No issue has more clearly mirrored the ideological split between the Ford Administration and the Democratic Congress than the six-month tussle over energy policy. Last week all hope of compromise seemed to fade: Congress recessed for a month without enacting any legislation acceptable to the White House to replace present price controls on oil. That made all but inevitable a result neither side professed to want: an abrupt end to the controls on Labor Day, opening the way for price hikes on all petroleum products, from gasoline to heating oil. The hikes would siphon off billions in consumer buying...
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