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...that she speaks into is thick with cigar smoke. We are standing outside the main ballroom to the Park Plaza Hotel where the AFL-CIO convention has been in session for several days. Tommy O'Neill is leaving the room, shaking hands with people. "Hi, I'm Tommy O'Neill, and I'm running for lieutenant governor, I'd like to ask for your vote." He is patted on the back. "Good luck, Tommy...
...guidelines come down to another exercise in jawboning-trying to persuade unions and companies to comply voluntarily. First portents are not favorable. AFL-CIO President George Meany has damned the whole idea of guidelines. He fears that companies will zealously enforce the wage limits while raising prices as fast as ever...
...defense went into its "three downs and punt" act, while quarterback Larry Brown launched an AFL-type touchdown bomb to John MacLeod and then directed a five-play, 54-yd. touchdown drive in 33 seconds that was as crafty in execution as it was in celerity...
...have reached inside the grabbag of political stereotypes and pulled out a couple of humdingers for each other which bear little resemblance to the genuine articles. Tower depicts Bob Krueger as a lackey to big labor. A spot commercial shows John Tower heroically resisting a bull-dozer driven by AFL-CIO President George Meany, carrying a slip of paper in his pocket which reads, "Krueger's vote." The commercial conveniently overlooks one crucial fact--Bob Krueger's mixed record on labor issues. For example, he voted against common situs picketing and repeal of right-to-work statutes, but supported some...
...plan to combat inflation, now the No. 1 domestic issue, and although he has repeatedly rejected all proposals for wage-price controls, there were indications that his advisers were definitely considering guidelines with some force in them. Both the Business Roundtable, a group of top executives, and AFL-CIO President George Meany denounced all plans for such guidelines. Nevertheless, Carter's group seemed to be leaning toward limits of 7% a year in wage increases and 6% in price boosts. Federal contractors might then be required to sign a pledge to abide by the guidelines if they want to continue...