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...compromise version of the government's self-management bill. It would give workers' councils the right to choose managers at most enterprises; the state could veto nominees it found objectionable. Parlament passed the plan into law the day before the union delegates returned to Gdansk. A dangerous union-government showdown was thereby averted...
Partly to discomfit the victorious Republicans, the House Democratic leader ship forced a separate vote on foreign aid, which has been funded for the past three years by continuing legislation designed to avert a showdown on the issue. Reagan had to line up support from a majority of Republicans, who generally vote overwhelmingly against foreign aid, to get the bill passed...
...meeting was not in itself surprising. Regional leaders, for example, routinely record union debates in order to demonstrate to members back home that their interests have been properly represented. Walesa did not quarrel with the quotes but said his remarks had been "terribly distorted." If anyone was seeking a showdown it was the government, he continued, adding: "We would like to hear their private conversations when they are talking about us secretly." Moreover, union leaders pointed out, the meeting had taken place just after the government had sent police to break up a sit-in demonstration by students at Warsaw...
...visit from her 'fiance' Harvey Handcock (Jack Marshall), the town sheriff. When Harvey is replaced by a randy reporter, Arithmetic Johnson (Michael Wilkes), what ensues is a bawdy comedy in the best saloon style. The acting is slick, the delivery as rapid and well-placed as a six-shot showdown. Both Linda Cameron and Bart McCarthy salvage the evening completely, as the innocent tottering on the verge of tarnish and the demure, surprisingly naive, robber. Surrounded by an appropriate cast, they are a touching couple of misfits. Yet, Percy Granger cheats us by disposing of his characters with a distasteful...
Walesa was categorical: "If parliament approves the legislation, a general strike will be announced, because we don't see any other way out." Yet, significantly, no date was set for consideration of the strikebreaking bill. As in the past, both sides seemed interested in avoiding a showdown. There was still time for the fire to cool. -By Patricia Blake. Reported by Roland Flamini and Richard Hornik/Warsaw