UAW backs federal aid for Chrysler amid cash crisis
Douglas Fraser urges the government to buy Chrysler stock to ease the automaker's cash shortage and save 124,000 UAW jobs. Critics say subsidies mask inefficiency and urge broad tax and regulatory fixes and closer labor management cooperation to boost competitiveness.
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United Auto Workers Union
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Chrysler
John Riccardo
UAW
Front Royal grand jury urges police relations program
A Front Royal grand jury found no indictments after investigating excessive force by officers but issued four recommendations to improve hiring, administration, pay, and community relations. Only pay changes have occurred. a recent reenactment of a Feb. 24 incident underscores the need for better public outreach and initiative by the Police Department to restore community confidence.
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Front Royal
Inci
Remembering Hiroshima and Nuclear Threats in 1979
Letters reflect on the Hiroshima bombing’s 34 year memory, warn that nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, race to expand nuclear arsenals. Writers urge disarmament, critique SALT I I and urge limits on defense spending and new government bureaus as counterproductive.
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the Star
Soviet Union
Amt
Saas Bee
Carter and the Campaign
President Carter faces questions about quitting the 1980 race and remains positioned to stay in, with Sen. Henry Jackson predicting he will endure until events force withdrawal. Jackson warns a Kennedy bid could split Democrats and endanger control of Congress, while Brown looms as a potential rival shaping a three way race in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
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New York
Carter
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Scoop Jackson
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John White
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
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Estes Kefauver
Truman
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Jerry Brown
California
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Pat Moynihan
Brown- Carter
Brown
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Gene McCarthy
Boston
Rationing Debated by Economists at Wellesley College
Carolyn Shaw Bell argues that public support for gasoline rationing rests on fairness notions, but the design of any system would hinge on value judgments. She compares rationing's limits on freedom with price mechanisms, noting equity concerns for the poor and various groups, and questions whether rationing is preferable to higher prices.
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Mass
Carter
Congress
Carolyn Shaw Bell
Wellesley College
Meany Faces Challenge as AFL CIO Divisions Grow
Rallying unrest within the AFL CIO unfolds as George Meany clings to power amid aging leadership, changing union demographics, and calls for reform. Frank Morrison nears retirement while Patsy Fryman cites stagnation and a need for political renewal in the aging federation.
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The
Communications Workers of America
Meany
Federation of Unions
Eugenia Meany
Executive Council
Chicago
Meany faces decision on seeking another term as AFL-CIO president
George Meany may wait until the November AFL-CIO convention to decide if he will run again. Many expect him to step down, but insiders note strong support if he seeks a 12th term. Lane Kirkland is seen as likely successor with Meany backing shaping future policy.
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Federal Elections Commission
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Calfornia
Meany
Jerry Wurf
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Afl-Cio
William H. Wynn
United Food and Commercial Workers
AFL
Federation
Lane Kirkland
Executive Council
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George
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