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Our program only promises what can realistically be done.

I am proposing to you today a two, year $31.2 billion economic recovery package.

I hope that all the people in this country will realize that we are in it together.

It is important that people who are in their homes know that they ought to cut down their thermostats drastically.

What every person in this country does--to wear warm clothes indoors, warm underwear, a sweater; to cut down the thermostats very low...is a very strong contributing factor to the resolution of this problem.

Our country still wastes more energy that could be saved than the total amount we import.

We estimate that the average family is having to spend $200 or $300 more on fuel costs...

I would like very much for private industrial leaders to consider the shifting to a 4-day workweek.

It is a very serious handicap to me and to other leaders now in dealing with this first indication of a permanent energy shortage.

I think the reason for my being here is exactly your reason for being here--to keep this Westinghouse Plant open, productive, with an assurance of future capacity to meet our Nation's needs in a very crucial industry.

We are all in it together.

I think your questions themselves might help me to learn.

I don't think there is any doubt that there is a natural gas shortage in this area.

I have moved to ask the Congress for emergency legislation to allocate the scarce supplies of natural gas.

I hope to measure up as President to the standards that he sets as Ambassador to the United Nations.

Andy Young is the best.

We waste more energy in this country that doesn't have to be wasted than the total amount that we import.

We need to do it, because every iota of energy saved... can be used to keep people on their jobs.

This is the first strong indication of a permanent, very serious energy shortage.

We will investigate the accuracy of reports on the reserve supplies of oil, coal, uranium, natural gas.

I am deeply concerned about the human suffering and economic problems being caused by the energy shortages.

I'd like for all the Cabinet members to be quite innovative in assessing what your own Departments can do to help with these problems, even before you are asked.

We could save a great deal of fuel both in Government buildings and also in commercial buildings if we could just heat the buildings 4 days a week instead of 5 days a week.

We have 11 States that I believe are in some degree of crisis.