February 23, 1978

Sadat illus with Shukry, Maj Gen Mohammed Ali Fahmy and Gamasy addressing commandos

Coal operators reject union's 'bottom line' contract proposal, which is patterned on Pittsburg & Midway settlement; refuse but later agree to resume negotiations; Dawes and Miller reject union's demand for binding arbitration; Marshall says Adm has virtually ruled out legis to force binding arbitration; Miller says union will negotiate immediately with any co that will agree to same terms as Pittsburg & Midway; angry miners nom eastern Ky protest those terms at Labor Dept; FMCS denies that it kept Pittsburg & Midway negotiations secret from Marshall (M)

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Canada to resort to foreign borrowing to prop up dollar--for 1st time in 10 yrs; Finance Min Jean Chretien comments (S)

Opponents of treaties muster 30 votes, 4 short of number necessary to defeat accords, in losing effort to upset leadership schedule for Sen consideration; Sen Baker says 67-30 vote shows that situation on ultimate approval is 'cliffhanger,' even though affirmative votes would provide bare 2/3 majority needed for Sen consent to ratification; procedural vote shows no discernible spillover from intense closed door session that considered charges that Torrijos was involved in narcotics dealings; Sen Byrd contends there has been 'no evidence that would stand up in US ct of law linking Torrijos to any narcotics dealing of any kind'; Sen Jake Garn challenges Byrd; vote comes on proposal by Sen James B Allen to debate and vote on turnover treaty first; Byrd and Baker disagree, saying that sens need reassurance that their amendments to neutrality treaty before they could vote for other pact; Sens Robert P Griffin, Dale Bumpers, J Bennett Johnston and Barry Goldwater comment (M)