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Show It's ironic how the bureaucrats bureau-crats in Washington, D. C. can pass laws, make recommendations, recom-mendations, or go on television tele-vision and ask U. S. citizens to make sacrifices, but somehow some-how never take their own advise. ad-vise. -o- With the so-called energy crisis, Pres. Nixon and any number of instant experts, have been on the tube telling the American public how to conserve energy. From turning turn-ing down the thermostat to limiting our consumption of gasoline to 10 gallons per week. -o- All the while they are planning plan-ning their own holiday excursions, excur-sions, in most cases expending expend-ing far more energy than the average citizen, whether it be a trip to Utah or the Florida Whitehouse. -o- The point I'm making is just this if there really is an energy shortage, and the leaders lead-ers of this country want the cooperation of the American people in fighting it they will achieve much more by setting a good example than by de- manding sacrifices or rationing. ration-ing. -o- I remember so well in the Johnson administration, when he asked labor to hold to a 5 wage increase, and big business to keep within a 3 price raise guideline. I happened hap-pened to be on the negotiating negotia-ting team for my union at the time, and in a dead-lock with management over a three year contract. -o- At this very moment -Congress chose to raise their own wages by 42 while doubling the wages of the President and the Vice President. The same-double same-double standard is in effect today, in the energy crisis, -o- Good leaders ask no more of their followers, than they themselves are prepared to give. In fact, by trimming a few of their luxuries that most of us don't even have or know about, they could conserve more energy than the average American uses. In fact, with a minimal effort, the President could conserve more energy in a week than most of us use in a year. -o- Americans have always been ready to put their shoulder should-er to the plow, and shoulder whatever burden necessary. In time of war, or national poverty pov-erty they did it to survive whether It was the Revolution, Revolu-tion, one of the World Wars, or after the crash of '29. In times of peace and prosperity prosper-ity they have willingly shouldered should-ered the burdens of other nations na-tions and peoples who' were seeing less fortunate circumstances. circum-stances. -o- We will again make all the sacrifices necessary during this energy crisis. However, we doubt that a concerned nation na-tion will tolerate extravagances extrava-gances by our leaders at the same time. -o- We do not recollect the concern, con-cern, the doubt, and downright' disbelief that is prevalent in today's society. There is little faith in the leadership, on either the national, state or local levels. -o- The United States is ripe for (continued on page 2) HERE'S MORE ABOUT JUST BETWEEN (Continued from Page One strong, dynamic leadership. Most of us are looking for someone in whom we can place our trust. A Washington, Lincoln, Lin-coln, Wilson, Roosevelt, or Truman. But, we must be j careful. It was this same kind ., of vacuum which produced Ghingis Khan, Hitler, Stalin, Mao TseTung, and other dictatorships dic-tatorships of history. -o- The only difference today is that the stakes are higher than ever before. At least they are higher for you and me, because we're here, and the crisis is now. It's our lives and the lives of our families and lovedones |