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...word muscle in the sense of union strength, not of physical violence. But it is that intransigence of attitude that has, despite the pleas of President Kennedy and Labor Secretary Wirtz, despite the mediation attempts of New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor Robert Wagner, caused the breakdown of negotiations on issues that should be negotiable. The main issues...
...French delegate lightly added. "If we reach an agreement, it will be based on a misunderstanding.'' On Tuesday morning. U.S. Ambassador John Tuthill hurried around to the delegations to deliver a last-minute warning from President Kennedy, pointing out the grave consequences of a breakdown in the negotiations. The Six reconvened at noon to hear the West German proposal that was intended to save face for everyone by postponing a decision for two months. A stormy discussion followed, and Couve de Murville icily professed astonishment that a plan could even be proposed in such bad parliamentary form...
...House kitchen and spent several hours below ground taking a tour of Central Kitchens. We had an appointment with Mr. Charles Whiteside, the chief engineer, who was more than a little harassed when we met him outside the bakery. Mr. Whiteside told us there had been a breakdown in the dishwater recirculation system, which he would have to attend to if the students of Harvard were to be fed that night. He apologized for not being able to take us on a thorough tour but invited us to accompany him on his repair rounds. Of course, we went along...
Things were going less smoothly back at U.N. headquarters in Manhattan. Convinced that Thant had deceived them about Jadotville, Belgian and British diplomats wanted to know what had happened. Thant intimated that his aides in the Congo had exceeded their orders. "There occurred a serious breakdown," a spokesman said, "in effective communication and coordination between the U.N. headquarters and the Leopoldville office.'' Off to Leopoldville "to determine the cause of this lapse and to ensure it will not recur" flew U.N. Under Secretary Ralph Bunche. But once there, Bunche announced that the U.N. still wanted "freedom of movement...
Thousands of West Berliners had hoped that they might visit relatives and friends in East Berlin during the holidays. Their hopes were dashed with the breakdown of negotiations on a trade agreement between East Germany and West Germany...