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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, April 3, 1975
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MORTON REPORTS
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PLO's Arafat sees return of
Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy
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WASHINGTON (Reuter) -
Americans used 2.2 per cent less
energy in 1974 than in 1973,
registering the first drop in con-
sumption in more than two
decades, the InteriortDepart-
ment reported yesterday.
Interior Secretary R o g e r s
Morton said "I am delighted-
and frankly gratified-at this
drop."
HE SAID decreased consump-
tion was due to five factors-
the oil embargo, higher prices,
the economic slowdown, suc-
cessful conservation efforts and
a relatively mild winter.
Morton, noting the decrease
was the first since 1952 and
that energy use had increased
between 1960 and 1973 at an
annual rate of 4.1 per cent, said
he hoped this was the start of a
trend.
efforts to meet energy short-
ages by increasing domestic
energy production could be ef-
fectively supplemented by meas-
ures aimed at decreasing con-
sumption."
FIGURES compiled by the de-
partment's Bureau of Mines
showed that consumption of
energy declined last year from
all sources, except nuclear
power and hydropower. Nuclear
power consumption increased by
32.1 per cent and hydropower
by 1.8 per cent.
Petroleum use fell by 3.7 per
cent in 1974, bituminous coal by
2.9 per cent and natural gas by
2.1 per cent, the Bureau said.
Energy consumption dropped
in all use-sectors, the figures
showed, with transportation reg-
istering the biggest drop-3.4 per
cent. Within that sector, jet
fuel use was down by 5.9 per
cent and gasoline by 2.1 per
cent.
By The Associated Press
Guerrilla leader Yasir Arafat
predicted yesterday that Secre-
tary of State Henry Kissinger
will make another try at shuttle
diplomacy in the Middle East.
He did not say when.
His forecast came as the U.S.
ambassadors to Egypt, Israel,
Syria 'and Jordan were sum-
moned to Washington to help
in the State Department's re-
assessment of American policy
in the Middle East.
IT ALSO coincided with Israel
insisting it would not sit down
with Arafat's Palestine Libera-
tion Organization (PLO) and as
Egypt announced it asked Wash-
ington and Moscow to begin
preparations for reconvening the
Geneva peace conference.
"I prefer not to say that
Kissinger has failed but only
that he suspended his mission
and will repeat his attempt be-
cause he has the aim of open-
ing loopholes in the A r a b
stance," Arafat told a news ccn-
ference in Kuwait.
Arafat was in Kuwait on what
Palestinian sources said was a
I to'ir of Persian Gulf countries
following the breakdown in
Kissinger's mediation between
Israel and Egypt.
HIS REFERENCE to "loop-
holes" in the Arab stance re-
flected Palestinian and Syrian
concern during the Kissinger
talks that President Anwar Sa-
dat oftEgypt might have settled
for partial withdrawal in Sinai;
without insisting on Syrian and
Palestinian claims.
Arafat c l a i m e d American
thinking is attaching more im-
portance to establishment of a
Palestinian national authority or
government-in-exile. He said he
gathered this impression from
a recent talk in Beirut with Sen.
George McGovern (D-S.D.).
McGovern, head of a Senate
subcommittee on the Middle
East, is winding up a tour of
the region. During his travels
he met Arafat and Syrian Pres-
ident Hafez Assad. Following
b o t h conversations, he told
newsmen it was time for the
U.S. to consider recognizing the
PLO.
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McGOVERN stopped short of
recommending recognition, but
Arafat said the senator's re-
marks nevertheless marked the
first time he heard such Ideas
from a high-ranking American
politician.
McGovern's comments hit the
Arab world at a particalarly
favorable time, coming as the
Ford administration announced
a major reassessment of its
Middle East policy.
The reassessment has excited
wide interest in Arab press and
diplomatic circles, with observ-
ers intensely curious to see
whether the outcome will be
new pressure on Israel for con-
cessions toward a peace agree-
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