WHITE HOUSE Wednesday, April 18, 1973 Substitute: Reid Collins In another of his special messages to Congress President Nixon was all steamed up today over t"e energy situation. "Our energy needs have gro,on so rapidly" - said he - "they now outstrif> our available supplies." "A11d a doaen years from no "' " - he continued - "at our t,resent rate of growth - our energy needs will be nearly double wllat they 1oere in Nineteen-Seventy. " "Clearly" - said lae · - "we are facing a vitally important energy cltalle,ege" - 1t1laicla, if it "continues uncl,ecked," could l · ead to a "ge1tui1te e,ee-rgy eris is. " The President going on to say - lae is, therefore, suspending all existing tariffs on imp o-rted crude oil and related by-products; also, suspending all oil import quotas - in fa v or of a new "license-fee quota . " The President stressed , how ev er : "There slaould be WHITE HOUSE - 2 need for a nation which has always been rich ir. energy to have to turn to energy rationing." And lie added: "Tliis is a /)art of the energy challenge - which every America11 can heir, to meet; b y continually saving energy - ,,. day-to- day activities; by turning out lights - turti11g up automobiles - reacileg tl,e use of air co11ditioning a,ad laeati,ag - a11d purchasing products ,ol,icli 11se energy efficie11tly." TIie President concludi,ag: "In tl,e Ji,eal a•alysis, the ultimate responsibility does ,aot rest merely .,,,,. llae Co11gress or witll tltis Administration - it rests witla all of us. ,, SCOTT The White House again - President Nixon conferred today with a delega tiott of Republican and Democratic Se,eators; disc11ssing the fate of a pe,edi,ag bill - aimed at grantheg tl1e Soviet Union "most favored natio11" trade stat,111. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott - later servh1g as spolles man for Ir is colleagues; quoting tlae Pres ide,at •• sayi,eg tlae Russ ions laave ,eow removed one of tlae major stumbll,ag blocks - to passage of tlle bill in questio11. Tl• Soviet Union suspending its exit visa tax - o,e ., • .,. ••d otlaers seeki,ag to emigrate to fo-reig,e la,e4s - said Scott. Addi,ag tltat tllis "'"' at,ply i,a all cases - "escet,t i,a limited a-reas .,,1,e-re state seci,-rity is i,avolved." CHAIRMEN Elsewltere in Washington - the Democratic a,sd RE/n1.blican National Cltairmen - were ma k iJ1g a Joint appearance before the National Press Club. Democrat Robert Strauss - conce,strati,sg lais /ire o,s the Watergate affair, as might be expected. Strauss ace us i,sg tlae President - of e,sgagiJ1g in te,s m OJI tlas of "JMdicial claarades." Adding tlaat tl,,e Pres,de,st's "exec•tive arrogance" - clearly e,sda11gers "tlae credibility of tl,e office of tl,e Preside11cy;" a,sd could eJtda,sger - said l,e eve,s "tlae system itself." Republica,s George Busl, - agreeing, at least i,a part. Tliere can be no q•estlon - said lae - but tliat "grubby incidents" sucla as Watergate "do111ngrade tlae political 4 1>roc11ss. " B11t ~ sis ted tllat 11011• • Wotergo te - c•••ot obscure "tl,e positive record of tllis Admi,sistration." MORGAN CITY Gover,aor Ed1Dards of Louis ia11a - fle1D today lo Ille coastal regio,cs of lais lome state; tlaere i11st,ecti,ag a,a ar•a - includi,ag Morgan City, Jena, Marksville, Jo,cesvill• a,ad Ot,elousas; all of 1Dl,icll are tlareate,aed by lligla till•• - la•av:, rai•• - also, tlae ragi,ag Atcltafalaya River. Tlae Gover,aor later sayi,cg tlaere is as yet - ,ao rea•o,a for "t,a,aic or alarm;" but IDarni,ag reside11I• to l>e ready to leave - if tl1e 1Daters co,ati,aue to ri•~••g n,,.. RAWALPINDI At Rawalt,indi - Pakistan N1elcomed today tllat offer from Indian and Bangla4esli - to ret,alriate an estimated ,ti,.ety tllousaJtd Pakistani t,riso,eers of war. Tlte Paltlslafll• expressed "grave concerrt," however .. over t,larts &y BaJtgladesla to t'Yy rtearly ,.,o laurtdred adtlUloJtal t,rlsorter• •• N1ar crimlflals. "Sucla a s let," .. said RaN1alt,l11di "•o•ltl otlaer•i•e result from a retur,a of tl,e t,risours." PARIS Leading officials of Australia's new Labor governme,at - are currently fanni,ag out across tl,e globe; attempti,ag to mold a new public image - for the la,ad "Dow,a Under." One exception though - Justice Mi•lster Lioflel Murt,lty; who was sent to Paris - for Ille expressed P•rPo•e of attempti,ag to halt French nuclear testiflg i,a tire SoMtlt Pacific. Murt,lty presenting ,,,s case today - ;,. a,. i,et•rview ,aped for state-r•n Fre11clr television. At one point, asaerti,ag tlaat "every ma,a, woma11 and cllild ifl Australia laav• i,a tlleir bodies - radioactive material from t'/ae Fre11c I, te• II/' material - said lae - tllat "could be deleterioN• - COMld caa,se cancer - could cause serio•s genetic damage." will. " As it tur11ed o•t tliouglt - t1'is l,is most t•lli,ag argument was never lteard by Frencli viewers. State ce,asors - simt,ly cutting it out. MADRID Crime wave in Spain. A number of receNt baNII holdups - Netting bandits more than a Millio,r Dollars. A11d NOW tlte Madrid Claamber of Commerce a11d l,rdustry dema1tding actio1t. l,a a letter to tlle spa11iall Justice Mi,ris try - urgi,ag a retur1t to la111 a11d order; as esemt,lified by more police - a,ad llarsller penalties for co,rvicted offe,aders. toa,rists - ,aot al111ays of adequate social sta1tdard." 0 b s e r vi,. g t la a t s "c la t, e rs on s - II a v e , "., i Ila o , u t do u b t, co11tributed to tlae at,peara,ece of new forms of crime." TIie Mad-riders addi,ag: "If not rapidly and drastically cllec,,ed, tllis could lead i11to a situation of i,rternal violence - similar to tlae one tlaat presently esists iN tlae United States." NORMAN On tlie sports front - tlie nation's second-ranked college football team of last fall - was declared 111ay off-side today. Tire Sooners of Oklalaoma - ordered to forfeit eigltt of eleven victories ; for recruiting violaUo,as - said to laave involved tlfJo freshma,a players; botla of 111lao,n llave also been suspended from varsity competitio,a - for tlle comi,ag year. A sclaool spokes,na,a addi,ag tlaat Asaialaal uli ~L /fy Coacll Bill Michaels - tl,e ma• laeld;f¥eapo,asible - laa• si,ace res igaed. SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOMAS TAPE "ALOFT-CHAMPS" ,!s you may have guessed by ,aow - Lowell Tlaomas is off again on anotlter jaunt. Be's heading into tl,e Ari.cona desert - wltich is said to be bursthag iato bloom for the first time in years, tltanks to uncommo,a sr,ri•g rai••. A,ad 1,e'll tell us all about it, no doubt - •• soo,a as lie get• baclt. In tlte mea11time - a special report lie left••· Lo.,ell .•• ,;t:- ALOFT ~✓ lA--P ~ 1 While fl} 1 ing back and forth across the co 11 ,,try M;r- --;::. r::t::i! ., wee,, s - " , . , jlJ A A :dL .. .,. • CT OS s an i,atriguing article in National Airlines' Aloft magazi 11 e. It's called "Meet the Champs" - b y Frank L. RemiJ1gto,a; and it tells of the off-beat accomplishmeJ1ts of so-called / • ~ world champioJ1s" - that most of us llave never eve" lle11rd of. For example, Georges Grogniet of Bel6ilfm - ,ol!o II.olds the ,oorld's record for eati•g hard-boiled egga; forty-fowr - in ••lf-011-•owr . Also, Bozo Miller o ~ - •Ito de v oured a,a astou11ding tllree llundred """ t•••ly-fo■ r ravioli. Also, Verna• Craig of Wooste,. Ollio - ,ol,o lay o,a a bed of nails Jo, t•e•ty-five llours a,ad t,oe,aty ,,.;,. ■ tea; ~~~-"'''t - "I'm a little TOKI ... Perhaps the most re veali,ag record tlrou git - tia I of Frank Pulmar y of Lexington, Ke,itucky ; wlro caught an egg dropped from a height of t w o hundred and seienteen feet, se en inches - and tlren was so elated he cracked it o v er Iris ALOFT - :: ~ - . : 2 . - partn e r's head. P r oving wlra t? Pro v ing you Ir ave to be a little cracked, I guess - to be an off-beat champ . SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "ALOFT- CHAii PS" Tlaank you, Lowell. A final story - in a mome,at. NASHVILLE Nea ,·l /if ty yea rs ago - at Day ton, Tennessee l11e famed Scopes "Monkey Trial." Six years ago - at Nashville - the repeal of Te,anessee's "Monkey Law." Today - at Nashville - another step in the evolution of a sovereign state. The Tennessee Senate approving overwhelmi11gly - a bill dealing with Charles Darwin's theory of evolutio11; a bill permitting the teaching of Darwin's tlteory as Just tl,at - a tlaeory, but not fact. The Senate's actto11 was taken, wlaat's more - without debate. Senator Milton Hamilton - the bill's chief sponsor - later explaining why. "The re•aton tlae re wasn't any debate" - said he - "is that national TV came down ltere - with the idea they would make us look like a bunch of barefoot Tennesseane." Hamilton also predicts that his proposed legislation will 50011 jlass the Tennessee Rouse. You don't ever expect ofJposition" - .r::aid he - "when you have a good bill."