Show j Listen Without Prejudice Unlike the lUte political statesman the business statesman has little access to toy y th the public forum Ills His views often reach the public as as' as asa a a trickle down down process of 1 news news reporting that disregards much of what wh Is said because of the businessman's business mans man's alleged self sell Interest t. t I i I Mr John E. E Swearingen chairman 1 of the board of the Standard Oil on Company Com Corn pany Indiana in an address reviewed the entire spectrum of the energy shortage shortage short age its causes and solutions ills His message message mes meso sage is much the same as has hag been broadcast by oil industry spokesmen for years that the energy gap has been beena a long time coming because of many factors factor factor Including is government policies and and zealous overzealous alous environmentalism i He declares More often often than not any attempt by the petroleum industry to try to call attention to the unpleasant unpleasant sant facts of life in regard to td the growing grow grow- growing ing gap between the nations nation's supply and demand for energy was written off as particularly self since the only rational solutions we could see would lead to higher prices There are many immediate and long long- range steps that must be taken to maintain maintain main main- tain adequate energy supplies For the public the only way to deal with the open mind to those who know the energy the business-the business statesmen whose self Interest includes US U.S. National Security and the well being of over million US U.S. citizens |