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...President also surmounted his first hurdle in winning crucial labor support, which traditionally supplies money and manpower - though far fewer votes than it once could - for Democratic candidates. The executive council of the AFL-CIO voted to recommend a Carter endorsement at the meeting of the general board next week. But heads of several of the biggest unions did not show up, and some of them abstained from voting. They are worried about persuading their members to turn out for the President. Said a union official: "The educational effort by the unions will probably convince most of their members that...
...attracted supporters on both the political right and left. Milton Friedman, a sometime adviser to Ronald Reagan, has advocated COLAs as a stopgap to mitigate the social disruptions caused by soaring prices while action is taken to bring inflation under control. And Rudy Oswald, chief economist of the AFL-CIO, says, "Indexation allows workers to make up for some of the inflation that has taken place...
...collecting an eclectic band of supporters. The Trilateral Commission, a high-powered group of American, European and Japanese leaders, has called for Government action to promote innovation and research, while at the same time protecting declining industries. The National Association of Manufacturers, representing bosses, and the AFL-CIO, representing workers, have both endorsed versions of the plan...
...earned what last year? Jimmy Carter, President of the U.S.: $200,000. Nolan Ryan, pitcher for the Houston Astros: $1 million. Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO: $98,000. Barbara Walters, TV interviewer: $1 million. Judith Krantz, author of Princess Daisy: about $2.2 million. Frank Rosenfelt, president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the nation's best paid businessman: $5.1 million...
Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO chief, on spending a weekend with corporate bigwigs of the Business Council in Virginia: "The only way to convert the heathen is to travel into the jungle...