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While Washington Correspondent Gary Lee interviewed PATCO Leader Robert Poli, White House Correspondent Laurence Barrett monitored Government strategy on the strike by interviewing Administration officials, including Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis. Says Barrett: "We had known that the Administration would take a hard line. But it was only when we watched Reagan making his statement in the Rose Garden that we understood how hard a line it would be." In Los Angeles, Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate charted industry reaction as he ate an economy-class lunch at the desk of Continental Air lines President George A. Warde. Meanwhile, Photographer...
...strikers, as stubborn and high-spirited a bunch as ever hit the bricks, did not, of course, concede defeat. Despite the overwhelming Government pressure, they continued to picket airports from LGA (La Guardia) to LAX (Los Angeles International), rallying behind their bearded, owlish-looking president Robert E. Poli in an unusual show of solidarity. Poli, 44, a former controller himself, called the Administration's actions "the most blatant form of union-busting I have ever seen." Vowed he: "It will not end the strike...
...military replacements, many of the strikers themselves first learned their trade in the service, typically during the Viet Nam era. Some contend that the shift to civilian duties was difficult for them. Said Poli, somewhat menacingly, about the fill-in system last week: "I hope that nothing happens." But if it does, he suggested, "the Government is responsible...
...turning point came last year when both Leyden and the union's longtime vice president, Poli, turned in resignations to PATCO'S executive committee in response to the mounting membership complaints. The board accepted Leyden's, but not Poli's. Explained Controller Vaughn...
...martial law: Curfews must go; they are unnecessary now. The war has come to an end. We are a country at peace. We don't need martial law. We don't need unnecessary poli tical arrests. Those who have been arrested must now be released. We are beginning a completely new chapter with the hope that there will not be any victimization of anybody for political reasons. We will allow as much freedom of political organization as possible. Why shouldn't opposition parties continue to campaign as they campaigned during the elections...