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...episode cemented the power of Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton as the nation's chief energy policymaker. Ford last month named Morton head of a new Energy Resources Council, and he explained Sawhill's ouster by saying that Morton had a right to name his own team of subordinate policymakers. The President then introduced its new members...
That there is no place for Sawhill on this team is no great surprise. Sawhill, 38, who took over FEA last May, pushed for stronger energy conservation measures than the Administration was willing to adopt; Morton tends to favor increasing U.S. energy production as an alternative way of reducing dependence on high-priced imported oil. Sawhill often bypassed bureaucratic channels to plug his programs directly in the White House and on Capitol Hill...
...rise in world oil prices; the remark angered Henry Kissinger. Last month Sawhill sealed his doom. Disobeying White House orders to keep quiet, he went on television to explain his proposal for a 10?-to 30?-per-gal. federal tax on gasoline after the Administration had rejected the idea. Morton said last week that Sawhill was being removed for lack of "executive compatibility." Ford asserted that Sawhill will be offered a "first-class assignment" in the Administration, but no one seems to know what it might...
Ellsberg also said the antiwar moratoriums of 1969 apparently "derailed" Nixon administration plans to mine Haiphong harbor that fall, two and a half years before the eventual mining occurred. And as in any spy story, Ellsberg cited some sources--a Washington Monthly article, Morton Halperin and John Paul Vann--while leaving others, such as National Security Council members, unnamed...
...orchestrate the effort, Ford named Interior Secretary Rogers Morton, who will head a National Energy Board charged with reducing oil imports voluntarily and developing a national energy policy...