Reagan fetes former hostages
WASHINGTON (AP) - In
celebration of freedom, 52 hos
tages delivered from Iranian
bondage took the salute of their
countrymen Tuesday — and
Pres. Reagan coupled his
homecoming tribute with a vow
of “swift and effective retribu
tion” should terrorists ever
again seize American captives.
From a platform draped with
an American flag for each of the
former hostages, Reagan said
the world must understand that
“there are limits to our pa
tience.”
Rejoicing in the return of the
hostages, freed just as he took
office a week ago, Reagan said
there were no words better than
the simplest of words to speak
the feelings of the nation.
"Welcome home.”
“Our flight to freedom is now
complete,” replied Bruce Lain
gen, deputy chief of mission in
Tehran when the hostages were
taken.
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From Associated Press Reports
WARSAW, Poland — Workers staged warning strikes in
southern and central Poland today, the state radio reported,
while labor sources in the northeast said factories there shut
down to protest a ban on the publication of an independent
union newsletter.
In Warsaw, Politburo member Mieczyslaw Moczar called
for a widespread purge of functionaries who wielded power
and influence under Edward Gierek, the party chief ousted
after last summer’s crippling strikes that gave rise to the
independent union movement.
As the possibility of a general strike in southern Poland's
industrial heartland loomed, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa
traveled to the southeastern city of Rzeszow for talks with
private farmers demanding recognition of their independent
union.
Polish state radio reported work stoppages today in
Lodz, the nation’s second largest city, where students
continued a sit-in to protest compulsory classes in Marxism.
WASHINGTON — Senators are trying to get an early idea
of the new administration’s economic program as they
question Pres. Reagan’s top advisers about his plans to fulfill
promises to revive the nation's economy.
Called to testify today before a Senate Appropriations
Committee hearing were Treasury Secretary Donald Regan
and Budget Director-designate David Stockman as well as
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker and Alice
Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Almost simultaneous with the hearing, the full Senate
planned to debate Stockman’s nomination as director of the
White House Office of Management and Budget. He was
almost certain to gain easy confirmation, despite questions
raised by several Democrats about his conservative econ
omic views.
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“Mr. President, I give
you .53 Americans who will
always have a love affair with
this country and who join you in
a prayer of thanksgiving for the
way in which this crisis has
strengthened the spirit and re
silience and strength that is the
mark of a truly free country.”
The 52 were freed last Tues
day. The 53rd, Richard Queen,
was released more than six
months ago because of ill
health.
Reagan sounded his stern
message in an address to the
former hostages and a crowd of
about 6,000 gathered on the
South Lawn of the White House.
He said his warning was
meant to safeguard all those
who serve America abroad.
“I'll not be so foolish as to say
forget what you’ve been
through,” the president told the
freed captives. “You never will.
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