Word: panama
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with all the proceedings carried live on radio for the first time, the Senate finally came to grips with the strongly opposed treaties that would surrender U.S. control of the Panama-Canal in the year 2000. Observers predicted at least a month of debate and a close vote. The treaties require a two-thirds majority, or 67 votes, and Administration head counters figured scarcely 60 as certain...
...National Committee did vote last fall to oppose the treaties; its opposition created a difficult problem for Senate G.O.P. members and particularly for the minority leader, Howard Baker of Tennessee, who wants a shot at his party's presidential nomination in 1980. Last month after a visit to Panama, requested by the country's ruler, General Omar Torrijos, Baker announced his pivotal sup port for a slightly modified treaty. "I told Senator Baker," said Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, "if either you or I go against the treaties, they probably will be defeated. If both...
Byrd and Baker combined to draft amendments to the treaties containing exactly the language of the "clarification" -then deftly persuaded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to omit it so that a host of Senators could co-sponsor the amendments and thus claim credit for protecting U.S. interests in the Panama Canal Zone. By week's end, 78 Senators had signed on as cosponsors...
...only five minutes. As he spoke, a helicopter settled on the South Lawn of the White House to whisk him and Rosalynn to Camp David for the week end; parts of his remarks were drowned out by the roar of the rotors. He urged the businessmen to support the Panama Canal treaty. Commented Eastern Air Lines Chairman Frank Borman, who would have hoped for more forthright pronouncements on energy: 'Tm all for the treaty." White House encounter sessions may be important in establishing communication between the Administration and business. Some corporate chiefs say that relations have improved lately because...
...Panama's controversial canal is not the only thing in that country under water; so, too, is its economy. During the past several years of hot debate and demonstrations over the fate of the canal, moneyed Panamanians and foreign investors have been reluctant to sink cash into the country. They are even less willing to do so now, fearing that Panama could be thrown into turmoil if the U.S. Senate fails to ratify the canal treaties. But if the treaties are adopted, Panamanians believe, investment, and their economy, will surge...