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...sell far bigger cuts in nuclear arms to the Soviets, Carter almost derailed the whole SALT process and had vast difficulties finally negotiating the treaty, which is still unratified by Congress. Nevertheless, the President repeatedly cites his commitment to arms control and Reagan's opposition to the SALT pact as the most significant issue on which they differ in this election. Carter's position is clearly more realistic because SALT II promises at least a modest cap on the Soviet arms buildup and Reagan has not satisfactorily explained why the Soviets would accept the deep cuts he wants...
...Warsaw Pact nations have a big edge in both troops and tanks. Moreover, supplies are so limited that the U.S. Army could not engage in a major tank war for more than eight weeks without either risking defeat or having to resort to tactical nuclear weapons-a perilous decision that could result in an all-out nuclear exchange. Says Thomas A. Callaghan, director of the Allied Interdependence program at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies: "That is too high a price to pay to retrieve a military disaster that might have been avoided by strong conventional forces...
...concede the settlement was very much a compromise. The salary issue proved hardest to settle; the mediator's terms allowed the school committee to raise pay only an average of $1000 this year, but gave the CTA a hefty 8.25-per-cent raise in the second year of the pact...
...Salary will be the only item some of our people will object to, and there are some pockets of resistance already," LaChance said, but he added he expected the membership to ratify the pact late this month or early next...
...workers voted in early July to ratify a contract with the city, but in a second vote two weeks later rejected the same pact and called on the city to resume bargaining. City officials refused, pending a state decision on the validity of the original vote. That refusal prompted Friday's walkout...