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Will This Massive Outcry [about Pollution] Continue Long Enough To Have Effective Results? Will Federal And State Laws Be Enacted With Effective Enforcement Clauses? Will People Be Concerned Long Enough To Pay The Bill Through Higher Prices? Will Towns Tole Lost Jobs When It Proves Too Costly To Clean Obsolete Plants?... I Think So, But It Sure Won't Be As Easy As The Present Outcry And Political Oratory Suggest. The Answers To Preserving A Livable Environment Are Not All Simple, And Some Of The Nuts Now Pushing Simplistic Cure-alls Won't Help Bring About Any Lasting Solutions.

Real Writers-that Is, Capital W Writers-rarely Make Much Money. Their Biggest Reward Is The Occasional Reader's Response.... Commentators-in-print Voicing Big Fat Opinions-you Might Call Us Small W Writers-get Considerably More Feedback Than Writers. The Letters I Personally Find Most Flattering Are Not The Very Rare Ones That Speak Well Of My Editorials, But The Occasional Reader Who Wants To Know Who Writes Them. I Always Happily Assume The Letter-writers Is Implying That The Editorials Are So Good That I Couldn't Have Written Them Myself.

It Is Never Too Late To Learn.

In All The Thrashing About That Results From Our Dwindling Gold Reserves, It's About Time That This Country And Other Countries Get Some Perspective On The Situation. The Day This Country Is Out Of The Stuff, That Day Gold Becomes What It's Worth As A Metal And No Longer Will Have Much Significance As A Monetary Measurement. It Isn't The Gold We Have That Makes This Nation Rich. It's What We Make, Our Knowhow, Our Productivity. So Long As This Country Produces More And Better, The World Will Continue To Want What We Make.

Accepting Blame When It's Not Really Due Sometimes Makes The Point Better.