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Democratic Liberals May Trail Carter In New Hampshire Vote ii.fr.. k. i. i)T(, sr. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Mobil Withheld Gas, House Panel Charges 78 Caned Steins Stolen From Tavern By LEO FfTZMAURICE Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Burglars stole 78 German beer steins, four of them more than 100 years old and many ornately carved, from Eis-ele's Place, a South Side tavern, yesterday.

Money in a cash register and on a back bar were untouched. The tavern at 2902 Keokuk Street was broken into between 2 a.m. and noon yesterday. The owner, William Eisele, 79 years old, said that the beer steins are collectors' items valued at $6000. He brought six of them from his native Germany when he came to the United States in 1928 and has been collecting them ever since.

Police said that the thieves forced a rear door to gain entrance. A ladder was used to climb to the roof of the building where burglar-alarm wires were cut. Eisele is a long-time tavern operator in south St. having owned the Magnolia Inn at Magnolia Avenue and Virginia Avenue, the Harmony Inn at Cherokee Street and Missouri Avenue and the Bavarian Inn at Gravois Avenue and Arsenal Street Texas, sided with Mobil, saying the company got the field ready for production ahead of other tracts in the same sale, and "the subcommittee could hardly have picked a poorer choice to demonstrate withholding." CmiM Fran Nm tanictt WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 Mobil Oil Corp.

purposely held natural gas off the market, and will be partly to blame if schools and factories have to close in New Jersey and Ohio, a House subcommittee said yesterday. A Mobil spokesman blamed the Federal Power Commission, which he said would grant only a temporary certificate to produce the gas. The gas was to have been produced from a field known as Grand Isle 95, which is 42 miles off Louisiana. The subcommittee, headed by Representative John N. Moss California, said the gas could have been supplied to the pipelines as early as Nov.

1, 1975. But the subcommittee said Mobil held off producing the gas while it sought a hearing with the Federal Power Commission in an attempt to get the FPC to agree to certain conditions. These included a 10-year contract with the pipelines, instead of a 20-year contract that could have frozen the price Mobil would receive for the gas for that number of years. The subcommittee concluded that Mobil's refusal to sell the gas while awaiting the hearing was unreasonable. The subcommittee said there was conflicting evidence as to precisely why Mobil did not produce the gas, but the panel said the company's actions nevertheless "constitute intentional withholding of gas supplies from the interstate market.

Mobil replied, "The majority report (of the subcommittee) has done the nation a disservice by ignoring the key issue of why a governmental regulatory body created a situation that could only cause delays in bringing new natural gas into production." Henry Holland, Mobil vice president, said, "The majority report chose to completely bypass those aspects of bureaucratic bungling and overregula-tion of the natural gas industry which have exacerbated this nation's shortage of natural gas." Holland said that in the last five years Mobil had been one of the most aggressive firms exploring for gas in the Gulf of Mexico, starting production on 14 tracts. Counting applications pending, he said, Mobil has a potential investment of $180,000,000. Representatives James M. Collins, Texas, and Robert Krueger weight, particularly in liberal circles. Bayh's volunteers conducted a massive, door-to-door canvass in four days ending on Monday.

They reached about 40,000 homes of Democratic voters in five principal cities. Political sources say that Bayh has gained ground but doubt whether the gains have been big enough. Mike Ford, his youthful top organizer, remarked the other day, "There may not be a New England winner. There may be the same bunch-up in Massachusetts (as in New Hampshire) except that Carter should not do well there." Udall's concentrated activity of the last two weeks appears to have lifted his campaign, which had been regarded as sagging badly. Chris Brown, the young campaign manager here for former Gov.

Carter, took down a green card he had pinned on the wall next to his desk and said yesterday "Here are some estimates I made last week in the depths of my depression." They showed Udall winning the New Hampshire race with 32 per cent of the vote, Carter second with 26 per cent and Bayh third with 19 per cent. Brown's "depression" resulted from "the massive-ness" of Udall's effort, he explained. With a grin, he said he has revised his estimates and now thinks Carter will do better than his gloomy forecasts. The struggle here among the liberals is the first round of a squeeze-out process that is expected to reach a climax BY THOMAS W. OTTENAD Washington Correspondent MANCHESTER, N.H., Feb.

19 Democratic liberals in the New Hampshire presidential primary race still were searching today for something to give their sagging campaigns a last-minute boost for next Tuesday's election. There was no sign, however, that any of the four had found something that might enable one of them to break out of the pack. The consensus among leaders of the rival campaigns and other political sources is that Representative Morris K. Udall of Arizona appears stronger than any of the other major liberals in the New Hampshire test Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, Kennedy in-law Sargent Shriver and former Senator Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma.

Bayh is rated next, with Shirver and Harris trailing by a substantial margin. However, Harris's neopopulist style campaign, which has a scattered but intense following, could have more potential than appears on the surface, political sources say. Short of -an unexpected turnabout, politicians here doubt whether any of the liberals will win next week's election. They expect all of the liberals to finish behind former Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia, who is now rated the favorite.

The gap between Bayh and Udall for second place appears so narrow that their positions could reverse by election day. Some polls indicate that no more than one or two percentage points may News Analysis separate the two men. Udall himself told the Post-Dispatch yesterday that he would regard a margin of three or four points over Bayh next Tuesday as a credible victory, an assessment that some political analyst might find questionable. The candidates themselves are campaigning almost nonstop. They are shaking hands at plant gates, touring factories and offices to shake more hands, grabbing for all the free television talk-shows they can find and making never-ending but usually innocuous speeches, generally to small groups or to ready-made audiences at colleges or high schools.

Rarely do any of the little-known hopefuls attract a large crowd. In his effort to gain an edge, Udall is pouring nearly all of his campaign resources of time and money into the New Hampshire contest and the primary in Massachusetts a week later. He sought to have Archibald Cox, the former special Watergate prosecutor, appear in New Hampshire but was unable to arrange it. Cox endorsed Udall some time ago. The Harvard law professor, who stepped down as Watergate prosecutor in the "Saturday Night Massacre" during the Nixon Administration, is highly regarded in New England.

The Udall campaign believes his endorsement, which is being used in broadcast and newspaper advertisements, carries substantial political REAGAN'S Non-campaign in Massachusetts. Page 3B in the Massachusetts primary on March 2. Unless both contests end inconclusively, Shriver and Harris may be vir-, tually out of the picture and either Bayh or Udall may be seriously damaged. "Neither one of us can be perceived as doing poorly in New Hampshire and Massa-chusetts," Udall told a small group of reporters the other dav. Along with most political analysts, Udall believes that the outcome in New Hampshire may have major effect on the Massachusetts outcome a week later.

"If I lead Bayh by three or four points in New Hampshire," he said, "it will start a surge for me in Massachusetts. However, in Massachusetts the liberal band will face, broader conservative opposition from not only Carter but also from Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington and Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama.

If no liberal emerges-strongly in the first two primaries it may be extremely difficult to stop Carter should he win or do exceedingly well 1 in New Hampshire. Carter scored a victory over the field last month in the Iowa precinct caucuses and is making a strong campaign against Gov. Wallace in the March 9 Florida primary contest. If Carter does well there, his momentum may put him 1 so far in front that none of the liberals will be able to catch up. Gimmickry Charged On Jobless Rate economy since last spring.

"The decline was neither dramatic nor substantial only the new seasonal adjustment formula made it look that way." Burton G. Malkiel, a member of President Ford's Council of Economic Advisers, has said the Labor Bureau computed the January unemployment rate according to both the old and new seasonal adjustment figures at his request and came up with the same results. The department said the seasonally adjusted figures "were revised to a much greater extent than in prior years" because of the sharp increase in unemployment last year. In its winter meeting in Miami Beach, the AFL-CIO said the Government's official report "was exaggerated by a statistical aberration In other words, the unemployment decline in January was a modest decline reflecting the slow improvement in the cline in more than 16 years. President Gerald R.

Ford used the report to support his contention that his economic policies are working. In reporting the January figures, the Department of Labor acknowledged that the bureau routinely revised seasonally adjusted figures at the beginning of each year to take data from the previous year into account. However, the department said that in compiling the January jobless rate, the bureau "introduced a modification in the procedure for seasonally adjusting teen-age unemployment" in addition to the routine annual revisions. MIAMI BEACH, Feb. 19 (AP) The AFL-CIO has accused the Bureau of Labor Statistics of using "seasonal adjustment gimmickry" to make it appear that there was a big drop in January's unemployment rate when actually there was no substantial decline.

The labor organization said yesterday that if the bureau had used the same formula for adjusting seasonal influences that it used throughout 1975, last month's drop would have been about half as large as reported. The bureau said the jobless rate dropped to 7.8 per cent in January from 8.3 per cent in December, the sharpest de riAM I ID MOW! PHILCO COLD GUARD YOUR OLD REFRIGERATOR COULD Bloc Questions Move Of Munitions Plants Yr jd ULivl jo A BRAND NEW ENERGY SAVING the same section were clearly constitutional. These included requirement for a new Army study and a certification to Congress by the Army that the new plant is essential to the national defense. The group told the Army that the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association had already gathered "some persuasive facts and is currently finalizing a comprehensive, exhaustive study on the feasibility of utilizing the St.

Louis plant." It said that similar material was available for Eau Claire. The letter was signed by Senators Stuart Symington and Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri and William Prox-mire and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, all Democrats. House members who signed it were Representatives Bill D. Burlison, Cape Girardeau; William L.

Clay, St. Louis; Richard H. Ichord, Houston; James W. Symington, Ladue, William L. Hungate, Troy, Leonor K.

Sullivan, St. Louis; Melvin Price, East St. Louis, and Alvin J. Baldus and David R. Obey of Wisconsin, all Democrats.

By RICHARD DUDMAN Chief Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -Thirteen Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin Congressmen demanded last night that the Army reconsider its plan to abandon ammunition plants in St. Louis and Eau Claire, Wis. The Senators and Representatives said in a letter made public last night that the Army should consider "such vital issues as unnecessary and duplicative costs, environmental impact on affected areas, and the existence of labor surplus in the two areas." They acknowledged that there had never been a constitutional test of a committee veto over the proposed shift of ammunition production from St. Louis and Eau Claire to a new Army Plant at Texar-kana, Tex.

President Gerald R. Ford had signed a bill last week containing the veto provision. But he had said that he would regard the restrictive section as a "constitutional nullity." The letter insisted, however, that other restrictions in COME IN TO ANY CENTRAL HARDWARE STORE and REGISTER YOUR OLD REFRIGERATOR DURING OUR "OLD REFRIGERATOR REVOLUTION." THE OLDEST REFRIGERATOR REGISTERED DURING THIS BIG EVENT WINS A BRAND NEW PHILCO COLD GUARD REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A BRAND NEW ENERGY-SAVING PHILCO COLD GUARD REFRIGERATOR MODEL RD19F8. COME IN AND REGISTER YOUR OLD REFRIGERATOR. HOW OLD DOES IT HAVE TO BE? WELLJHE U.S.G0VERNMENT SAYS THE AVERAGE LIFE0F A REFRIGERATOR IS 15 YEARS SO IF YOURS IS OLDER THANTHAT, YOU MAYBE THE LOCAL WINNER.

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FT. SIDE-BY-SIDE REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER West Florissant Road, Dell-wood. Again flourishing a pistol, one of the men handed Miss Sandy Promaroli, a clerk, a brown paper bag and ordered her to "fill it up." Miss Promaroli gave the men an undetermined amount of money. As the two were leaving the store, a customer, Walter McAtee was entering. They forced him inside and then fled.

In the fourth attempt, an employe at a Kroger supermarket at 49 North Florissant Road, Ferguson, was shot in the leg. The shooting occurred after the men had taken money from the store. The employe, Mark 18 years old, who had been inside while the robbery was in progress, waited outside for the men and chased them on foot. He was treated by a nearby physician and then taken to Christian Hospital Northeast. He is in serious condition.

Two suspects were arrested but later released. By LINDA L. JONES Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Three stores were robbed and one person was wounded in north St. Louis County last night. Police are seeking two young men who wore ski masks in the robberies.

Their activities, involving four stores, began unsuccessfully at 7:15 p.m. when they entered the Lake Village Supermarket, 12145 Bellefon-taine Road, in an unincorporated area. The men handed Mrs. Shirley Tawfeek, a clerk, a brown bag and demanded money. When she hesitated the robbers fled.

About 45 minutes later, two men fitting the same description, robbed a Burger Chef restaurant at 10020 Bellefon-taine Road in Bellefontaine Neighbors area. One of the men flourished a pistol, and the two escaped with about $184. The lone customer and several employes were unharmed. Shortly after 9 p.m., the same two men robbed the Schnucks' Market at 10148 PHILC0 19 CU. FT.

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Ford's pardon of Richard M. Nixon. The criminal justice sub- Miiloi Miulel RT 19BK Nn KrMt 1K.S ('. Kt. Capacity Sulr-By-Sidr RelriKvrator-r'rwzt-r Representative Holtzman called for the inquiry on the basis of news reports that Haig actively sought to persuade President Ford to pardon Nixon.

Representative Charles E. Wiggins California, said that the issue of opening another inquiry into Nixon's pardon "reeks of politics. We have flogged this horse, this dead horse, enough. At some point this subcommittee is going to have to say and I say the time is now." OPEN EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT WELLST0N OPEN USE OUR 90-DAY CASH PLAN NO DOWN PAYMENT NO SERVICE CHARGE UP TO J-MONTHS TO PAY EQUAL PAYMENTS OR USE CENTRAL HARDWARE or MASTER CHARGE 'committee voted 4 to 3 to table the motion thereby killing it by Representative JElizabeth Holtzman New York, that would have lallowed the panel's staff to interview Philip W. Buchen, Ford's counsel; Alexan-, der M.

Haig Nixon's chief of staff, and other persons.