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While conservation alone cannot solve the nation's energy problems, it is essential to any solution, and the experience of industry is dramatic evidence of just how much can be done. Ever since the 1973 oil embargo, companies have been not only determinedly turning off lights and turning down thermostats but also redesigning buildings, installing energy-saving devices on assembly lines and driving the conservation message home to employees. The economical use of power at the plant or office is bound to carry over to a heightened energy consciousness for workers at home. Last year, when the economy grew...
...victory, reports TIME Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil, came only after some important private maneuvering by Jim Wright. Although he personally favored keeping the embargo against Turkey, he felt that as Democratic leader he must back the Administration's pro-Turkey policy. First he tried to draft a compromise acceptable to Brademas and others who favored Greece rather than Turkey. Brademas agreed to a one year suspension of the embargo if Turkey would take positive steps to end the Cyprus stalemate. The President rejected that, however, arguing that it "would be like putting the Turks on parole. It would offend...
Wright then started searching for some formula that could satisfy both the President and a House majority. The result was the bill passed last week. Similar to the Senate version, it allows the President to end the embargo if he certifies that Turkey "is acting in good faith to achieve a just and peaceful settlement of the Cyprus problem." The President must report to Congress every 60 days on progress toward a Cyprus solution...
Wright began calling several dozen Democratic Congressmen to enlist their support. He said later, "A lot of them wanted the lifting of the embargo to pass, but they didn't want to vote for it." With an election only three months away, most Congressmen preferred not to antagonize the influential Greek lobby. But by the time the issue hit the House floor, Wright had a list of 16 Democrats whom he could call on if necessary to back the President...
...from 1946 through last year totalled nearly $7 billion, and even during the four-year embargo a loophole enabled the U.S. to send the Turks about $140 million worth of fighter jets and missiles, among other things. But the Turks, angered by the embargo, began making overtures to their Russian neighbors. Moscow responded eagerly and this year alone granted Ankara an $800 million credit for non-military purchases. Turkey's slight shift toward neutralism is now expected...