Simon says he took no part
Oil 'double dip' denied
WASHINGTON 'UPI) Tivasury Secretary William E)
Simon yesterday denied any part in framing a loophole in
federal energy regulations which allowed oil companies to
amass $4O million in excess profits.
Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Mich., said Simon's disclaimeri
seemed to show "the most serious form of lack of leadership"
when the Treasury secretary headed the old Federal Energy
Office
The so-called "double dip" loophole in federal oil allocation
rules allowed sellers in certain circumstances to pass through
increased costs twice once to refiners and again to con-
sumers
Before the "double dip" regulation was superseded on May
14, several big oil companies had amassed $4O million in extra
profits and another $292 million credited for future use.
The Federal Energy Administration, successor of the FEO,
is seeking to force the companies to refund the $4O million.
Simon, named "energy czar" during the crisis following the
Arab oil embargo, said yesterday "Only within the past few
v,eeks have I even heard the term 'double dip'."
He told Dingell's Small Business subcommittee on
Ranchers
STEPHENVILLE, Tex.
UPI -- Two hundred ranch
ers and dairymen agreed
yesterday to postpone for two
weeks the slaughter of 1,000
calves in protest against the
low prices cattlemen are
getting for beef at the market.
The ranchers heeded a
warning from Agriculture
Commissioner John C. White
that the slaughter would
create adverse public
reaction to their cause, and
White's promise the govern
ment would try to arrange for
them to tell their problems
directly to President Ford in
Washington
But the overwhelming
majority of the ranchers who
heard White's pleas predicted
the calves would be slaugh
tered sooner or later.
"Last month I lost $6OO and
that was the first time in a
half a century I have not
made a profit," dairy farmer
W L Payton said. "It's going
downhill now and there is no
way it's going to get better."
The cattlemen from Erath,
Hamilton and Comanche
counties planned to herd 1,000
chives into a 30-foot wide:pit
. on a sloping 'hill of the - Jack
Beyer Ranch and kill them to
dramatize their protest.
White asked the farmers to
delay their kill so a delegation'
representing them could meet
with officials in Washington.
"I believe if you go ahead
and kill those calves there's
going to be such a public 1
reaction that we can't get any
thing done," White told them.
"I tell you nib heart is really
with you, but there ought to be
a better way."
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"We went to Washington grain over to feed the
and it didn't do us a damn bit Japanese so they 'can get
of good so I say we need to kill strong enough to start
these calves," Ed Black of another war."
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regulatory agencies that conditions at the FEO were
"cha9tic" when the regulation was written, and that the
drafting of allocation rules was only one of "hundreds of
emergencies" at the agency.
Earlier subcommittee testimony named Robert C.' Bowen,
on loan to the FEO from Phillips Petroleum Corp., as author of
the regulation. . '
Dingell said.if Bowen did draft the regulation, he was in a
"conflict of interest" although he had been warned by the
general counsel of the Treasury Department and whether
he did or not, the loophole should have been sighted by higher
LEO officials.
Simon struck back at the charges against BoWen, saying
"There appears in the record severely derogatory comments
by members of this committee seeking to assign blame for the
chaotic situation under which we were all laboring at the
FEO. Such statements reveal little understanding of the
magniffide of the task imposed upon u 5..."
He said a report on Bowen's apparent conflict of interest
had been forwarded to the Justice Department which has
decided "that no further investigation seems necessary or
appropriate at this time."
White said he talked with
Gov. Dolph Briscoe who told
him he would try to arrange a
meethlt with a delegation of
the cattlemen and officials in
Washington.
"I can't promise you that
you can talk to President
Ford," White "But I
believe-with all:my heart that
the delegation-- from this
group can go to Washington
and talk to him. I believe
President Ford is sincere and
will listen and will un
derstand."
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Faculty union
The Fall weather may be turning
colder, but the battle' over faculty
unionization is on a warming trend.
In a press release yesterday, Open
Options, an anti-union faculty group,
charged the pro-union 'Pennsylvania
State University Professional' organizing. Hearings on the charges
Association. (PSUPA) with then began Sept. 16 and will continte
"premature creation of ar'ad
versary relationship at „,, the
University.”
Open Options also said PSUPA's
unfair labor practices suit against the
administration. is a "typical union
tactic to create sympathy (for
unionization) during authorization
tomorrow. 1 ! community as much informal '.: ' 4
The. oress • release said "Open possible, so they can decide if aon 01.Ici •''
Options goes on record as strongly
is needed here and not just '.. get k,
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opposing the unnecessary action r support for us." k
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.:,g PSUPA to diminish and degrade the "The faculty should know ;iow the
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. .• East Hall4lounge. i with Each Other" 8:30 tonight
begins visit These workshops, which in . the HUB Ballroom. Ad
will explore the possibilities mission is so cents. Students
of home-made music, are
to campus open to anyone who plays any
instrument, regardless of his
The Paul Winter Consort skill..
begins its three day visit to A "World Music Seminar"
Penn State today, with three will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the
free workshops and a concert Recital Hall of the Music
planned. Building. It is mainly for
,The group plays a blend of music students and will in
jazz, rock, classical and
. j)..ist dude slides, tapes and tallFs
about every other kind - of showing the common ground
music. shared by the music of 'all
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On May 28, PSUPA charged the
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Faculty Senate as a company union to
discourage j the faculty from
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mineral economics, was quoted as
saying "I believe these unfair labor
practice charges are a red herring,
invented solely to create a fictitious
issue to gain support for PSIJ r A."
In reply to these charges, Robert
Olsen, PSUPA cochairman,
"the purpose of the suit is to gi
are encouraged to bring an
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The group will be holding
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and Saturday, with concerts
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