In May 1978 , USLP Steering Committee member Elliott Eisenberg campaigned in a Chicago suburb , saying that " the reason we picked Schaumburg is because it 's a relatively conservative area ... There 's more of a tendency for people to support nuclear power . " The USLP vice-presidential candidate , Khushro Ghandhi , campaigned in June 1979 and predicted victory based on support from the Teamsters ( a faction of the union had ties to LaRouche ) . Running on a pro-nuclear power platform , Ghandhi said that the recent Three Mile Island accident was ordered by Energy Secretary James R. Schlesinger in order to create a false energy crisis
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
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