Oregon daily emerald., January 09, 1981, Page 5, Image 5

—making the news—
From Associated Press Reports
WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan has chosen Bill
Brock, Republican National Committee chairman, to be
special trade representative, the last Cabinet-level post the
president-elect had to fill, sources close to the transition said
today.
Brock’s formal announcement was expected early next
Week, the sources said.
Brock, 50, credited with helping rebuild the Republican
Party, received the nod from Reagan several days after
winning the endorsement of Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., a
conservative and one of Reagan's closest advisers.
Brock had been opposed by several conservative
Republicans for a top job in the new administration because
of his longtime connections with the moderate wing of the
party.
Brock clashed with conservatives, including Laxalt, two
years ago when he refused to use the GOP treasury to help
finance opposition to the Panama Canal treaties.
A former one-term senator from Tennessee, Brock was
defeated for re-election in 1976 by Democratic Sen. James
Sasser. Brock took over control of the GOP National Com
mittee in 1977 with support from moderate Republicans.
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s largest independent
union on Thursday demanded a five-day work week and
some local chapters instructed members to stay home
Saturday, raising the specter of a nationwide union-govern
ment confrontation.
In another development, Warsaw Television said there
were signs of “anarchy” in scattered Polish towns including
Wloclawek, Jelenia Gora, Krosno, Olsztyn, Czestochowa and
Torun.
It claimed “open pressure” was being exerted on local
authorities to force leadership changes and added, "This is
simply a display of noisy anarchy hindering the development
of public law and order."
Although the national union federation Solidarity vowed
during a meeting in Gdansk to defend its demand for free
Saturdays, it stopped short of threatening a nationwide strike.
The action was taken despite the government’s claim that a
40-hour work week would further cripple the nation’s econ
omy.
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Menachem Begin, chal
lenged by his worst government crisis, may resign next week
to set the stage for elections as early as this spring, govern
ment sources said Thursday.
After weeks of negotiations, Begin said Sunday was the
deadline for resolving a split between two key Cabinet
ministers over teachers’ salaries.
If either Finance Minister Yigal Hurvitz or Education
Minister Zevulun Hammer quits, sources say Begin will offer
his own resignation or act to dissolve Parliament and hold
elections.
Begin has not taken a public position on either the
teachers’ dispute or the Cabinet crisis. Begin's spokesman
said the prime minister had not decided what to do if he failed
at Sunday’s meeting to force a compromise between Hurvitz
and Hammer.
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Reagan plans Iran review
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres -
elect Ronald Reagan said
Thursday he would feel free to
review all hostage negotiations
with Iran and possibly take a
different stand than the Carter
administration if the American
captives are not released before
he takes office.
He also refused to declare
flatly that he would go along
with the terms of a hostage
agreement completed before he
moves into the White House on
Jan. 20.
“I’m quite sure that any
agreement would be one that,
yes, I could carry out," Reagan
declared "On the other hand I
don't think anyone should be
asked to sign a blank check,
and so I can't give you an un
equivocal yes.”
"I can tell you I am confident
that the president is working
toward an agreement that does
preserve the honor of our
country and is aimed at trying to
get those people home which
we all hope he'll be successful
in doing.”
In a statement issued Sept.
13, during the presidential cam
paign, Reagan said of efforts to
free the hostages: "I will not
make those negotiation a parti
san issue in the campaign. I also
pledge that if elected, I will ob
serve the terms of an
agreement" reached by the
Carter administration.
Reagan spoke with reporters
briefly Thursday as he conclud
ed his final pre-inaugural visit to
Washington and headed back
to California. He will return to
the capital on Jan. 14, six days
before he is inaugurated as the
nation’s 40th president.
Standing in the lobby of the
State Department, where he
held his first business meeting
with his designated Cabinet
secretaries, Reagan said he and
his staff are not receiving day
to-day briefings on negotiations
for the hostages’ release.
He said they have not sought
the information because “I
worry about the possibility of
anything that could possibly
throw a monkey wrench in there
or reveal something that
shouldn’t be revealed.”
Asked if he would feel free to
review the negotiations and
take some different stand if the
hostage stalemate remains
unresolved when he takes office
Jan. 20, Reagan replied,
"That's right, yes.”
The president-elect also clar
ified that the Defense Depart
ment budget would be spared
from his efforts to slash federal
spending in hopes of balancing
the budget.
Earlier, asked what he would
do about the $60 billion deficit
he is expected to inherit,
Reagan said "We're going to
start whittlin’ at it ... across the
board."
Reagan’s economic advisers,
in a briefing Wednesday, told
him economic conditions are
worse than they had expected.
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