Castor Oil Stockpile Threat Plays Deterrent in Price Talks
Washington UPI By Dick West notes the GSA will sell about 5.69 million pounds of castor oil from the national stockpile. The piece humorously weighs oil use in industry and recalls how castor oil formerly deterred misbehavior, imagining a Johnson White House lever to roll back prices by releasing oil.
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