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Shultz will face close questioning by California Democrat Alan Cranston, a staunch supporter of Israel, on the operations of the Bechtel Group, the international engineering and construction corporation that the Secretary-designate has helped run for eight years at a six-figure salary. The Senator is particularly interested in charges that Bechtel, which has multimillion-dollar contracts with Saudi Arabia, forced its subcontractors to observe the Arab boycott of Israel. But even Cranston predicted that the hearings will be shorter than the five days devoted to Haig's confirmation 18 months...
...Washington, meanwhile, the Reagan Administration's proposal to raise civil defense spending to an estimated $4.2 billion in the next seven years is meeting stiff resistance from a Capitol Hill contingent led by Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.). FEMA authorities complain that without more funding, they cannot move from planning to implementing any measures...
...ALAN CRANSTON, Democratic Senator from California and presidential aspirant: The peace movement in Europe has spread across the ocean, and back into Eastern Europe, I might add. Another factor is that Ronald Reagan frightens people. The rhetoric has alarmed people. The calls for huge increases in defense spending make us wonder. So have the absurd statements by Administration officials that a nuclear war can be survived, if one has a shovel and can dig a hole fast enough. It's a form of sickness not to face up to and deal with the situation. But people are beginning...
...expulsion. The decisive blow was struck by Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, a fellow Democrat and longtime Williams friend. Said he: "Senator Williams has not had the good grace to withdraw from this body. We should not perpetuate our own disgrace by asking him to stay." California Democrat Alan Cranston offered a last-ditch substitute resolution merely to censure Williams on the grounds that the FBI had improperly entrapped him, but the motion garnered little support and was never brought to a vote...
Williams resigned after Cranston and others unofficially assured him that the Senate would pursue an investigation into the FBI's methods in the Abscam operation, which also netted six Congressmen. In fact, by week's end sentiment on Capitol Hill was running harder against the bureau than it was against Williams. Many Senators were appalled by the climate of corruption created by the FBI to ensnare public officials. Says Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd: "I'd like to catch the s.o.b. who thought Abscam up. He should be hung by his heels...