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...snag that threatened to undo the tattered treaty was a reservation to the first pact that had slipped by supporters even though they had been on the alert for "killer amendments" that might make it unacceptable to Panama. Sponsored by Dennis DeConcini, 40, a freshman Democratic Senator from Arizona, the reservation would give the U.S. the right to send troops into Panama if the canal was ever closed, or even if there was any interference with its operations, like a strike...
This week treaty opponents, led by Republican Paul Laxalt of Nevada, will step up pressure on reluctant supporters of the treaty. The possible wobblers include Brooke, Republican John Heinz of Pennsylvania and Democrats Dennis Deconcini of Arizona and Paul Hatfield of Montana. Laxalt argues that his job was made easier by the first vote. He explained: "Now we're zeroing in on only a few people." He has asked their constituents to write protest letters and sponsor antitreaty radio spots. Illinois Congressman Philip Crane, chairman of the American Conservative Union, warned that right-wing Republicans will campaign against...
...Democratic dinner in Frankfort, Ky., party stalwarts applauded politely for Senator Walter Huddleston, who voted for the treaty, but gave a standing ovation to Wendell Ford, who opposed the accord. Conservatives in Arizona and Oklahoma talked of mounting a campaign to recall their Senators who favored the treaties-Deconcini and Henry Bellmon-even though there is no legal way for constituents to remove a Senator before his term ends. On the other hand, Brooke made a weekend swing through Massachusetts and got a positive reaction from voters about his support of the treaty. Said an aide: "They seemed satisfied...
...zeal, the President also resorted to more questionable tactics. Though he had initially opposed a bill introduced by Herman Talmadge to pay farmers $2.3 billion for acreage taken out of production, the Administration reversed itself last week and supported the measure. Since last summer, DeConcini had been vainly urging the Administration to buy copper for Government stockpiles and thus relieve unemployment in the Arizona mines. Earlier this month, Mondale approached DeConcini on the matter. Said the Vice President: "We may be able to put something together." The week before the Senate vote, the White House offered...
Standing in the Oval Office one morning last week, Carter rather unhappily eyed Arizona's determined Dennis DeConcini, who had just wrested from Carter a significant change in the Senate resolution. "Next time I get into one of these confrontations," Carter sighed, "you are such a good negotiator I would like to have you on my side earlier...