Show Congressional n seeks oil shale guarantee A better break for the oil shale industry is being sought by the Utah congressional delegation Representative Allen T T. Howe Utah D-Utah urged House conferees working on a compromise compromise com com- promise version of the Energy Research and Development Administration ERDA authorization tion bill to to accept Senate language retaining oil shale projects in the loan guarantee provisions of the compromise bill IN TilE THE Senate version of the ERDA bill oil shale projects were listed along with such other items as as' as synthetic fuel development and development of new energy sources as eligible for loan guarantees said R Representative Representative presen- presen fI jn a a lett letter i t loJ the he hecha chairman cha of ahe House CO tk F e r c t. t In his letter to the chairman of the House confer conferees es which J ch was also signed by Representative Gunn McKay Utah D he said It has been o our r consistent belief that U U. U S. S oil shale reserves co could ld provide if developed the marginal energy resource needed to establish energy independence ESTIMATES i indicate that recoverable oil q from oil shale in Colorado Utah and Wyoming is three and one-half one times limes as much as the total proven oil reserves of the Arab nations On the other side of Capitol Hill lull Senator Frank E. E Moss D DUtah DUtah D D- Utah and Jake Garn Utah R sent a similar letter to the UiE chairman n of the Senate Senale Energy Research and I Development yel p I C Olt r t le l 1 J. J yae guarantee ra ane i S J yo V V j I V |