Abstract :
The U.S. attempt: to develop a national energy; policy suffers from an apparent “leadership vacuum at the highest government levels” and does not even begin to come to grips with the energy problems facing as, according to Leslie C. Gates, president of NSPE. He sees a strong correlation between energy and economic problems and urges President Ford to call a summit conference on technology, “aimed at marshalling scientific and engineering resources to meet major national challenges.”