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December 1, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 38023 Whitaker, William Drake Wilson, Robert Lawrence Young, Stephen Grant White, Donald Clark Wlltamuth, Richard Ernest Zmorzenski, Frank Peter Whitely, John Epes, Jr. Winn, Robert Monte Zolman, Richard Ward Whftley, Wllliam Robert Wishart, Thomas Tinker The following named women officers of the Whitney, Richard MerrUl, Jr. Wolfe, James Bryant U.S. Navy, for permanen·t promotion to the Wicklund, Robert Montgomery Woltersdorf, Leonard Oscar grade of commander in the line subject to Wigfall, George H., Jr. Womack, Thomas Folts qualification therefor as provided by law: Wilcox, Mack Rudolph Wood, James Erastus, III Botzum, Diane Wilcox, Wayland Edward Woodard, John Sanford Coye, Beth Frances Wilder, Wallace Gene Woodford, Duval Sterling Delarot, Anna Marie Wileen, Gordon Charles Worthington, George Rhodes Derrough, Lois Albertine Wllgenbusch, Ronald Charles Worthington, James T., II Hazard, Roberta Louise Wilkes, Gilbert Vanburen, III Wright, George Frederick Hurlbut, Bonny Aloha Wilkinson, Robert Bailey, Jr. Wright, Hendon 0. James, Mary Catherine Willenbucher, Marshall R. Wright, Lindell Wayne Lee, Linda Marie Williams, David Arthur Wyckoff, Roger David Nyce, Barbara Regina Williams, Douglas Allan Wynn, Hugh John Richardson, Linda Pond WUliams, Hugh Thomas Wyttenbach, Richard Harring Underwood, Shirley Joa.n Williams, Windell Vance Yakubek, Paul Marsik Weber, Joyce Ann Williamson, Mark Humphrey Yarborough, Jerry Olin W1111ams, Barbara Mary Willimon, Henry Jack, Jr. Yeske, Lanny Alan Willoz, Clifford Paul, Jr. Yeutter. Phillip Eugene Executive nomination received by the Willsey, John Michael York, Milton Ward Senate on December 1, 1975: Wilmot, Frederick Eugene Wilson, Ashley Vannorden York, Thomas Andrew, Jr. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNrrED STATES Wilson, James Alexander, Jr. Youmans, Richard Walter John Paul Stevens, of Illinois, to be an Wilson, James Russell Young, Charles Thomas Associate Justice of the Supreme Court ot Wilson, Laurence Woodford Young, John Rawstron the United States, vice William 0. Douglas, Wilson, Robert James Young, Richard Keith retired. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS C. HOWARD HARDESTY, JR., RE The dogmas of the quiet past are inade of us, seeking one most appropriate. I quate to the stormy present. The occasion is thought of the readjustments which we SPONSIDLE INDUSTRY LEADER, piled high with difficulty and we must rise and our children are making in a rapidly PRESENTS WELL-REASONED AD with the occasion. changing world. I thought of the eroding DRESS ON ECONOMY AND RE As our case is new, so we must think anew, public confidence in business, 1h govern LATED PROBLEMS and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, ment, in the Church, and, in fact, in all and then we shall save our country. institutions around the world. "To dwell upon the portents of doom," said Newsweek, HON. JENNINGS RANDOLPH Mr. Hardesty spoke these words: "has become fashionable." The magazine OF WEST VIRGINIA When a nation despairs about the present coined a. term for doomsaying-"Apocalypse and yearns to go back to the past, our mo Chic"-and I nearly fell into it. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ment of truth is running out. This month, U.S. News & World Report Monday, December 1, 1975 interviewed people in all walks of life across Mr. President, I ask unanimous con the nation. What those people are saying Mr. RANDOLPH. Mr. President, re sent to include the address "Self-Interest speaks for many: cently in his native home city of Fair and Civic Virtue," in the RECORD. "The system's not working." mont, W.Va., C. Howard Hardesty, Jr., There being no objection, the address "Our country has been wrong on several delivered a well-reasoned speech at the was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, scores." annual Rotary Club dinner. as follows: "The country needs a good shaking up." "I wonder if private enterprise can sur During the Senate recess I have been SELF-INTEREST AND CIVIC VmTUE vive." privileged to read and reread the opin (By C. Howard Hardesty, Jr.•) "Where can we turn for help?" ions, convictions, and judgments of this One of the many rewards in coming home These representative feelings make it a mountaineer whose challenging career to a dialogue with friends is the opportu real temptation to look in some other di has been characterized by personal nity to take a subject we're not too com rection. That many are doing just that was achievement, corporate responsibility, fortable with, probe a bit, and look on the pointed out by Energy Administrator Frank and public service. rough as well as the smooth side. Zarb. "Broadway musicals and some Holly Mr. President. it is my belief that dur My working life has not involved assign wood movies," he said, "have profited from ing our Bicentennial year, Americans ments that were blessed with popularity. the public's longing for an uncomplicated Service as state tax commissioner charged past." generally should assess and review the with instituting a new and unpopular per Recently I saw the Broadway musical strengths and the shortfalls of our na sonal income tax and property reappraisal Shenandoah. That show, you may recall, is tional and individual heritage. system is a rough road to public endear about a proud Virginia farmer who refuses But, Mr. Hardesty correctly calls us ment. My role as coal industry spokesman to send his sons ofl' to die in the Civil War to the realities of the 200th year of on such issues as mine subsidence, acid mine because of his strong convictions of right American independence. He faces the water and strip mining-subjects which are and wrong. Though tragedy strikes, the story facts and with forthright words said: not without controversy and legitimate pub is a triumph of convictions. You come out lic concern-created confrontations at every feeling, "Oh, if we could only return to and If we are to lead we must shed resistance turn. Nor have I found any refuge in the hold on to the clear-cut values of yesterday." as a frame of reference and bring to our broader energy field. 011 sp1lls, automotive So, if we don't stumble into the Apocalypse problems with Government and the public emissions, offshore drilling, rising prices, ob trap, the nostalgia trap is there waiting for the same spirit of progress and innovation scene profits, and energy shortages have us. business routinely applies to its problems. We engendered strong adversary feelings and When a nation despairs about the present must openly reflect a willingness to work dominated headlines and prime time. Per and yearns to go back to the past, our mo with interested parties to sensibly manage haps one of these days I'll find a role not ment of truth is running out. 'I'o face truth, change. filled with controversy. Secretly I hope not you don't need to be a pessimist or an opti I recall the words of Thomas Jefferson: because then the challenge of problem-solv mist, but just a realist. So, I'll try and As new discoveries are made, new truths ing and resultant progress would be missing. steer clear of doomsaying and daydreaming, discovered, and manners and opinions change In planning my remarks, I reflected on and seek to realistically probe the problem of with the change in circumstances, institu the many national issues which concern all disaffection With the American system. tions must advance also and keep pace with Maybe we can think of some ideas for the times. turning around America's flagging faith in *Vice Chairman, Continental Oil Com Itself, its institutions ... and in the process And we are strengthened by the words pany. Remarks to Fairmont Annual Rotary exchange some ideas on a subject with which of Abraham Lincoln at a later period of Club Dinner, Fairmont, West Virginia, I live everyday: America's energy future and crisis when he declared: October 28, 1975. its impact on our lives. 38024 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 1, 1975 Henry Grunwald, Managing Editor of leum product prices will not cause double other hand, as an executive for about six Time, in a recent essay concluded, "Freedom, digit infiation, or retard economic recovery. years in each industry, I have witnessed the like the Declaration of Independence itself, Talk about $1 per gallon gasoline prices by synergistic effect of merging two taJented is not a gift but a permanent demand on us the end of 1975 is political nonsense. Decon groups. The association of Conoco and Con to keep giving. Perhaps in our minds we trol and removal of tariffs would result in an solidation Coal Company has worked in the need to insert in the Declaration some words increase of only 3-4 cents per gallon. In my public interest through greatly expanded re like these, •... that all men are endowed by opinion, these increases would not take search, advancements in production meth their Creator with certain inescapable du place immediately because of competitive ods and safety techniques, and a broader ties .. .'" market forces. The world wm not come to an capital base on which to build for the future. Grunwald postulated three dangers to the end as a result of increased prices for energy. It has been exciting to witness a case where great American promise which we envisioned McGraw-Hill finds that, in a typical year, 2+2=5. in the Declaration of Independence. First, consumers spend as much on tobacco, toilet Eighth: The international or foreign ef there has been a decline of our belief in articles, and toys (in total) as they spend forts of the oil companies should not be dis place" as a determinant of supply and on gasoline and oil; and they spend 12 per couraged. Oil is a world commodity.