Letter from Washington

If you live and work in Washington, there are certain things you will know a great deal about, among them: who spits what down which lady’s décolletage; who is popping pills or puffing pot; which husbands are off the reservation and which wives are on the booze. The stresses and possible fracture lines within the Administration and on the Hill will be discussed endlessly, as will personalities, parties, and possible presidential candidates. And issues like ERA apparently will be discussed until Armageddon.

Yet there are those other issues which you seldom hear discussed in Washington at all, even though their national significance eclipses the significance of these peripheral matters. One such issue, currently of central concern everywhere west of the Mississippi, is federal land use policy, and its direct bearing on our energy problem.

Featured Tags

If you live and work in Washington, there are certain things you will know a great deal about, among them: who spits what down which lady’s décolletage; who is popping pills or puffing pot; which husbands are off the reservation and which wives are on the booze. The stresses and possible fracture lines within the Administration and on the Hill will be discussed endlessly, as will personalities, parties, and possible presidential candidates. And issues like ERA apparently will be discussed until Armageddon.

Yet there are those other issues which you seldom hear discussed in Washington at all, even though their national significance eclipses the significance of these peripheral matters. One such issue, currently of central concern everywhere west of the Mississippi, is federal land use policy, and its direct bearing on our energy problem.