8. efficiently. Research and development will be directed toward the removal of pollutants, more efficient underground mining methods, more efficient combustion of fuels, the development of synthetics, the use of energy sources not now in common use such as oil shale, solar, and geothermal, and in the nuclear field the breeder and ultimately the fusion process. To accomplish these research and development goals, a further change in the government setup has been proposed. An Energy Research and Development Administration has been proposed to assume the present research activities now conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission and the research functions of the Department of Interior. A new and separate Nuclear Energy Commission would deal with the non-R&D functions of atomic energy. The concentration of research into a single agency makes very good sense organizationally but, like all proposed government reorganizations it will meet resistance. Both the creation of ERDA as well as the Department of Energy & National Resources (DNER) which subsumes most energy functions of the Interior Department and requires more than 35,000 employees and $3 billion of budget from other departments such as Commerce, Transportation, and the Army are bound to meet opposition from those departments and from the Congressional committees which oversee these activities. Power in Washington is prized and never easily surrendered. In solving our energy crisis I would expect that the greater thrust will be made in increasing and utilizing domestic supplies but there will also be legislation that will affect demand. This will take three broad forms. First will be legislation designed to force the conservation of energy by eliminating wasteful uses. Second will be standby legislation to ration supplies in emergency situations. Third will be legislation or regulation to channel certain fuels to their best use and to prohibit the use of certain fuels for certain purposes. Where a reasonable