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Show The 6 SaM Lake Trthu , Thurudty, February . Major Shift in Transit Policy Announced 1978 Latest Energy Proposal Rejected in Committee By William E. Clayton y ears he said, explaining Transportation retary Brock Adams an nouni ing a major shift in federal new ednesday for Senrte rejection of the proposed Panama Canal Treaties, saying they have dangerous flaws and their approval would not be in the1 national interest. In a televised speech hours after the Senate opened debate on the treaties in Washington, the conservative Republican broadly attacked the two pacts, which would give Panama control of the canal by the year 3000 and declare its neutrality indefinitely. CBS provided the air time for a response to W President Carters Fireside Chat Feb. 1, when Carter said: The most important reason to the only reason ratify the treaties is that they are in the highest national interest of the United States. Taking the opposite position, Reagan said: I believe these treaties contain fatal flaws especially the Panama Canal Treaty which would eliminate our basic right to operate, maintain and defend the canal. Ratification of the proposed treaties would not be in our national interest. In closing, he said, The Panama Canal is vital to the free world, 3nd that world depends On us. It is part of our rendezvous with destiny. We must not shrink from it, for the ultimate price we pay may one day be our own freedom." Carter had argued for the treaties on grounds that giving up the canal was preferable to a new Vietnam-styi- e war. There is a much better option than sending our sons and grandsons to fight in the jungles of Panama, he said construc- making vehicles N LOS ANGELES (UPD Ronald Reagan called highway tion and promote mass transit systems to sae energy and easy downtown congestion One key goal is cooling tlie U S. love affair with the car. Others include reducing airport noise, - Treaty Defeat transporation policy, said Wednesday his agency intends to end te Reagan Calls for ilTli Sec- it needs time to work it out. The counterproposal United Press International was simply out of the ballpark." Henry Jackson, ' WASHINGTON Jackson said efforts at reaching a DWaxrfv, chairman erf the Senate Ener-,g- y would resume Thursday. compromise Committee, Wednesday rejected A House-Sena; mAnght the latest proposal of senators committee on energy I want natural gas freed from j legislation has stalled for weeks on the I federal controls. natural gas question. The House passed Carters and proposal for continued of said Jackson is "R unacceptable, federal controls. The the deregulation plan by eight senators expanded headed by Sen. Clifford Hansen, Senate passed a deregulation plan, but the Senate members of the conference ' Sen. John Durkin, D-- H., called the committee split down the middle on the issue. Hansen plan outrageous. Jackson, formerly a strong foe of Jackson met President Carter at the White House later and said he gave him deregulation, proposed a plan Friday to deregulate in seven years, letting a report on the situation. The presihe said. prices increase on a scale tied to dent was very understanding, inflation plus a few percentage points This battle has been going on for 27 as a sweetener. r ; WASHINGTON AiMuwteo Pre Lsr ptkitc Brock Adams Reveals Goals socially responsible and putting more emphasis on the environmental impact of transportation Adams said the nations historic emphasis on building a bigger, more elaborate transportation network must be Hatch Plans Canal Treaties Speech By Frank Hewlett Tribune Washington Bureau A major speech condemning WASHINGTON the proposed Panama Canal Treaties is promised for Thursday by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, The Utahn said he was asked by the leaders of the opposition, Sens. Robert Dole, R Kans., and Paul to play a major role in the debate Laxalt, now before the Senate. Sen. Hatch said the debate is expected to run about five weeks and he has agreed to be on the floor at all times except for unavoidable conflicts due to Senate business. Possible Conflicts Sen. Laxalt has described Sen Hatch as one of the most knowledgeable opponents of the treaties and said he has been asked to advise them on possible ambiguities, conflicts with the U S. Constitution and economic ramifications of the treaties to U S. taxpayers. Sen Hatch said he will offer two amendments to the treaties which would dear up obvious constitutional conflicts existing in the current document. The first would require the U S House of Representatives to approve the transfer of all U S owned property purchases by the U.S. in the zone The other would amend a portion of the Constitution which g!es exclusive authority for appropriations to the House of Representatives Critical Areas "The State Departments attempt to negotiate these treaties without approval of the House of Representatives in these two critical areas amounts to one of the largest power grabs in U.S history, said Sen Hatch 1 am hopeful that my colleagues have a broad enough understanding of the Constitution to understand these mistakes and give the House its role in treaty negotiations Without this provision, approval of these treaties will set a very detrimental precedent in the future. replaced by efforts to get the mo.it out of existing systems System Experiment ILs proposals imluded an exjieriment with a free federally funded public transit system m one of the nation s major cities as a means of luring people away from He did not their cars sjy what city might be chosen Adams said he also is considering the possibility of designating eertaui interstate highways as "freight corridors of the United States, giving those highw ays an extraheavy surface and restricting heavy trucks to them. The policy outlined Wednesday represented "As a mature industrial siciety, however, we must now shift from the policies of the past and prepare the nation for the chances that lie ahead, Adams said Today, we have a national transfxir-tatio- n system that appears to need no major expans ion over the next 10 or 15 years Maintaining, improv ssaawraasa At Park City, Jackson other fjreat resorts. I announced last Ovr free after ... SWEETWATER 19shs Time Share Good Systems 200 been on has "aggressively promo- tional Ownership (dams said, Americans have built good rail, water, high way and airway sy stems The emphasis, he said, PI T expansion A $29 Gift CwthkaU to any ZOfl tlonf Come hear Sweeera ptraewtarton on Time Share Ownership. V you meet efigfci&ty requirements, we 3 ghe yew one $20 gift certificate to any ZOS store. SIMPLY DROP BY OUR OTTICE... McCum Mansion 200 N. Mam Salt Lake (Open Monday-Se-t ar day. 10 to 8.) 08 CALL FOR Art APPOINTMENT. E3 3 D 3633600 (Call 24 hours a day. 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The embattled union leader, who became embroiled in a scuffle with a local union leader almost immediately upon his return to Charleston from negotiating sessions in Washington, D.C., criticized the UMW bargaimng council fo. refusing to act on the proposed pact Tuesday. The council, which must approve the agreement before it is sent to the membership for ratification, declined to approve or reject a summary of the proposal, insisting on having complete contract language drawn up first. Some of the members of the council have heads harder than granite," Miller said. He said it will take two to four days to prepare contract language the council demanded. The delay comes at a time when Midwestern and Appalachian utilities are running desperately short of coal. An energy emergency was declared Wednesday by the Indiana Public Service Commission, laying the groundwork for mandatory power cutbacks expected next week. 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