Mondav. September 24.1973
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Fuel Rationing to Be 'Last Resort'
By STAN BENJAMIN
By STAN BENSAM
Associated Press Reporte
WASHINGTON—Just in case things really get bad, the Nixon administration has a last-resort plan for fuel rationing, with some features borrowed from the military draft and others from check-account banking.
The rationing system is the final stage of a four-step contingency plan for coping with
Administration officials insist the contingency plan is only a "working draft" which has not been formally approved. But it is the only plan they have, and most of its ideas already are being carried out in response to growing fuel shortages.
Presidential counselor Melvin Laird said
yesterday on the CBS television program, "Face the Nation," that "it may be necessary to go forward with a program of mandatory allocation."
He said the President might not be able to wait for congressional action before putting him on trial.
The White House Energy Policy Office refused to release the contingency plan, but another office permitted a newsman to read it.
PRESCRIBING FOR theoretical fuel shortages ranging from 10 to 30 per cent, the plant's proposals are grouped into four degrees:
- Appeals for voluntary fuel conservation by the public, reinforced by price increase
- Shifting consumption by power plants and other industries from scare fuels to plentiful pressure, and other measures to take the pressure off the shortage areas.
Establishment of fuel-use priorities and allocations.
The administration already has adopted measures from the first three phases of the
—and finally, as a last resort for severe damages, formal ratification of fumors among the species.
Should ratinging become necessary, it probably would revolve around the issuance of rratinging "checks" to all owners of motor vehicles and to other fuel consumers.
ACCORDING TO the contingency plan, the consumer would have to present a
rationing check to purchase fuel and the retailer would then deposit the checks he had collected in an account on which he received a draw, to receive further fuel supplies.
Consumers would receive checks for various fuel allowances based on a priority system. The contingency plan does not specify any priorities.
The plan suggests that rationing could begin with a presidential declaration of a national fuel emergency, coupled with a plan to impose a new volume as a transition to rationing-by-check.
Gasoline rationing can be applied during the summer, the peak demand season, and rationing for all fuel during the winter.
The program, "Elements of a National Energy Policy," will include presentations by production, exploration and distribution of energy, and local energy offices and industries.
Dedication ceremonies for Raymond C. Moore Hall, site of the Kansas Geological Survey, will bring leading energy experts to Lawrence Friday.
representatives from the Exxon Corporation and the American Petroleum Institute and the chief energy economist for the oil industry in New York City will be among the speakers.
Energy Experts to Speak Here
In the afternoon the regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and a member of the Board of Governors on Environmental Quality will speak.
The luncheon program, in the ballroom of the Kansas Union, will feature a speech by Robert D. Ray, governor of Iowa. Ray organized a task force to study regional energy needs and helped to formulate a Midwest Energy Policy.
The audience will be able to discuss the energy situation with the speakers and to gain a better understanding.
discussion after the afternoon presentations.
Sen. Clifford P. Hansen, R-Wyo., will speak at an evening banquet. Hansen is a member of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the Senate, which initiates legislation concerning the energy needs of the United States.
The symposium is open to the public. The fee for the luncheon is $4, and the evening banquet will cost $7. Those interested in attending can request information or for further information and reservations.
Services Today For Ex-Member Of Athletic Board
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Warren Chapel for John L. Constant, 74 years old, president of Constant Construction Co., who died Friday.
Mr. Constant, a former Lawrence city commissioner, was a member of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, the University of Kansas Edowment Club and the Outland Scholarship Fund. He was a former KU athletic board member.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Frances M.
Constant, and two sisters, Mrs. Sherman
and Mr. Hollins.
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