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...heightened anxieties for the future and its declining support in many quarters. Much of his national campaign funding thus far has come from Jewish contributions. But Jackson's appeal to another traditional constituency, organized labor, has slipped somewhat. He had earlier appeared to be the AFL-CIO'S first choice for the nomination. Lately, however, associates have reported that the AFL-CIO'S George Meany has been increasingly unhappy with Jackson, first for visiting China in 1974 and then for backing the trade bill in the first place, which Meany considered a threat to American jobs...
Most indignant of all were some 350 labor leaders of the AFL-CIO, who met in a Washington summit to hammer out their own economic plan. In a characteristically colorful diatribe, AFL-CIO President George Meany called the President's program "disastrous, the weirdest one I have ever seen." He drew the loudest applause when he attacked the oil-producing Arab nations along with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. "Kissinger had a new quotation for the history books: 'Pay.' And pay we did, and we will continue to pay until the U.S. deals with the blackmailers...
...CIO called for a total ban on oil imports from the Arab nations, as well as quotas on other foreign oil. Instead of deregulating the price of domestic oil and gas, as Ford has proposed, the union leaders asked for a program of oil allocation and gasoline rationing. They called for a tax cut of $20 billion, in the form of reduced withholding taxes for middle-and lower-income families. Interest rates, they insisted, should be reduced to 6% or 7% and credit allocated to housing and other "high priority social and economic activities." They wanted a massive federal jobs...
...nationwide rationing program "within 60 days." (Ford announced that he would veto that or any other rationing bill.) But support for rationing is probably strongest among lower-income citizens who worry most about the pocketbook impact of Ford's plan. Rationing was a key part of the AFL-CIO alternative to the Ford program presented by George Meany last week, and it will surely figure prominently in the debate over energy policy in the weeks ahead...
...dictated U.S. foreign policy but also tried to determine the domestic policy of another country. During its two-year peregrination to passage, the bill gave rise to some strange alliances and taut confrontations. Congressional conservatives opposing trade with Russia joined with liberals concerned with human rights and the AFL-CIO, which feared the loss of American jobs. U.S. Jewish organizations were firmly ranged against the actions of a Jewish Secretary of State. Two Presidents vied for power with a Senator who was after their job. The highlights...