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When Giaimo opened the House debate two weeks ago, declaring that "congressional restraint is imperative," the first stiff challenge came from a fellow Democrat, New York's Samuel Stratton. He wanted to add $2.4 billion to the proposed defense budget of $115.7 billion (compared with this year's Pentagon budget of $110.1 billion). In private, Giaimo had pleaded with Stratton: "Look, if you put your amendment in, you're playing into the hands of those who want to defeat the budget resolution. Leave it alone." But Stratton would not budge. Fumed Giaimo: "How the hell...
...bitter words showed that Meany had not been softened by the President's support for the labor-reform bill. That bill, which the Senate is scheduled to take up this week, allows the National Labor Relations Board to impose stiff cash penalties on employers who unlawfully block union organizing efforts. It also shortens from 45 days to 30 days the allowed organizing period before employees vote on union representation (thus allowing management less time to campaign against unionization). After the House approved the measure last October, businessmen descended on Washington to lobby against it, and it now faces...
...schedule was kept light. At least two hours of rest were scheduled between engagements, not leaving very much time for official talks. Often Brezhnev's face appeared puffy, his movements stiff and his walk halting. He seemed to have difficulty moving the left side of his face and often slurred his words. At times he looked heavily drugged. After a picture-taking session with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Brezhnev tried to rise from the couch where he had been sitting, and his knees buckled; he quickly grabbed Gromyko's hand, drew...
...Stiff Wind...
Dartmouth opened the scoring mid-way through the first half. With a stiff wind at their backs the visitors were able to keep play deep in Harvard's territory, where they finally capitalized on a two-on-one situation to score a try, giving them a 4-0 half-time lead...