One of the most important tneir sacrifices are being aspects of dealing with the shared equally and are doing energy proglem is com- some good. / munication. If people are to That is why I felt a understand the crisis, they program held recently in the must have the facts. If they 16th Congressional District are to cooperate in various had some real valaue. It programs designed to ease brought two leading energy the situation, they must be policy-makers 'before local told why and how. And, if residents to explain the they are expected to make crisis the way they see it and difficult sacrifices, they answer questions about local must have assurances that problems. The two experts were Joseph LaSala, Regional Administrator for the Federal Energy Office and William Wilcox, Penn sylvania’s Community Af fairs Secretary who doubles as the Governor’s energy administrator. I participated as the moderator for the meeting. While the session was billed primarily as a chance for businessmen to discuss their problems, there was some information of general interest that came out of the get-together, too. For example, many people who believe that the energy crisis hit us without warning had to be interested in a June, 1952 statement of the Materials Policy Com mission which appeared on literature distributed at the meeting. It said “The remaining reserves of gas and oil that are known to exist in the U.S. are no match for the demands of the next 25 years. Even if oil discoveries and production keep rising for a decade or more - which they may or may not do - U.S. demand wm smr pa«t toTbawis & sheds with Bruning Country Squire PAINT & AIRLESS EQUIPMENT AT MOST REASONABLE RATES. Phone (AC) 215-445-6186 PHARES HURST RDI Narvon, Pa. 17555 may far outstrip domestic production, as it has started to do lately.” Both LaSala and Wilcox expanded on that point by assuring those in attendance that the energy crisis is very real and that alternative sources of power are several years away. Even coal, often looked upon as a short-term solution to some of our problems, was said to be at least 3-4 years away from massive use. Why? The main reasons include the dif ficulties in opening up abandoned mines, recruiting miners and transporting the coal once it has been ex tracted. It was pointed out that there is a big difference between our long-range and short-term energy needs. The short-term situation calls primarily for managing the present shortages - in other words, allocating the short supplies of oil that we have. The long-range need is to develop alternative sources of power so that our dependence on oil wilt not be so great. What we are being called on to manage is about a 20 percent shortfall. That means most consumers will be required to get along on about 80 percent of what they used last year. Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Mar. 2,1974 Trail Duster, Plymouth’s venture into the sport utility vehicle market, will be launched in March. The versatile, 106”-wheelbase unit, with full-time four-wheel drive, is designed for recreation and driving enjoyment as well as for rugged work duty in either off-road or highway operation. Trail Duster Sport Package with deluxe interior and exterior trim items, steel or canvas roofs are optional. A 318 V-8 engine is standard. Neither man felt that ground. When we run out, meeting energy needs we’ll find out how good we requires that we backtrack are.” on the environmental ad- c~j|rv vances made in recent ||7 , l/\ | f I p years. There can be, perhaps Ui sJ sJ'J must be, some modifications nr rue IA/PPK made in pollution standards, _ . .. . but the whole environmental a .. Are fmanc « char 9« protection fight should not be paid . on . j redl *., “ rd abandoned. purchases deductible on One thing clear from all V° ur , federal ,ncome tax the discussion is that return - America is being tested by A. Yes. if you buy on credit the energy crisis. LaSala using bank and oil company quoted Will Rogers on credit cards, v° u can deduct precisely this point. Rogers, finance charges as interest it you said, “When we want steam, Itemize your deductions. Fi we dig a hole in the ground nance charges added to and find coal. When we want revolving charge accounts are oil we dig a hole in the 3180 d «iucublc as interest. 25
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