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Perspective SALT AND SOVIET BLUSTER Bv RONAI. I ) RK\<. \ \ Bluster has worked before for the Soviet Union in its arms limitation talks with us, and the USSR seems to be banking on it again. At least, whatever SALT II concessions the U.S. ten­ tatively agreed to last Sep­ tember seem to suit the Soviets so well they have launched a well coordinated campaign to lock them in place. This fact alone may heighten the worries of Americans who have feared that Carter SALT negotiators might bargain away the cruise missile. Ef­ fective deployment of the cruise missile in Western Europe was one of the Russians' greatest worries and they aren't saying anything about that any more. After Cyrus Vance's trip to Moscow last spring and the flat Soviet turndown of the arms proposals he made, the Soviet propaganda machine turned the volume to "high" in denouncing U.S. perfidy. But, after Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko met with President Carter in late September, the SALT negotiations turned more to the Russians' liking (keep in mind the Soviet objectives of maximum flexioility for its mobile-launched missiles, downplaying the importance of its inter-continental Backfire bomber and, of course, no on- site inspections). Pravda's Barrage Since early fall, there has been a barrage of Pravda stories and Radio Moscow roundtables stressing the urgency of signing a formal agreement quickly "on the basis of agreements reached in principle as a result of recent talks." Meanwhile, attacks on U.S. SALT skeptics sharpened. Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., has been a key target. On Nov. 17, Izvestia's political com­ mentator wrote, "He (Jackson) is not simply a demagogue warning of the 'dangers of detente and exposing Soviet intrigues.' He is an influential man of action; he is a dangerous and stubborn political saboteur who pops up with his dynamite whenever the very complex matter of arranging Soviet-U.S. relations sets off in a direction promising success." Translation: Sen. Jackson wants to rain on our parade. The Soviet press has also been launching verbal missiles at former Defense Secretary Laird, Senators Barry Gold- water, R-Ariz., and Sam Nunn D-C-a. and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Nitze. About Nitze, Pravda said, "From the platform of the notorious Committee on the Present Danger, he is in­ timidating Americans with the dramatic growth in the strategic forces of the USSR." Translation: Nitze knows what we're up to and we'd better try to scare the Americans into thinking he's a warmonger. Moscow has asked the help of its friends on the left in the U.S. to create pressure to get a favorable SALT II agreement signed. Prompted by the Soviet-controlled World Peace Council, an ad hoc group met in two New England cities in October to try to work out a link-up between advocates of U.S. disarmament and the more hysterical elements of the a n t i - n u c l e a r p o w e r "movement." Among groups supporting Mobilization for Survival, the new ad hoc operation, are the War Resisters League, Women Strike for Peace, the American Friends Service Committee and the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy Getting settled made simple Chonge-of-residence dilemmas fade after a WELCOME WAGON call. With Welcome Wagon, it's my job to help you make the most of your new neighborhood. Shops. Community opportunities. Special attractions. Lots of facts to save you time and money. Plus a basket of gifts for your family. I'll be listening for your call. MARY ANN L. BElLAK . 1-923-2442 PEGGY KAISER mam PANELING PLUS INTRODUCES NIW STONIMASTM STONI Handmade Stone Veneer ON DISPLAY! 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You needn't ask whether there are any Moscow chapters of this anti-nuclear, pro- disarmament lobby. There aren't. The latest Soviet tactic has been Brezhnev's threat to build a neutron bomb unless we set aside plans to develop ours. The circle is corhplete: urgent appeals to "play it as it lays"; denunciation of U.S. op­ ponents; mobilization of a "peace" coalition; threats of a scary new weapon. • * • * When you find a con­ versationalist who knows everything, be noncha­ lant. Ta^e a nap. PAGE 19 • PLAINDEALER • FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1978 ^ examination was held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4, at the college. Miss Tjardes has J been accepted as a student and I will begin her studies at the university August of 1978. ^EDUCATIONAL) wmm0BKT~" CONSERVATION DIRECTORS - Directors elected to the board of the McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation district include, from left, front, Leonard A. Schultz, Woodstock; Betty Hegner Harvard; and Charles Budreck, McHenry. 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