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...very disappointed, but we don't feel it's the fault of either party." Until the last moment, company negotiators believed that they could get an agreement in principle before the midnight deadline, even if they could not wrap up every point. But the hoped-for broad accord was not forthcoming, and the union refused to extend its deadline. Company and union negotiators continued to meet over the weekend, but they were not expected to reach any agreement for at least several days...
...Accordingly, he bounced before a polite VFW crowd in New Orleans not long ago and celebrated his resurrection as a public man by taking credit for illegal bombing raids in Cambodia. The audience was predictably appreciative. Enjoying this taste of the respect Americans of status accord a president--no matter how shadowed he may be--Nixon held one press conference, and then another, to announce that he was no longer "wallowing in Watergate" but moving on to unspecified Business of the People. Within days he vetoed a health services bill--remaining undefeated in veto battles with Congress...
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and House Speaker Carl Albert jointly declared that "Congress does not 'perform' at the behest of this President or any President. The Congress acts in accord with its independent judgment of what is best for the nation and the people. There are no apologies to be made for this Congress. It has done, it is doing, and it will continue to do the people's business." Returning to the Senate seven months after being shot in a holdup, John Stennis of Mississippi defended Congress. He said that he had heard that Senators...
Therefore, when the issue of Radcliffe's status arises again in a little less than two years, the two alternatives will be renewal of the non-merger merger accord or adoption of a total agreement...
Therefore, when the issue of Radcliffe's status arises again in a little less than two years, the two alternatives will be renewal of the non-merger merger accord or adoption of a total agreement...