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Using Ronald Reagan's arguments for the U.S. to keep control of the Panama Canal, perhaps we should lay claim to Western Europe. After all, much of postwar Europe was "bought, paid for and built" by the Marshall Plan...
...reference to Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Panama Canal always brings to my mind the palindrome: a man, a plan, a canal, Panama...
...expected to see Berkowitz's picture on the front of TIME magazine, but was pleasantly surprised when I saw Uncle Sam sitting in the Panama Canal...
...Senate barons who control the important committees owe nothing to Carter, and in some cases are hostile. Where the President needs the most strength, he is the weakest. John Sparkman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is 77 and too exhausted to lead the forces for the Panama Canal Treaty, which would relinquish control of the waterway to Panama by the year 2000. Other members of the committee may also not have the stomach for the fight...
Carter has lined up some impressive artillery. The usually hawkish AFL-CIO President George Meany was persuaded to support the treaty after Carter guaranteed job rights for Canal Zone workers. Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that rejection of the agreement could lead to bloodshed and the commitment of U.S. troops. General George S. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, summoned 75 retired generals and admirals to a meeting to drum up support for the treaty. Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss, about to depart for trade talks in Tokyo, was rerouted to Capitol Hill, where...