And so it was that Oliver came up with his “Coal to Oil” idea and the Governor of Montana liked the idea so much that he tried to sell it to the people of Montana.
Oliver said that it was possible for a man backed by science and sound reasoning to present the idea to a leader of government or business and have that idea understood and adopted.
Oliver believed that with an idea went the obligation to not come forth and claim the credit. Oliver had a complicated way of explaining the keeping of secrets. I think Oliver was simply too humble and shy to want to be recognized. His instructions were that I could tell the whole story when he was gone.
How it happened that Oliver’s letter “Coal to Oil” made its way to the Governor’s office I cannot say. I saw a copy of the letter and I read the Billings Gazette article with the Governor’s speech and, for the part of both I read they were identical.
I was shown the political office campaign materials Oliver helped Bill prepare for his runs for political office. Bill was trained as a Crusader for Jesus by the Jesuits. He recognized that “The Oliver Sullivan Solution” was a profoundly good idea because it was, in its entirety, a green solution for the coal to oil industry, in the sense of the bacteria and fife forms surrounding the coal to liquid fuel process being the means of handling all pollution, including gaseous byproducts like carbon-dioxide. Bill campaigned with the “Coal to Oil” platform center stage.
Oliver had his science, chemistry, and mathematics down pat. He wove his stories from the science and the bio-chemistry. If there are mistakes in the writings they are the author’s and not Oliver’s.
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