Word: rockbottom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...troops and the seizure of South Viet Nam by the Viet Cong. Washington counters with its own 14 points, which actually go a considerable way toward creating areas for negotiation-but which are easily misunderstood, unless the fine print and the implicit qualifications are kept in mind. The rockbottom, irreducible U.S. aim is that South Viet Nam must be independent. Under every conceivable point of negotiation-provided both sides mean what they say-this U.S. minimum goal conflicts head-on with the Communist demand. Nevertheless, there is considerable interest in the principal topics that could come up at a bargaining...
Quill, who rose to power by periodically paralyzing New York City's subways with strikes and threats of strikes, was as truculent as ever. He rejected an offer by the Pennsy to submit the issues to binding arbitration, held out for his "rockbottom" terms-including a demand that the Pennsy settle a union jurisdictional dispute in favor of his union. Quill still demanded power to prevent the Pennsy from assigning his workers to different jobs on the line, from closing antiquated plants and selling obsolete equipment, from contracting out maintenance and construction work. He even wanted his unionists...