Synthetic Liquid Fuels: Hearing Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5475, a Bill to Aid in Preventing Shortages of Petroleum and Petroleum Products in the United States by Promoting the Production of Synthetic Liquid Fuels. Mar. 4 and 5, 1948 |
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