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...crackdown had been harsh, fiercely and unexpectedly harsh. Military authorities rounded up thousands of Solidarity members, dissidents, intellectuals, artists and some 30 former government officials, including ex-Party Boss Edward Gierek. Tanks ringed factories and mines, and soldiers and police used force to clear out resisting workers, leaving at least seven dead and hundreds injured when miners in Katowice fought back with axes and crowbars. The shock was doubly traumatic because in the preceding months Poles had won more freedom than any other nation in the Soviet bloc. The country had developed a thriving
What was alarming about the broadcast of the tapes was the harsh tone the government had adopted against the union. For perhaps the first time, Walesa was vilified by the state press and television. As a series of still photographs of Walesa was shown on TV, an announcer intoned, "Do you want to follow this band of revolutionaries, or would you prefer a peaceful national understanding of the kind the government is seeking?" The army newspaper Zolnierz Wolnosci called Walesa "a great liar and provocateur" who headed a group of "madmen" who were striving for "anarchy and chaos...
...POLISH GOVERNMENT'S harsh crackdown on the Solidarity workers' movement, and its revocation of the freedoms won so inspiringly by the Polish people over the past 15 months, merit swift and strong condemnation. A protest against this unjustifiable action, featuring two speakers who are veterans of the Polish dissident movement, has been scheduled for the steps of Memorial Church at 1 p.m. today. To express their outrage, and to stay as informed as possible, all members of the University community should attend...
...Palestinian question. Latin-American policy has long been dominated by concern over El Salvador, which Washington charged was being threatened by leftist rebels whose support came from Cuba and Nicaragua. In a meeting with Nicaragua's Foreign Minister last week, Haig slightly modified the Administration's harsh rhetoric about that country's arms buildup and spoke of a possible normalization of relations between the U.S. and the left-wing government there. For such efforts, Haig merits a B-plus in international diplomacy. In intramural diplomacy, he is always in danger of flunking...
...Urban Development Action Grants, which help finance private construction in inner cities. He was able to save the program, which is popular with many mayors. Pierce last week sent to the White House a much stronger appeal against further cutbacks in urban programs. But he toned down the harsh language in the memo, drafted by his staff, that warned of potential "rent strikes, riots and vandalism...