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...business came to a complete halt," Ruth McKenney* reported in the typical industrial center of Akron, Ohio. "The rubber shops closed. Streetcars ran on half schedules. Coal companies shut. Thousands and thousands of men, still employed despite the Depression, were sent home from work 'temporarily laid off.' Money nearly disappeared from circulation. Payrolls were not met. Checks were not honored...
...Poland a gigantic trade union has called strike after strike, causing much of the country's industry to halt, food supplies to dwindle and transportation to become sporadic. If U.S. labor unions joined forces and called a national strike so that food vanished from the stores and oil supplies stopped, what would President Reagan do? He would bring in the Army and call a state of emergency...
...final joint declaration condemned Poland for violating the human rights provisions of the Helsinki accords and deplored "the sustained campaign by the Soviet Union" to crush Polish reform. The allies also agreed to suspend commercial credits to Poland, except for food purchases, and to halt negotiations on the rescheduling of Warsaw's $28.5 billion debt to the West. Beaming with satisfaction, Haig pronounced the Brussels declaration "a solid success...
...large enough to do the job. Lucas talks of expanding his forces to 50,000, a costly chore. The army is also short of such critical items as helicopters and spare parts. Substantial help is unlikely to come from the U.S., despite the Reagan Administration's desire to halt Marxist expansion in Central America. Already concerned about Guatemala's human rights record, Congress undoubtedly would balk at providing new aid. The funds for the army therefore would have to be taken from other areas of the hard-pressed economy. Says one local intelligence analyst: "Something has to give...
...Federal Trade Commission's decision to halt the cereal suit was another example of the Reagan Administration's antitrust philosophy. The Government still intends to block mergers that significantly reduce competition, but it will no longer try to dismantle existing firms simply because they are big and successful...