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Ronald Reagan's love of the wildness at his Rancho del Cielo and his designation of James Watt as Secretary of the Interior represent a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality [Jan. 51. How would Reagan feel if his "ranch in the sky" were sacrificed to the drillers, diggers and scrapers as an insignificant contribution to a short-term energy solution...
...Watt's hearing, before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, environmentalists tried to strike sparks with bitter statements against the nominee, who as president of the Denver-based Mountain States Legal Foundation has battled to open up more public lands in the West for development. National Audubon Society President Russell Peterson charged that Watt's "actions and statements identify him as an aggressive, shortsighted exploiter rather than a far-sighted protector of the nation's air, land and water." But the Senators found the criticism easy to disregard. Moreover, Watt seemed to impress them with his conciliatory...
...enforcing them. In fact, he said, he is more concerned that the purpose of the laws, and the West's ecology, might be damaged should an energy emergency in the future spawn "crisis-oriented, unreasonable" programs to develop the region's coal, gas and oil resources. Said Watt: "All too often, the Federal Government moves in a crisis, not with the precision of a surgeon's scalpel but with the force of a meat ax. We want the right kind of development to come over time, not the wrong kind of development to come in a crisis...
...testimony, Watt had clearly defused the opposition and won a few more votes for his confirmation. Indeed, none of Reagan's nominees is expected to run into trouble in winning confirmation before Jan. 20. As Liberal Massachusetts Democrat Paul Tsongas told Watt, "You are going to be confirmed, and that will not be my doing. I am speaking mathematically. You have the votes." -By James Kelly. Reported by Gregory H. Wierzynski/Washington
...when the good liberal pages of the Washington Post seemed to drip tears in melancholy memory of the old days of lists and rosters and diagrams. "How much time did you spend with Governor Reagan in discussing this position?" an incredulous Democrat, Senator Dale Bumpers, asked Interior Nominee James Watt, who answered. "About 15 to 20 minutes." Reporters nearly dropped their tape recorders...