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Show Letters to The Editor... Times Independent: Yesterdav - December 19, 1973 - President Nixon Nix-on told the American people peo-ple of a new way to help in the energy crisis. He proposed the thought of taxing the oil industry on any excess profit they might make on their safe of crude oil. This he says will help keep the price of gasoline down. I cannot see his reasoning reason-ing as any more taxes on oil will only result in the taxes being passed onto us the consumer. Instead he should place a ceiling on all crude-oil crude-oil - so that we the people peo-ple will benefit. If? -he wants to tax anyone -why not the non-producing shut in wells in Louisiana - wells covering cover-ing an area of 39,000 acres. Wells which I am sure are being held back by lease-holders in expectation ex-pectation of higher profits. pro-fits. President Nixon has at his disposal two Boeing 707's, 16 sound proofed helicopters, 11 Lockheed jetstars for courier duty, two bullet proof limousines, limou-sines, 30 staff cars and a yacht. One round trip from Washington to San Clpmpntp in a Rnpinir 707 uses an estimated 20,000 gallons of jet fuel. fu-el. So far this year he has used an estimated 450,000 gallons of jet fuel between his various residences. res-idences. This - while we are being asked to curtail cur-tail our own use of all fuel. I sincerely believe that the only solution during this crisis is rationing. Rationing - according to a persons needs based on the registration of motor mo-tor vehicles and not population. pop-ulation. For an example, the nearest city to Moab Ls over 100 miles away. While the city itself is nearly self sufficient and not in need of the fuel which we require. Some of President Nix-cns Nix-cns advisers are proposing propos-ing an additional 30 to 40 cents more tax on each gallon of gasoline. This proposal is a form of rationing in which the cktllar will be used as a coupon. I ask you - is this fair and equal or just? Profits for some oil companies under Nixons mis-management during the past year ... Exxon's profits are up 80 percent, Mobil's 64 percent, Gulf's 91 percent. Need I cite more. Nixon has said that we will have 17 less fuel than we need this year but a Library of Congress Cong-ress report indicates that the real shortage will be closer to 35r0. I am sure that we the people will do our best to conserve all fuel, but please do not allow your-self your-self to be mislead by the man who is not called "TRICKY DICK NIXON" for nothing. W. D. McArthur Moab, Utah Dear Editor: Reference: The Dolores Dolo-res planning unit and the conflicts defined by the BLM document entitled, "Public Dolores Planning Plan-ning Unit". The study focuses on secondary conflicts and avoids larger and infinitely infin-itely more important issues is-sues of loss of individual rights, of the strangulation strangula-tion of private enterprise, enter-prise, and of the incalculably incal-culably loss of resources of the Triangle in the face of critical developing develop-ing shortages. Obviously, we all want to protect our environment, environ-ment, both indoors and outdoors, but the present methods of environmental environment-al control are irrational. Methods such as bonding, improper law making, authority of NON-ELECTED people via rules and regulations, etc., are gwlty until proven innocent inno-cent concepts. Imagine these concepts if employed emp-loyed in traffic control. Prior to taking a trip, you would be required to buy a permit subject to rules and regulations of non-elected people, if they should decide to issue is-sue such a permit and at a price set by them. These methods punish our system rather than the offenders of the environment. en-vironment. To subject the Dolores Triangle to these conditions is obviously illogical and unacceptable. unaccepta-ble. Assistance of private enterprise, rather than government control, is the only way to properly develop the Triangle. Sincerely, Joe Stocks |