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Show 5. We set health standards that rest on flimsy evidence. We armed the environmentalists with legal rights to intervene and to delay new energy developments. We set in being machinery that has delayed bringing in the North Slope supplies, greatly delayed the development of nuclear power, curtailed off-shore drilling, stopped construction of new refineries, deep water ports, and pipelines. We outlawed the greater part of the nation's coal production, delayed power plant siting, inhibited the development of synthetic fuels. In summary, we have taken a series of actions that have combined to discourage the development of energy supplies at a time when our need for increased domestic energy has become critical. The evidence strongly suggests that we are long on politicians and short on statesmen. But this is unfair to the many able and sincere members of the Congress who are dedicated to the national interest but who must at any given time act with an awareness of the political realities. I, for one, have a deep and abiding faith in the American political process and in its ability in time to reach correct decisions. On the Washington scene Senator Fannin stands tall and, time and again, has demonstrated his grasp of the problem and his willingness to fight for its sensible resolution. Others will join his ranks. If one has faith in the American political process, then it follows that the Congress and the Administration will in time take the steps that are necessary to solve the problem. As I see it, the attack would be mounted along the following lines. To cope with the problem that various segments of the energy picture are now scattered administratively in many different government agencies, new administrative machinery will be created to centralize management of energy matters and to achieve coordinated planning and administration. The appointment of Governor Love as a director of the White House Energy Policy Office is a first step in this direction. The proposed creation of a Department of Energy and |