr. TARVER. How is the committee going to be able to determine your need for copper unless you can tell us how much copper you have on hand? Mr. SLATTERY. We would have to get that information from the field. Mr. TARVER. How long will it take? Have you a staff in your establishment that could get that information for these hearings? Mr. SLATTERY. We would have to go after it by questionnaire. Mr. CRAIG. May I supplement that answer? Mr. TARVER. Yes. Mr. CRAIG. Except for small amounts of maintenance stock this copper is the property of the contractor who is constructing the job. Mr. TARVER. I understand; you would have to find out from him. Mr. CRAIG. That is right. Mr. TARVER. We want to find out how much copper you have available for usage. Mr. CRAIG. We have not had any copper allocated since the 4,500 tons under O. P. A. C. S. order in August. Under this set-up which went into effect in September no copper has been allocated to R. E. A. for the months of September, October, and November, as the Administrator has stated. However, I have a table here showing the receipts under priority orders for previous months. They show that for the month of August we received six and one-half million pounds-these figures are in round numbers; I can get the exact figures for the record if you wish. Mr. TARVER. Yes. Mr. CRAIG. Five and three-quarter million pounds of conductor for September; four and three-quarters million pounds for October, and we have been notified by the suppliers that they have a sufficient supply to apply two and one-quarter million pounds to R. E. A. purposes for November. The copper for those 3 months came from their stock piles, from export copper and evidently from some fabricated copper that they had on hand previously. We have not received any copper for new construction since August for the fiscal 1942 program. Mr. TARVER. We were advised on yesterday by Mr. Nelson and his associates in the S. P. A. B. that you could not anticipate the receipt of copper before February of 1942 for civilian projects which were not approved as having the right to defense priorities. Is that the information you have? Mr. CRAIG. We have received no information as to when we could or could not get copper. We had been requested, except for the month of November, to submit requests, which we did for September and for October. We have not had any answers to those requests. In the routine of business we submitted a request for November, and have had no reply. REQUESTS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE PRIORITIES Mr. TARVER. Have you submitted a request in connection with projects which you thought were entitled to priority from the national defense standpoint? Mr. CRAIG. Yes; we have. Mr. TARVER. How many and in what amounts have requests of this kind been submitted? Mr. CRAIG. I should have to submit that for the record in exact detail, but it has been very small in proportion to the total of the requests we submitted to O. P. M. since June 23, on which no action has been taken. Mr. TARVER. Have any of the projects which you have asked and received approval as defense projects received favorable consideration by O. P. M.? Mr. CRAIG. Some have; yes. Mr. TARVER. During this time, from September up to date? Mr. TARVER. What number, and in what amount of copper, and the mileage of lines, were involved? Mr. CRAIG. I do not think we have that; do we, Mr. Hagen? Mr. HAGEN. I do not think we have it; no. Mr. TARVER. That is one of the things we are interested in. Mr. CRAIG. Yes. Mr. TARVER. So you do not know what you had allotted in the way of defense projects since September? Mr. HAGEN. Not in pounds of copper. Mr. BEAMISH. We have individual certificates. (NOTE. In answer to the foregoing the following statement was submitted:) Rural Electrification Administration priority requests and their disposition cumulative to Dec. 1, 1941 Arkansas 32, Benton; Kamo. North Carolina 43, Line construction materials, al 1minum plant, Camden. Insulator and pins, Marine air base. Date requested Date issued Rating Name project Purpose and material requested Texas 121, Brazos. Sept. 16, 1941. A-10 C-76540. Georgia 39, Hart Texas 117G, Upshur... Louisiana 21G, Web- Texas 121, Brazos (du- Virgin Islands 1G, St. do. Louisiana 18, Beaure- Texas 55, Floyd... Indiana 55, Tippeca noe. A-10 C-76539.. Colorado 17, Prowers. Do. Sept. 18, 1941. B-2.. Transmission system, for Army camp, Mineral Wells. 30,000 pounds copper conductor, National Guard camp. Line and substation construction for Army camp. Transmission line construction for bombing range, cinnabar mines, two defense housing projects. Transmission system for Army camp. 10,000 feet underground cable air base. 30,000 pounds copper conductor 47,000 pounds copper conductor South Carolina 37, 1,750 pounds copper conductor Lexington. Minnesota 70G, Hen- Group of R. E. A. co- and transformers for substation, West Columbia Airport. 500 square feet 2-inch vibracork. 1 carload water pumps. 40,000 pounds reinforcing steel, Marine training base. 20 transformers, 15 lighting directors, Marine training base. 18,300 pounds copper conductor, Marine air base. 4 50-kilovolt-ampere transformers, Marine air base. Do.. Oct. 3, 1941.... B-1 No. 47061. Kentucky 26, Todd... Wisconsin 56G, Craw- Oct. 3, 1941... B-1 No. 60484. Idaho 16, Cassia.. A-10, C-75379, Texas 121, Brazos (du- Texas 121, Brazos Critical materials. Necessary hardware and materials. 3 150-kilovolt-ampere transformers, United States lock and dam on Cumberland River. Structural steel, generators, steam boilers. 15,870 pounds 8A copper conductors, Sturwell Airport. Transmission system. Transmission system. Reconstruction of substation to serve mines. C-75335, 1-10 kilovolt-ampere subway transformer for Army and Navy. Rural Electrification Administration priority requests and their disposition cumulative to Dec. 1, 1941-Continued Purpose and material requested 3-250 kilovolt-ampere transform- Materials for additional capacity; Repairs on 2 75-kilowatt transformers. Repairs on 60-kilowatt generators. 4-100 kilovolt-ampere transformers to serve air base, West Columbia Airport. 26,105 pounds 92D copperweld. 8, 612 pounds triple braid wire to serve Marine base. 30,000 pounds copper conductor, National Guard camp. Materials for continuous service. Do. Materials for continuous service. Insulators, transformers, switches line hardware; 2 Army air base camps. 6 generating units (part of requests). Substation-steel critical mater- 3, 200-kilovolt-ampere transform- Switchboard, cable and trans- 3 step-up transformers, expansion of agricultural activities. 450 feet C. M. cable, expansion of agricultural activities. 4 500-kilovolt-ampere transformers, dairy farms. 250 feet 5,000 circular mills lead cables, 3 conductors. 4 500-kilovolt-ampere transform ers. 74,000 pounds 6A copperweld, to permit Virginia 36 and Virginia 37 to be served by utility and release mobile units. 13,000 pounds 6 A copperweld, Substation structural materials, 1 Diesel engine power plant. Switches and other equipment. Switchboard and other equipment. A-5, No. _do.. Do.. do 111119. Oct. 11, 1941 Oct. 21, 1941. A-5, No. 104863. 104862. former, 1 156-kilovolt-ampere 3-phase regulator, 18.6-kilovoltampere 1-phase regulator, Hermiston munition depot. Missouri 33, Butler... 3 200-kilovolt-ampere 2.4-7 2/12 kilovolt 1-phase transformer, expansion of substation capacity. Do. Oct. 24, 1941. B-1, No. Illinois 44, Carroll.... 2 barrels antifreeze. Rural Electrification Administration priority requests and their disposition cumulative to Dec. 1, 1941-Continued 1 11⁄2 piston type oil meter. 3 Allis Chalmers transformers, 6900/1195 Wye, 200 kilovolt-ampere, 60 cycles. 70 pounds Freon gas. do. do. do. _do_ 1 do do _do.. 2 AP 40 restorers. 3 waster heat boilers, 3 silencers. 12 single tier steel lockers. 333-kilovolt-ampere 3-phase shunt reactor. 80,000 pounds 6A copperweld conductor. 8 type DG-2 polyphase, 3 element recording, AC strip chart, watt-hour meters. Materials needed to construct power plant to serve 5 existing co-ops with electric power who in turn will serve a number of creameries, air-beacons, beams, and a State mill and elevator: also possible that electric service will be supplied to Camp Grafton near Devils Lake, N. Dak. Wyoming 14, Laramie. 10 reels 6A copperweld, 25 reels Upshur, (duplicate). Texas 95, Medina.. Iowa 9, Scott. Nov. 18, 1941.. A-10, No. strong. Texas 96, Victoria... Colorado 18G, Gun- Alaska 2, Matanuska.. Minnesota 99, Lake of Minnesota 70G, Hen- North Dakota 20G, building. Conductor to serve power plant area; steam-generating unit. Increase of plant due to overload. Meter sockets, 6,000 pounds, 6A and 8A copper weld; private defense housing project. 7 transformers and 1 demand meter. Material needed to complete transmission system-food production program. 4 applications: 1 10 ton traveling crane, 2 625 vertical generators, 2 850 JP vertical hydraulic turbines, 30,000 pounds reinforcing steel, 4,200 barrels cement, 4 27,000 pounds structural steel. 3 applications: Materials for construction of hydroelectricpower plant. Critical materials to wire 200 farms. Diesel power plant and accessories. 2 19,000 gallon fuel oil storage tanks. 4 applications: Critical materials to complete construction on power plant, expansion of agricultural activities. 5 applications: Critical materials for plant to serve 5 transmission cooperatives, the Minn. kota Power Cooperative, Inc, Grand Forks, N. Dak. |