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...angriest response to the decision came from Reagan's fellow conservatives. Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa accused Reagan of breaking the statutory U.S. defense commitments guaranteed by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979. California Senator S.I. Hayakawa charged the President with "kowtowing to Peking." Said Senator John East of North Carolina: "I'm very troubled by this Taiwan thing. It's very disconcerting." Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Reagan's most militant and influential critic on the right, suggested that aides were prompting Reagan to "imitate" the "disastrous foreign policies of Carter and Kissinger...
...talk to Sugar-I mean Senator Long." The reference was to Democrat Russell ("Sugar Ray") Long of Louisiana, who is fighting for sugar price supports in the pending farm bill and is notorious among his colleagues for trying to get the most mileage for his votes. Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa said that he hung up on White House Lobbyist Powell Moore when Moore linked the AWACS vote to the nomination of Grassley's candidate for U.S. Attorney in Iowa. All three Senators ended up with the President, but the White House insists that it was not because...
...spending "all weekend" talking with his strongly pro-Israeli wife, Jepsen went to the Senate and stunned opponents with his defection. Said he: "A vote for the sale is a vote for my President and his successful conduct of foreign policy." Along with Jepsen came his conservative Iowa colleague Grassley, who met with the President on Monday. Said he: "I saw the prospect of what a defeat for Reagan would do for peace in the Middle East...
...victory truly belonged to Ronald Reagan, the Great Persuader, who awaited each Senator at the end of the soli tary ride in the White House family eleva tor. Said Grassley, one of the converts: "My gosh. Reagan was so folksy and down home and relaxed in the armchair in his private study. He was willing to answer all my questions. A defeat would have been a blow to his leadership...
...full Senate, which is now scheduled to vote on the matter next week. Some of the White House lobbying has been less than subtle: in a swap for their votes, Democrat Dennis DeConcini of Arizona was informed that Reagan would not campaign against him next year, while Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa was told that his choice for U.S. Attorney back home would be quickly nominated. A more promising tactic to woo votes is the Administration's proposal to send a presidential letter of "certification" to Congress assuring members that certain conditions for the deal (U.S. access...