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...U.S.S.R. to 2,250 strategic weapons systems: a mix of long-range bombers, land-based inter-continental ballistic missiles and the submarine-launched ballistic missiles. This would be a much more modest achievement than the sharp reductions that the Carter Administration had sought in March 1977. In fact, because the U.S. now deploys about 2,150 strategic systems, the Pentagon actually would be able to add weapons under SALT II. While the Kremlin would have to trim its strategic arsenal by about 300 to get under the ban, it would be able to do some of this by dismantling aging...
...final moment, when the White House called the congressional leaders down to the Roosevelt Room to tell them about recognizing Communist China, House Speaker Tip O'Neill leaned over to Vice President Walter Mondale and complained, "You should have consulted us." In fact, several members of Congress were consulted in an ambiguous manner that did not reveal the negotiations. But the White House will draw further away from sharing its critical confidences because it has grown increasingly aware that surprise and drama can be important factors in presidential momentum...
...members are well paid; counting shift premiums, they average $9.32 an hour. Moreover, oil refineries are so automated that OCAW could strike and hardly anybody would notice for a while; if there are no breakdowns requiring major repair, refineries can be run by a few engineers turning dials. In fact, says one oil executive, "during one long strike we were actually able to produce more than we did before the walkout...
...complicating element is the fact that the Teamsters are beleaguered by charges of maladministration of the funds. Though it is not known whether Teamster President Frank Fitzsimmons is tied to any of these allegations, he must negotiate in the knowledge that federal officials are pondering just how zealously to prosecute criminal charges of malfeasance. On the other hand, Fitzsimmons is on record as saying that he will not accept anything less than the contract (nearly 40% over three years) that the coal miners won last winter, a settlement that Administration officials, who have shown little facility for handling labor disputes...
...vetoed: Kissinger did not like it. He was pleased, however, by a second attempt, by Houston Artist J. Anthony Wills. "It's an excellent likeness, swelled head and all," pronounced Kissinger last week. He didn't even mind that Wills had "painted out the scepter." In fact, quipped the former Secretary of State, the unveiling was "one of my most fulfilling moments. Until they do Mount Rushmore." Artist Wills, too, felt fulfilled. Unlike Cox, who was paid only $1,500 in expenses for his rejected picture, Wills will collect a fee of $10,500. He will...