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...view a presidential campaign from that rat-race of a pressure box--the press bus or plane. The daily wanderings of Robert Kennedy, while fascinating for trivia buffs and future students of the style of American political life in the late 1960's, just aren't of over-riding import when one is trying to understand the nature of that brief and turbulent campaign of last spring. Witcover mentions the commercial TV campaign twice--and then only in passing...
Most of the products are made in the country where sold, primarily to avoid import duties. An aide handles administrative details while Cardin-often dressed in a white turtleneck sweater, black felt tunic and wide leather belt-creates. He designs all Cardin-labeled clothing but not all of the accessories, though they have his "approval." His prices run about one-fifth as high as the originals; among the copies, men's suits sell for $175 and up, belts for $10 to $25 and shirts...
...imports have risen, so have demands by domestic producers for protective quotas. Faced with growing Congressional support for protectionism, the Johnson Administration feared the damage that mandatory import controls would do to its policies of free trade. Thus it has been trying to induce foreign steelmakers to cut back shipments to the U.S. voluntarily. Last week the Federal Government announced that Japanese and Continental European steel producers, who together account for four-fifths of all steel imports, had agreed to impose their own restrictions for the next three years...
Senator Russell Long and Congressman Wilbur Mills, chairmen of congressional committees that have conducted hearings into proposed steel-import quotas, jointly applauded the agreement as "a welcome and realistic step." Steelmakers were not quite so exultant. Industry spokesmen pointed out that the levels agreed upon would still amount to more than 13% of the U.S. market-greater than any year prior to 1968. Some steelmen also feared that the Japanese and Europeans would compensate for the hold-down by shipping higher-priced lines of steel...
...subject of dispute) and granting that most of us haven't learned the lesson "resist not evil," I do not see how such judgments, such actions, and such consequences can be avoided. Sitting quietly in a room has itself become a political act of almost unimaginable import...