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...pointlessness of wasting the SALT II treaty--signed in 1979 after five years of negotiation but never ratified by the U.S. Senate--is becoming increasingly apparent, even to such former detractors of the treaty as Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.). "START really means we've given up on SALT." Reagan said on Sunday, stating at one point. "Agreements that provide only the appearance of arms control breed dangerous illusions." In that he is quite right, as to a large extent the first two SALT treaties merely "choreographed" the continuing arms race...
...President is really only the latest in a long series of "outsider" aspirants for executive positions: Wendell Wilkie and Dwight D. Eisenhower both sought the top job with no civilian government experience on their resumes. George Romney (R-Mich.). Milton Schapp (D-Pa.), John Y. Brown (D-Ky.). Lester Maddox (D-Ga.). and most prominently Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY.) all led their states without having led a previous major political office...
...does that mean a shooting war, or will one of those mysterious "threats to national security" do the trick? Clearly, it's a matter of when the political pressure in favor of a draft overwhelms the President's dubious enthusiasm for the all-volunteer force. With Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and his hawkish honchos on Capitol Hill gunning hard, a draft within the next several years wouldn't be at all shocking...
...even in Hatfield's office, there seems to be little interest in forcing the registration issue. "Who knows, if we bring it up on the floor, (Sen. Sam) Nunn (D-Ga.) might push for a draft--that's what he wants anyway," says Hatfield's adviser, who fears "backing the president against the wall" by focusing too much attention on registration...
...other important contests, Sen. Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), head of the Senate Agriculture Committee, overcame accusations of corruption and an official Senate "denouncement" to defeat opponent Mack Mattingly, while incumbent Sens. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.), Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), Robert Dole (R-Ka,) and Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.) all marched to convincing victories...