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New York, Jan. 10— memo to: Messrs. Kennedy, Brown, Reagan, Bush, Connally, Baker, Dole, Crane re: The latest from OPEC

Gentlemen: The other day I was seated across from three liberal Democrats discussing matters cosmic and trivial, and the subject arose whether, in political contests in a democracy, candidates can ever come out in favor of reforms that are superficially unpopular. Specifically, we have the short-term question of the OPEC oil-gouge and the dissipation of our capital plant to pay for it. If you wish the figures in concrete form, refer back to the December Esquire and read Andrew Tobias on the subject. If you want to deal in round figures, it costs us the State of Iowa per year to pay for foreign oil.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

New York, Jan. 10— memo to: Messrs. Kennedy, Brown, Reagan, Bush, Connally, Baker, Dole, Crane re: The latest from OPEC

Gentlemen: The other day I was seated across from three liberal Democrats discussing matters cosmic and trivial, and the subject arose whether, in political contests in a democracy, candidates can ever come out in favor of reforms that are superficially unpopular. Specifically, we have the short-term question of the OPEC oil-gouge and the dissipation of our capital plant to pay for it. If you wish the figures in concrete form, refer back to the December Esquire and read Andrew Tobias on the subject. If you want to deal in round figures, it costs us the State of Iowa per year to pay for foreign oil.