GASOLINE CRISIS ANSWER
A BOOK OF FACT AND A PLAN OF ACTION
Part 4:  On the Shelf.
                                



      Let us look together at two shelves - - - that is , two 
   places where a good invention or a good ides could be 
   set aside not made available to the public.

   SHELF NUMBER ONE

      Evidence points to the fact that the turbine engine 
   was placed on the shelf.  it is a worthy, gas saving 
   automobile engine which has been set aside by a 
   combination of automotive, governmental and oil 
   industry officials.

   MORE EVIDENCE

      Are auto manufactures, governmental officials and 
   oil industry leaders, all three, really "cozy" 
   companions ?  Do they indeed work together to 
   promote their combined interests ? Are they  many or 
   are they few ?  Are they the "chief Liberians" who 
   keep gas saving inventions and alternate fuels on the 
   shelf ?

   QUOTES

      The quotations and articles referred to in this chapter 
   are not listed because the represent thinking or 
   because they represent conservative thinking.  Rather, 
   they are listed as examples . . . showing a sample of 
   what has been written over a long period of time and 
   from a variety of publications . . . . .all readily 
   available in most libraries.    

   YOU BE THE JUDGE

      A.   Oil imports began to increase in the 1950's. 
   A
           few elected officials who were representing 
           their people back home began it investigate 
           these rising imports.

           "It was revealed, for instance, that U.S.  -
           owned Aramceo, exploiter of the fabulously
           rich Saudi Arabian Fields, pays no taxes to 
           United States ."

              These few Senators were concerned 
           because here at home vast shale-oil deposits 
           that should be developed.  As late as the 
           mid-1940's, some shale-oil/coal-
           hydrogenization plants were in operation
           and producing oil at competitive prices with
           petroleum oil.

           What happened ?

           "Immediately upon coming into office as
           Secretary of the Interior, Douglas Mckay
           leased the(Missouri) plant  . . . . ... and not for
           coal hydrogenization."

           "The oil lobby found the government's oil-
           shale research project in the cliffs of the]
           Navy's reserve near Rifle, Colorado, harder
           to strangle."

   Here, also, gasoline from shale was being produced at 
   a price competitive with petroleum refined gasoline.

           "Mr. McKay, a master in the practice of
           commissioning the coyotes to look after the
           sheep, asked a committee from the oil 
           industry to advise him what to do with the
           Rifle enterprise;  not unexpectedly, the
           committee recommended that it be
           closed down.  Mr. McKay wholeheartedly
           agreed."

   And further:

           "The largest oil companies in the United
           States are among those which long ago 
           acquired blocks of the richest oil-shale
           country in Western Colorado ........"

           The U.S. Government owns the rest.

           Each of the above are from:
           The Nation, Mat 18, 1957, pages 437-439

      B.   "One radical solution to Detroit's troubles 
           has come from an auto maker, George Romney 
           of American Motors Corp."

           "It is his view that today's concentration of
           power in Detroit is both inefficient and
           expensive.  On one hand, it is preventing
           news firm from up costs - - -because of the
           contracts made between big management
           and big labor.  He proposes a split-up of the 
           giant firms now in the business as well as a 
           spit-up of the United Auto Workers."
           Business Week, February 22, 1958, page 172.

   Is this the same George Romney that later held a high 
   government position ? See page 90 for answer

      C.   1959:Detroit

           The head of Ford Motor Company is one 
           Robert S. McNamara.  He has been with the 
           firm since 1946.

           Later :Washington D.C.

           John. F. Kennedy is elected President of the
           United States.

           "R.Sargent Shriver, Jr., Kennedy's brother
           in-law talent scout flew to Detroit to sound 
           McNamara out for the post of Treasury 
           Secretary.  but McNamarar was more 
           interested in the Defense Dept.  - - - 
           presumably because of the Pentagon's
           non-political character and vast managerial
           challenge."

           "Ford Stock Sale - -To comply with the con-
           flict of-interest laws, McNamara sold his 
           Ford stock (for $1.1-million after taxes),
           placed the proceeds in a trust fund.  He 
           surrendered Ford stock option rights, but
           over the next six years will receive $618,750
           in bonuses for past service."
           Business Week, February 11, 1961, page 102.

      The interested reader should go to the public library 
   and list the Cabinet appointments and other high 
   government position in the Kennedy Administration, 
   then research these individuals' backgrounds . . . . . 
   .one may be surprised it find how many were involved 
   in the auto or  oil industry.

      What about the Johnson Administration /

      D.   "The oil industry has blocked public research
           and development for decades, against the day
           when it hopes to take this enormous resource
           entirely out of public control.  The industry's
           friends in Congress are right mow seeking 
           legislation to force the government to lease 
           the public reserve, and to revive private 
           claims that were canceled thiryt-five years
           ago because claimants failed to follow them 
           up as the law requires."
           The Nation, March 15, 1965, page 275.

           "Of the three Cabinet appointments Mr.
           Johnson has made since his re-election,
           two have been to the econimc powerhouse
           Treasury and Commence,  (The other was
           Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach.) 
           Henry "Joe" Fowler was an automobile
           industry lobbist working the offices on
           Capitol Hill until the very evening before
           his selection as Secretary of the Treasury.
           John Connor was a director of General
           Motors as well as president of Merck &
           Co., the chemical manufacturer, before
           becoming Secretary of Commerce."
           Commonweal, June 18, 1965, page 398.

           "How a strange alliance of giant oil
           Companies and Conservational has managed 
           to keep an incalculable national treasure
           buried in Colorado hills." "Oil Shale:
           Hidden Scandal or Inflated Myth?" Harper's
           August 1968, pages 61 - 65.

           "The shale-oil controversy has been 
           enlivened by allegations of Teapot Dome-
           like scandals, gigantic giveways, and even
           attempted murder.  But unquestionably
           the major barrier to shale development has
           been the oil industry's historic opposition."

           .........."It has more or less dictated the federal
           government's do-nothing shale policy."

           .........."The late Estes Kefauver put it even 
           more bluntly in an angry speech on the 
           Senate floor:  `It is difficult to conceive of a
           more clear-cut case of oil-company 
           domination of the policy of the United States
           government',"..........

      What about the Nixon Administration ?

      E.   "Nixon Builds A Cabinet"
           Business Week, December 14, 1968
           page 34.

           The new Secretary of Interior is Walter
           J. Hickel.  He has been the :

           "Chairman of Anchorage Natural Gas Co.
           and a director of Alaska pipeline Co,"

           The new Secretary of Housing & Urban
           Development is George Romney. Is this
           the same individual who was head of
           American Motor Corporation ?

           Yes, the same.

      Yes, those who were the heads of auto companies 
   and oil/gas companies are now in key government 
   positions.

      What about Ford Administration ?

      President Ford kept several of the Nixon appointees, 
   then added as Vice President, Mr. Nelson A. 
   Rockefeller.  It would take a large shelf in any library 
   to list all of the financial interests the Rockefeller 
   family has in the domestic and foreign oil industry 
   alone.  Do you suppose the Vice President is going to 
   cut his own throat financially when it comes to oil or 
   oil related legislation ?

      F.   "Cronies Chart Energy Course"
           Jack Anderson with Les Whitten,
           June 18, 1976, United Feature Syndicate

           "In the grand Washington manner, the 
           development of energy for the future
           is being shaped largely by friendship
           and favoritism."

           This report shows evidence that the head of 
           the government's Energy Research and
           Development Administration(ERDA) is a 
           close and personal friend of many years
           standing with the voce president of the 
           company named TRW, Inc.

           "TRW has picked up nearly $24 million in
           noncompetitive contracts from ERDA.  Two 
           of the contracts weren't even solicited but 
           were thrust upon the company, a procedure 
           that is unusual if not on known in the history 
   of
           dispensing federal funds."

      Did President Jimmy Carter usher in a change ?

      G.   "Alcohol Could Fill Fuel Needs"
           Jack Anderson and Les Whitten,
           August 9,1977, United Feature Syndicated

                   As already noted in section
                   on Alternate Fuels.  There is
                   evidence that alcohol can be
                   used as a fuel for automobiles.

                   It was done as far back as the
                   1930's by Chrysler Motors.
           
              "Yet the Carter administration, despite the
           high stakes involved, has failed to pay much
           attention to the alcohol fuels.  The 103 - page
           National Energy Program devotes only a 
           single sentence to the alcohol potential."

           "The powerful oil industry, of course, 
           opposes developing rival alcohol fuels.  
           This not only would threaten oil profits
           but would break the industry's monopoly."

           "Big Oil Fights Use of Alcohol"
           Jack Anderson, September 18, 1977.
           United Feature Syndicate

           "Investigators for Rep. Ben Rosenthal
           (D-N.Y.) have found a heavy concentration 
           of executives from the energy industry 
           holding down policy making positions at
           the Federal Energy Administration and 
           Energy Research and Development
           Administration."

           "Is Jimmy Carter on the Level ?"
           Tom Braden (10-77) writes in his newspaper
           column about President Carter's "attack" on 
           the oil companies.

           Patrick J. Buchanan writes in his nationwide
           newspaper column (October 23, 1977):

           "The President's energy program is in the 
           `shamble' of Sen. Ribicoff's description
           because it isn't an energy program at al. It is
           vast tax program to generate tens of billions
           in revenues without reducing the nation's
           dependence on foreign oil."

           And" this from a President who campaigned 
           on the promise: `I would never increase taxes 
           for the working people of our country and the 
           lower and middle-income groups................
           and you can depend on that if  I am elected'."

      Probably the most convincing evidence is recalled 
   when you research the background of Mr. Carter's 
   Cabinet and high government appointments.  Many 
   are in some way connected with the oil or auto 
   industry.

           Cyrus Vance, for example, was chairman of
           the Board of Trustees for the Rockefeller
           Foundation.
           See James McCartney, Knight Newswire.

           National Security Advisor, Zbigniew 
           Brzezinski has this background:

              "Nelson A. Rockefeller became the
           powerful patron of Kissinger in the so-
           called Eastern establishment and in the
           Republican political arena.  His brother
           , David Rockefeller, chairman of Chase
           Manhattan Bank, became a Brezezinski
           patron and co-promoter with Brzezinski
           of the Trilateral Commission..................
           The Commission recruited Carter, then 
           governor of Georgia, among its members
           launching the Brzezinski-Carter link that has
           produced abundant dividends."
           Washington Post, December 17, 1976, by
           Murray Marder.

                   *  *   *  *

       Evidence clearly and specifically indicates that in 
   every recent Presidential Administration, whether 
   Democratic or Republican, several key Cabinet 
   appointments are filled with individuals who have 
   large and powerful interests in the automobile and oil 
   industry.

   EVIDENCE DEMANDS A VERDICT

           You research these and hundreds of reports in 
           detail.
           
           You be the judge.

      It is not our purpose to influence the reader with our 
   own conclusions an research findings.  Rather, our 
   objective is to share with our fellow citizen the tools 
   of investigative research.  You, then, can study these 
   articles and report in their entirety -- - - you then can 
   form your own opinions (not from hearsay, but from 
   the written record.)  You can make your own 
   judgements.  You can formulate your own convictions 
   and conclusions.

   SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF INVENTIONS ON THE 
   SHELF

      We have already shown evidence that our shale-oil 
   reserve are "on the shelf".  One can find ample proof 
   positive of this by consulting the Reader's Guide to 
   Periodical Literature in the public library.  The article 
   and reports are listed by month and year in 
   alphabetical order.  Simply turn to :

                   Oil-Shale

   and there you will find published record already listed.

     Several of these reports were already listed in this 
   book.  More will be noted at the end of this chapter.

      A.   In 1929 during an "energy crisis", President 
           Hoover said there will be no more drilling on 
           government lands;  that there would be 
           "conservation of oil in this administration".
            
           Because of this decree, there was a fear of an
           energy crisis.  The oil companies and auto
           manufactures were brought together to 
           examine ways of conserving resources.

           Each of the leading auto manufactures 
   offered
           the answers the ENERGY SAVING 
           EQUIPMENT ENGINES AND CARS were 
           ALREADY CONCEIVED...............when and 
           if there is no more gasoline and oil for fuel, 
           still:
           ........"there'll be more cars running on the
           highways, after the last oil well has run dry,
           than there are now."

           "300 Miles to the Gallon!"
           by William G. Shepherd, Collier's
           October 5, 1929, pages 10-11+

      B.   As with the turbine car, the auto industry has
           simply placed the free-piston engine on the 
           shelf.  The greatest drawback of the gas 
           saving 
           free piston engine is not mechanical or 
           technological, rather its first drawback is :

           ....."the great US auto industry has hundreds 
           of millions of dollars invested in engine 
           plants and would be hesitant about scrapping
           them to build a revolutionary new engine, no
           matter how good."
           Popular Mechanics, September 1950,
           pages 348 - 350.

      General Motors Corporation has put gas saving 
           inventions on the shelf.

      C.   General Motors Corporation has some 19 
           patents on the gas saving gaseous carburetion 
   system alone.

           United States Patent Office Abstracts.

           G.M. has a Cadillac engine that gets almost
           30 miles per gallon of gasoline in a full size
           sedan.   see  ............................
           "New Engine Cuts Gas Bill",  Popular 
           Science,
           July 1951, page 100, with photos.

           General Motors has an automobile engine 
           that runs on alcohol. see........................
           "Engine to Dream About", Popular Science
           November 1951, page 193.

           G.M. has developed the hybrid-electric car, 
           an all electric commuter car and a gas type 
           commuter car which gets 70 miles per gallon
           of gasoline.  See Mechanix Illustrated, 
           October 1969, Cover photo and lead article.

           General Motors has the Hot-Air-Engine, 
           (a multi-fuel motor) that is highly efficient.
              "Gm has built more than 25 of the engines
           ranging from 3-hp single-cylinder models to
           400 hp, 4-cyl.power plants.  After 22,000 
           hours of operation time GM thinks there is a 
           market now for compact 4 cyl,in-line engine"
           Mechanix illustrated, October 1971, page 71.

      Ford Motor Company has gas saving engines 
   already developed.

      D.   "Ford's Ideal Motor :  The opposed Piston
           Engine".

           This is a multi-fuel enigne, highly efficient,
           doesn't require gasoline . .. .. an engine 
           some-what similar in design as the Bourke.
           Newsweek, December 13, 1943, page 69.

           "Ford, for instance, has a development 
           contract with Texaco, Inc., on a clean-
           exhaust engine that is suppose to double gas
           mileage, and pur along equally well on diesel 
           oil , furnace fuel, kerosene or high octane 
           gas."
           Business Week, January 6, 1962, page 37.

           "We could make a good passenger-car gas 
           turbine, too...........'such an engine might run 
           400,000 miles'." 
           Reader's Digest, May 1962, page 112.

           Yardney Electric development an electric car.
           Then "Ford came into the ballgame publicly 
           with a $4 million tie-in with Yardney last 
           year."
           Motor Trend, April 1968, page 66.

     Actually, this is not an unusual happening. a smaller , 
   independent company develops an energy saving 
   device.  Then a big auto manufacturer merges with or 
   buys-out the smaller enterprise.  The outcome is : the 
   gas saving invention is not heard of again.

     For example, have you heard of the non-polluting, 
   quiet, multi-fueled Stirling-Cycle engine (used in 
   space satellites )?

           "When the Ford Motor Company signs an]
           Agreement for the rights to build a Stirling 
           engine, you must suspect that its intended use 
           is in automobiles.  And last July, Ford did 
           come to such an agreement with Phillips
           Gloeilampenfabriek N.V. of Eindhoven, in
           the Netherlands, where the Stirling engine
           has been under continuos development since
           1938."
           Popular Science, February 1973, page 72-75.

           The Stirling engine has been used in space
           satellites (popular Science, July 1965), 
           General Motors Stirling-electric Opel car
           (Popular Science, December 1968) and on 
           Phillip's Stirling-driven DAF bus (Popular
           Science, June 1971).

      E.   Chrylser Corporation has similar inventions
           already developed but not in use.  The turbine
           cars of the 1950's and 1960's are examples.

           An especially informative report on this 
           subject is entitled :
                   
                   "Here Come The `Judge'"
                   Motor Trend, January 1969.

           if the reader has any doubts what so ever that 
           the turbine car is fully developed, then this 
           report is must reading.

      F.   "And General Electric has been in the 
           electric car research business since 1956.......
           Electrovair II... did 0 - 60 in 16 seconds and
           could reach 80 mph but had a range of only 
           about 50 miles."
           Motor Trend, April 1968, page 66.

      G.   Oil Companies have gas saving auto engines.

           "Auto Engines That Burn Almost Anything "
           Reader's Digest, May 1962, pages 109- 111.

           "today's high-compression engine, with its
           voracious appetite for ever more gasoline,
           may soon be replaced by one of several new
           engines designed to get more miles per gallon
           from much cheaper fuels."

           "The engine in the car was designed by 
           Texaco.  `It will burn almost any fuel,' Davis
           explained.  `We have driven it 40,000 miles 
           with gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and 
           kerosene.  We've averaged 24 miles to the
           gallon, (in a Plymouth) and we've got a new
           engine in the laboratory which should do 34,
           according to our tests'."

   NOTE:   Back on page 54, we asked the question :

           "What happened to the revolutionary auto
           engine developed by Mr. Barber ?"

           Now 12 - 15 years later it shows up, still in 
           Texaco laboratories !

           Way back in 1950, this engine was claimed to 
           offer :

                   Thirty percent increased mileage -- 
                   No engine knocking--
                   Reduced refining costs--
                   No new problems in auto design--
                   Large extension of world's
                   supply of crude oil.

   CONCLUSION

      The documented facts show that gas saving 
   equipment, engines and cars already exist.

           Evidence demands a verdict.

      If your conclusion is the same as ours; won't you 
   help us become the largest, most effective lobby-voice 
   in U.S. history ?  And really, our lobby is the most 
   wholesome and ethical kind of lobby that we know 
   about.

           *  It is not a bride lobby
           *  It is not a big money lobby
           *  It is not a "paid vacation" lobby.
           *  It is not a liquor lobby.

      It is simply a concerned you and me citizen lobby.

      Say, isn't that the way it should be anyway ?!

           * * * * ** * * * * * * *

      Following this list (of miscellaneous reports of 
   interest) we will look at the SECOND SHELF.

   HODGE PODGE WITH A MESSAGE

      This list of articles and reports will give the 
   interested researcher more insight and background 
   into the subjects and events already in this book.

           May 15, 1920
                   Literary Digest, pages 99 - 101
                   Wanted more efficiency in gasoline
                   engines.

           August 5, 1922
                   Literary Digest , page 27
                   Substitutes for gasoline .

           March 17, 1923
                   Literary Digest, pages 13 - 14
                   Vision of dollar gasoline.

           June 1923
                   Scientific American, page 381
                   Stretching the gasoline supply.

           November 1924
                   Scientific American , page 350
                   Oil shale in America: Vast
                   deposits to be used in one day.

           December 13, 1924
                   Literary Digest, pages 62 - 64
                   Is the price of gasoline getting
                   ready to soar ?

           January 31, 1925
                   Literary Digest , pages 52 - 55
                   Wanted: Something to replace
                   vanishing gasoline.

           February 18, 1925
                   New Republic, pages 324 - 325
                   Gas $0.50?

           March 7, 1925
                   Saturday Evening Post,
                   Gas, the new goose, page 34

           July 24, 1926   
                   Literary Digest , page 23
                   New German motor fuels.

           September 1926
                   Scientific American.
                   pages 180 - 181
                   Uncle Sam  - - - spend thrift.

           December 8, 1926
                   Nation, pages 586-587
                   Gaseless America.

           March 1927
                   Review of Review's
                   Out of gas ? pages 265 - 268

           May 4, 1929
                   Literary Digest , pages 77 - 83
                   American capital motorizing
                   Europe-- also on pages 19-20
                   G.M. buys Opel.

           December 28, 1929
                   Literary Digest, page 27
                   Biggest business in the world.

           December 17, 1930
                   Business Week, page 12
                   At $0.04 a gallon, Soviets sell
                   us first cargo of gasoline.

            December 26, 1931
                   Saturday Evening Post,
                   Gasoline racket.  page 22

           Gas Taxes
                   LITERARY DIGEST
                   June 15, 1929
                   February 20, 1932
                   BUSINESS WEEK
                   March 5, 1930
                   April 15, 1931
                   November 11, 1931
                   February 10, 1932

           July 7, 1934
                   Business Week , pages 10 - 11
                   One big union.

           August 11, 1934
                   Newsweek,  page 28
                   Motor paid 1/8 of nations 
                   taxes.

           January 19, 1934
                   Business Week, page 6
                   Gas tax OK - Supreme Court
                   decision

           1932---1935
                   Gas taxes, gas bootleggers
                   and gas marketing.

           September 1937
                   Popular Mechanics
                   pages 410 - 413
                   Queer facts about gasoline.

           December 25, 1937
                   Business Week, page 20
                   Carburetor monopoly.

           January 29, 1938
                   Business week, page 16
                   U.S. plans more oil
                   prosecutions, also see 
                   Senior Scholastic, February
                   12, 1938, page 15(s)
                   
           December 1938
                   Nation's Business, page 55
                   Billions for gas taxes.

           September 1939
                   Consumers Digest,
                   pages 33 - 36
                   If auto dealers told all.
           
           November 1939   
                   Nation's Business
                   pages 18-20
                   American Free Enterprise
                   built the motor car (also see
                   October 1940).

           December 1939
                   Scientific American
                   All for one - - - one for all:
                   research in motor industry.

   WAR TIMES

           September 28, 1940
                   Business Week, Auto's in
                   Aviation - - Ford and Packard
                   brake ground for engine plants.

           1941    
                   Autos into guns: There are
                   many such articles.

           1942
                   U.S. Auto plants are cleared
                   for war: There are many articles
                   of this type, also

     We list these to show that in a time of emergency, the 
   auto industry can quickly change over to mass-
   producing another item. (guns, tanks, trucks, planes, 
   etc....)

      When it comes to GAS SAVING CARS, the answer 
   from the auto industry is ..... "It takes anywhere from 
   10 - 20 years, maybe longer to change over to a new 
   engine".

   CONSERVATION

           September 6, 1941 
                   Nation...Great oil mystery.
           September 8, 1941
                   Newsweek...Gas Shortage.
           September 15, 1941
                   Time . . ..Oil or no oil.
           September 22, 1941
                   Time...Shell game.
           September 29,  1941
                   New Republic...... Is there
                   an oil shortage ?

   See Volume 13, page 71, in the Reader's Guide to 
   Periodical Literature for a listing of many such 
   articles..  Also look under:

           GAS - Rationing

           November 1943
                   Reader's Digest, pages 105-107
                   Good bye to the gas buggy.
           April 1 , 1944
                   Science News Letter, page 216
                   New idea in internal combustion.
           September 2,1944
                   Business Week, pages 19-20
                   Small car vie.
           March 1946
                   Science Digest
                   Rear engine car in 1947 ?
           April 1946
                   Popular Mechanics, page 123
                   Aluminum car with tiny engine.
           May 13, 1946
                   Life, pages 45-47
                   Fiberglass car.
           August 3, 1946
                   Saturday Review Lit.
                   Liquid + water = gasoline.
           August 1947
                   Science Illustrated, pages 78-80
                   There'll always be plenty of motor
                   fuel.
           ******* The above article is a well done
                   professional report.
           March 27, 1948
                   Science News Letter, page 205
                   Efficient engine needed.
           May 1948
                   Fortune, pages 110 - 115 +
                   Synthetics:  The great oil
                   reserve.
           *******Another informative report.
           November 29, 1948
                   Time, page 88
                   Under the counter.
           January 9, 1950
                   Newsweek, page 52
                   Big Three bigger.

   In the Reader's Guide one may also look under these 
   headings for interesting reports: Chrysler Corporation, 
   Ford , General Motors, American Motors, etc.

           March 18, 1950
                   Science News Letter, page 169
                   Crude oil, gas reserve for
                   any years to come.
           June 1952
                   American Political Science
                   pages 455 - 469
                   federal regulations of the use
                   of Natural Gas.
           August 1952
                   Cornet, pages 40 - 44
                   American motorist is No. 1
                   Tax-sucker.
           April 30, 1954
                   Commonweal, page 85
                   Decline of the independents
                   (also see December 1954,
                   Fortune and Others).    
           May 19, 1954
                   Senior Scholastic, page 10
                   Auto monopoly.
           October 2, 1954
                   Science News Letter, page 212
                   U.S. Oil shale deposits---
                   beat world oil reserves.
           April 16, 1955
                   Saturday Evening Post,
                   pages 32-33, David and 
                   Goliaths in Autoland.
           January 21, 1956
                   Business Week, page 180
                   How to split
           March 5, 1956
                   New Republic, page 11
                   How much is a Senator worth ?
           April 1956
                   Atlantic, page 4+
                   Lobbying for the gas bill.

   Volume 20. page 976, of Reader's Guide to Periodical 
   Literature lists some 55 articles on Gas Regulations. . . 

           December 3, 1956
                   Time, page 33
                   Gasoline conservation---
                   Wave of fear.
           February 2, 1957
                   Business Week
                   Auto industry crosses its ranks.
           April 26, 1957
                   U.S. News, page 108
                   Gas tax revolt at the grass roots.
           May 18, 1957
                   The Nation. page 437
                   Shale-oil shell game.
           June 10, 1957
                   Newsweek
                   Autos; war of giants.
           August 7, 1958
                   Reporter, pages 27 - 30
                   Reuther's undefeated Union vs.
                   An unprecedented alliance.
           October 1 , 1958
                   Vital Speeches, page 762
                   Our common stake: Petroleum
                   and automobile industries.
           October 28, 1959
                   Look, page 78 - 79
                   Fate of our economy rides with
                   the 1959 cars.
           July 13, 1959
                   New Republic, page 6
                   Investment or exploitation
                   General Motors--Holden's Ltd.
                   --Austrailia.
           September 7, 1959
                   Newsweek, page 34
                   Gas tax: piling it on , double in
                   a decade.
           January 1961
                   Science Digest, pages 6 - 8
                   Auto engine of 1975.
           September 19, 1954
                   Business Week , page 96
                   Mexican Government has mono-
                   poly on gasoline.
           June 18, 1965
                   Commonweal, page 398
                   Excising the poor.
           June 11, 1966
                   Business Week, pages 74-76
                   Auto labor goes multi-national.
           February 25, 1967
                   Business Week
                   Oilmen get the word on
                   pricing gasoline.

   INSERT

      There is no evidence to support the claim that every 
   congressman is "joined-up" with a big special interest 
   group.

      There is, on the other hand , evidence to support the 
   claim that certain key congressman and Cabinet 
   appointments, even under-secretaries and 
   departmental administrators are in fact 
   "representatives" of a special interest group.  Two of 
   the most influential special interest groups are the oil 
   and auto industries.

           This is politics.  This is "the way it is".
           This is true regardless of which party is in 
           office. 
           As long as the public is silent---why change ?

      The car drivers of America believe it is time to 
   change.  A large and clear lobby is necessary to voice 
   our convictions.

      Do you believe alternate fuels and cars should be 
   made available to the public as a means of true 
   conversation ?
      Are you against higher federal taxes. . . just for taxes 
   sake ?

      If you answers are yes, the please read the next 
   chapter. . . THE SECOND SHELF.



   RESEARCH TOOLS

      Most large city libraries really have many sources of 
   information available to the public.  The workers there 
   are quite helpful in explaining their services.

      Books, magazines(back to the 1800's), old 
   newspapers, government documents and speeches, 
   U.S. patent information, specific reports and more can 
   be located in the library.

      One will find volumes of helpful information in the :

           Reader's Guide To Periodical Literature
              These are large-size volume--each listing
              magazines and vital speeches---annotated
              and in alphabetical order.

           The Engineering Index
               A Volume for each year.

           Index of Patents: Issued from the
              United States Patent Office

           The Patent Gazette

      These resources and others are the basic tools 
   needed for the exciting adventure of investigative 
   research.  The second shelf...