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...thing, the strikes had not entirely dissipated. A lingering ripple of scattered stoppages continued at more than a dozen enterprises last week; some smaller factories experienced their second and third walkouts. Moreover, in Berlin, in what some observers interpreted as a spillover from the Polish upheaval, several hundred West German employees of the East German-run railroad* went on strike to press a series of demands: higher wages, new fringe benefits and, not surprisingly, an independent union...
...preparation for an eventual intervention, but Secretary of State Edmund Muskie said the U.S. was closely monitoring the situation. President Carter delivered a promise and a careful warning: "We will not interfere in Poland's affairs-and we expect that others will similarly respect the right of the Polish nation to resolve its problems...
While most Western experts remained skeptical about Kama's intentions, the Polish people appeared somewhat more optimistic about the prospects for economic and political reforms. Conscious of their new-found power, the workers felt they probably could meet any attempt by the government to renege on the basic concessions with renewed strikes. The implicit threat was not lost on the authorities. Said Tadeusz Fiszbach, party boss in the Gdansk area: "Only cooperation with the new unions will make our survival possible in a difficult situation...
...problems began, paradoxically, with a decision that was at first applauded. To avoid the unrest that had top pled his predecessor, Wladyslaw Gomulka, in 1970, recently ousted Party Chief Edward Gierek embarked on a crash program to modernize Polish industry. The first results were impressive. From 1971 to 1975 industrial output soared 70%, and real wages rose at an annual average...
Harvard football enters the staging area today, two straight games against non-Ivy opponents in which the Crimson will attempt to hone its attack, polish its defense and stay healthy. Oh, yeah...