NO FUEL LIKE AN OLD FOSSIL I II i g21 



priations Committee, disturbed by "back-door spending" through 

 loan guarantees, and members of any other committee who felt their 

 jurisdiction was being invaded 



league possessed tremendous prestige in the House. He had a 

 majority, including the most senior committee members on his side. 

 Nine out of the ten members of the Science Committee who had served 

 on the conference committee were united in support of sections 102 

 and 103- Powerful House leaders outside the committee, like Repre- 

 sentative Jim Wright (Democrat of Texas), spoke out for the proposals. 

 Wright appealed to the House: 



Ma) future historians not have to lament that we were too timid to attack the 

 problem, too quarrelsome to get together, and too petty to act. 



Among other committee chairmen who supported Teague were Repre- 

 sentatives Carl D. Perkins (Democrat of Kentucky), Education and 

 Labor; and James A. Haley (Democrat of Florida), Interior and Insular 

 Affairs. McCormack and Mosher carried a big part of the responsibility 

 for marshaling the arguments to support Teague. 



It was a very difficult mission for committee members to stage a 

 rebellion against a chairman whose fairness they respected. As Hechler 

 put it: 



I would like to add to the many words of commendation that have been expressed 

 here on the floor for the best chairman in this House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 

 Teague). He has done what has been said about him and far more in preserving equity 

 and exercising real leadership, and in bringing this bill to the point where it now is. 



McCormack, who carried a big part of the load during the December 11 

 debate, stated: 



We cannot allow the unknown to frighten us into not acting to solve the energy 

 problem. There will be problems in technical, economic, environmental, anti-trust 

 and water availability areas. We cannot solve every problem before we begin; t here- 

 fore, we must start and monitor the problems as we learn. 



STRATEGY IN HOUSE DEBATE 



Hechler's strategy was threefold: (1) To bring up section 103 

 before section 102, because the loan guarantee section had generated 

 more public opposition and most Members had formed an opinion; (2) 

 to use his 20 minutes to greatest effect by lining up over a dozen 

 speakers from both parties, representing all geographic sections of the 

 Nation and different shades of opinion; (3) by taking very little time 

 to speak himself, and calling a quorum call just prior to the final 

 speaker, who had to be articulate and effective. On the day of the de- 

 bate. Representative Wayne L. Hays (Democrat of Ohio) approached 



