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...Most notably, a number of economic aides sensibly favored an additional tax of 100 to 300 on each gallon of gasoline on the grounds that it would not only offset revenue losses caused by granting some tax relief to the poor, but above all, would also depress demand and lessen the nation's dependence upon overpriced, inflation-fueling foreign oil. But in the end, the President was swayed by the arguments of his political advisers. They warned that such a proposal would be poison at the ballot box and have practically no chance of being enacted by the Democratic Congress...
Buckley, who is now in the midst of a campaign for re-election, said yesterday he is considering the change in an effort to lessen tensions between police and citizens in Cambridge...
...Ford's closest associates and reportedly the man who convinced Ford to pick Rockefeller (a choice that was urged by Kissinger, too), will play some role in how well Kissinger fits in to Ford's game plan. However, reports that Laird, still seething from Kissinger's reputed efforts to lessen Laird's hand in the Nixon administration, intends to try to persuade Ford to ease Kissinger into a completely subservient position seem exaggerated...
Also, resignation might allow Nixon to work out a deal with prosecutors and Ford to void any possibility of criminal prosecution after he left office. It would lessen the chance of additional evidence being made public that would further tarnish his image. It would help retain his emotional base of supporters...
...dilemma of exquisite subtlety: the more they succeed in supporting a settlement on Arab terms, the more their influence among the Arabs will decline. If there is a settlement in the region, the Arabs will no longer have to depend upon the Soviets for arms, and Soviet influence would lessen. Freed from confrontation with Israel, the Arab states would probably devote more of their energy to internal development...