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...Stevenson urges the establishment of a Government-controlled corporation to explore for oil around the world and negotiate prices with petroleum-producing nations. "We leave ourselves at the mercy of a few multinational corporations that have no incentive to bargain for low prices," he says...
Carter conducts foreign affairs, says Stevenson, "like high-level tourism instead of the hard work of diplomacy." Stevenson would prefer to emphasize economic measures more than military in combatting Soviet expansionism...
Having broken with the President, Stevenson now seeks a wider audience. Like his famous father, he is a reflective man who seems a bit out of place in the political arena. He admits that he has become increasingly restless in the Senate. "This place is not the great public forum that it once...
...Stevenson is toying with the idea of running for President against Carter or even starting a third party. He is also considering television appearances. Though his TV presence is less than electrifying, he believes the American people are ready to listen to common sense, as his father used to say. "I don't think ideas are incompatible with political reality," he declares. "I may be the real politician. The others may be the unrealistic ones...
...Stevenson's proposals are not very original and are more than a bit vague, and his prospects for the presidency remain dim at this time. What is unusual is his breaking rank to attack his own party's President−a sign of Carter's loosening grip on the great Middle America, whose support he needs to be an effective Chief Executive and to be reelected...