More urgently needed is an examination of our natural resource problem as a whole. We must decide whether the measures we are taking are fully effective in meeting the Nations need. Two dynamic forces are placing unprecedented pressure on all our natural resources. The first force is the expansion of population about which so much is being said. Projections for rates of births. deaths. and immigration indicate that our population will rise from the present 192 million to 245 million by 1980 and perhaps to 350 million by the year 2000. Superimposed on this population expansion is the second forcea constantly rising standard of living. We are enjoying unprecedented prosperity.
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