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...President was sketchiest in broad-brushing his goals in foreign policy, but he inspired the biggest ovation with a strong pitch for the embattled Panama Canal treaties. Carter broke from his text to declare with a grin: "I have to say that that's very welcome applause...
Suddenly everyone was headed somewhere to talk about the Panama Canal treaties. With the pacts expected to be brought to a vote in the full Senate some time in March, seven members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Chairman John Sparkman were in Panama last week to assess the situation there. So was the Duke himself, Actor John Wayne, a conservative on most issues but a supporter of the treaties ceding the canal to Panama. Meanwhile, a "Panama Canal truth squad," including several members of Congress and a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was visiting...
...truncated, four-city "citizens' briefing" was Miami, where shoddy advance work produced a turnout of 250 people, including a number of Legionnaires and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in full uniform. Most of those in the audience were elderly, conservative and already dead set against the canal pacts. Then it was on to St. Louis for a larger antitreaty crowd of 360 people and a dose of ripsnorting right-wing rhetoric. Said Georgia Congressman Larry McDonald: "This treaty is backed by the unholy alliance of Big Government, Big Business and Big Labor...
...squad took on a bit of glamour in Denver with the arrival of Ronald Reagan, who made the canal a major issue in his 1976 presidential campaign. Once again, the crowd needed little convincing, and Reagan derided claims that opposition to the treaties was faltering, calling them "hogwash." The crew then headed for its last stop, Portland...
...Panama, meanwhile, the Sparkman group was being treated to what is becoming the traditional package tour for visiting U.S. Senators, including a quick trip to the canal, talks with Panamanian officials and lunch with Torrijos. The Panamanian leader's guest of honor, seated at his right, was John Wayne; Committee Chairman Sparkman had to settle for the seat to Torrijos' left. Said the Duke, who started investing in Panamanian exports after World War II and scoffs at claims by conservatives that Panama's economy is a disaster zone: "I've come to see what this...