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Hechler and said he would be pleased to speak against loan guarantees. 

 Hays was in his hey-day, prior to the Elizabeth Ray trouble. Realizing 

 that Hays could prove to be a real bellringer, Hechler asked him to 

 i lose the debate. 



league's strategy was to develop the case for loan guarantees 

 through the use of effective committee speakers and respected non- 

 committee Members of the House. Because his speakers were given 

 longer to make their case, there were fewer total than the opposition. 

 The Tcaguc camp underlined the urgency of early action. McCormack 

 pointed out that more oil was being imported than at the time of the 

 Arab oil embargo of 1973. Teague told the story of the 1952 Paley 

 report, recommending action on synthetic fuels which the Nation 

 unfortunately did not follow. Teague played his big trump cards first- 

 Brown and Wirth — the two converts who had originally opposed the 

 proposal. 



Wirth was very effective in describing how the concerns of the 

 people of Colorado had been taken care of, and how the safeguards 

 written in by the conference committee had changed him from a skeptic 

 to a supporter. The opposition decided to triple-team Wirth, and one 

 Democrat and two Republican Representatives from Colorado were 

 sent to the well to make brief, punchy rebuttal speeches. Members 

 began to fight for time to get in on the act. As the parade lengthened 

 back of the microphones, the sweet smell of success helped build the 

 momentum for the opposition. Looking over the scene, one of the most 

 conservative Members of the House, Representative Robert E. Bauman 

 (Republican of Maryland) waxed lyrical: 



Mr. Speaker, it has been written by an historian that when Stanley and Living- 

 stone met it was like the confluence of the Blue and the White Nile. Their coming 

 together created an impressive force for good that opened a continent. I hope today the 

 union of conservatives and liberals on this issue might have the same beneficial impact. 



One of those liberals, Representative Gilbert Gude (Republican of 

 Maryland) asked Bauman to yield, and Bauman shot back: 



Mr. Speaker, 1 yield to my distinguished colleague and friend, the gentleman 

 from Maryland (Mr. Gude), hut if the gentleman says that he agrees with me on this 

 or anything else, 1 may have to change my position. 



"SORRY, BELLA " 



"Sorry, Bella, I just don't even have 30 seconds of time left to give 

 you," Hechler told Representative Bella S. Abzug (Democrat of New 

 York). So she pestered Teague until he gave her one minute to make 



