| Show mi A HONS WITH i art u inna there is n uon Harry a peculiarly Carter has to bon up on f to be discussed and plan a specific ap- while I meeting find ite own on a relaxed with significant issues reached through trading of ideas- on Union the coolness between the two men has long been in exist has been talked about widely on both of the but only fairly recently has it been thrust into the Things apparently came to a head after the paid a visit to the White House during which the President asked him to call for labor s acceptance of voluntary ceilings on wage Without Uie Federation of- et it be known that he would not endorse such a One spokesman said that the very fact Carter sought such a move proved his ignorance of Uie autonomy of the Federation He pointed in that was in no tion to dictate to of the different unions how they should conduct their was the fact that even for to give his personal support to such a program would be apt to generate many internal political pro- Continuing the the White House assured everybody who would listen that the Chief Executive had merely suggested that support the wider principles of the anti-inflation quickly retorted that he did not for a moment believe that was what the President asked him to And so the irritable confrontation with aides on both sides unable to see any graceful way of creating a truce between and actually regretting a continuation of such during the fight against Curn-r for Reform White House aides are of the opinion that has purposely avoided ing Carter credit for his record in ing many important labor-approved During the Federation's most recent executive council meeting in called Carter decisive and gave a grade of C-minus for his work as Although the Chief Executive was deeply annoyed by such gratuitous in- characteristic made any effort to recall or soften his the chief of the Federation has acted that way with all recent Presidents except Kennedy and Johnson was little consolation for the first Democratic President since Nor did it help much that Carter still strongly with most cf labor's But he is a powerful supporter of the labor reform legislation that has ex- a long delay in the in- eluding a At this the Research Department of Bab- son's Reports estimates that there are enough favorable votes in the Upper Chamber eventually to match the passage already achieved in the Most is the fact that President Carter has made it plain he will sign the measure when it reaches his again proving that he fre- lines up with labor's top a e and per- differences between and are ml turning the White away from union aims- But any meeting between them are likely to be what with Carter laying out a blueprint for each issue and he will be somewhat a albatross around |
