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F o R p R E s I D E N T
FACT SHEET ON THE FUTURE
Walter Mondale says:
Every generation has itS own special
challenge. But each generation has the
same baSIC responsibility: to leave [heir
children a beHer world than the one they
inherited. We cannOt go back We cannot
)olv(: uur children's problems by rcpc:n-
109 our parents' answers.
Walter Mondale has a plan to build
for America's future.
• Renew our comffillmCnt 10 educational
access and excellence, from pn·
mary school 10 graduate school
• Ensure fair treatment fo r every member
of our workJorcc by vigorously en·
forcmg all anudlscrlmmatlon statutes,
lla .~" lng the FRA. ami workmg toward
pay equity.
• Promote sCience and technology by
restoring a proper balance between Clvlhan
and military acuvIIICS, and by
refurblshmg laboratones In our n3110n's
grea t univerSity research ccnters
• Return to full cllfulLcmcnl of all en ­
vlronmcntallaws and regula lions, renew
the altack on tOXIC wastes, and address
I ~n o red probl ems such as aCid ram.
• Recommit our COUntry 10 energy secunty,
through Innovallve technologies
and new energy sou rces, more conser·
vallon, and stepped-up filling 01 the Stra·
teglc Petroleum Reservc.
• PromOte small bUSiness with meas·
ures to reduce Interest r,lIes, foster cap­
Ital formation, and mcrease the supply
of skilled researchers and engineers.
• Improve cooperation with our allies
by :
• abandonmg diVIsive expon control
policies,
• acting more firmly to address and
resolve divisive trade issues,
• renewing our suppon for human rights
and democratic values around the world,
• dc-escalating the rhetoric of military
eonlronl3tion with the Soviet Union and
working firmly and p:ltIcntly to reduce
tensions.
8 I IBEW JOURNAL I APRIL 1984
• Gel serious once again about nuclear
arms con trol by:
• ratifymg SALT H,
• adhering to the ARM Treaty,
• tightly controllmg the flow of weap'
ons-grade matenal,
• re-emphaslzmg non-proliferation,
• ralsmg the nuclear threshold In Eu·
rope,
• Improving cnsls commumcatlons
with the SOV iet Umon,
• beginmng to b:argaln toward a mu·
tual and venfiable freeze on strategIC
arms,
• convening a summit conference to
gCI the START and TNF talks back on
track
The Reagan Administration has
failed to build for the future.
• The future requITes the beSt educated
and tramed generation m Amencan hiStory.
But the Reagan Admlmstratlon has
slashed fundmg for educallon by S2 hll ­
hon (13 percent] m FY 1984 alone.
• The future requuc.'i Amentan ~rlrncc
and technology second to none, across
the board. But the administration has
radica ll y skewed rcse3rch and develop·
ment funds toward nulttary acuvltles a
24 percent re31 IOcrease In FY 1984 mt! ­
Itary R & 0 , and a four percent decrease
III the civlitan sector.
• The future reqUires unpolluted land,
water and :ur. But the Admintstratton
has faded to enforce environmental laws
and regulations now on the books and
has hlatantly betrayed the publi c truSt
10 li S management of the EnVironmental
Protection Agency .
• The future requITes renewed movement
toward energy Independence. nUt
the Admintstrallon has slashed funding
fo r programs that promote conservation
and the development of new and renewable
cnergy sources.
• The future requ ires ;I healthy small
bUSiness sec tor- the pnllle sou rce of innovallon
and jobs in our economy, But
the Admimstrallon's poltcies have de·
prlved small busmcss of affordable credit,
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reduced theIT access to trained personnel.
and lilted the tax codes In favor 01 cor
porate giants
• The future requITes revlla!tzed haslc
mduStrles. But the Admmlstrauon has
preSided over their decItne while dOing
almost nothmg to hah and reverse n
• The future requires the full, fau, and ...;
equal partlClp:mon of all Amen cans In
our economy. But the AdmlOiStratlon
has backtracked on mmorllY employment,
weakened support for mlnomy
smail busmess, and opposed measures
such as the ERA that would help ensure
fairness for women
• The fUlure reqUires s tro n~ alhanccs
and diplomacy based squarely on Amer· (/I
Ica 's values. But the Admlnlstratton has
weakened our tradlllonal alliances with
the wOlld '!o detnO{;rac ies and undermIned
the credlbtlllY of our commitment to
human nghts around the world
• Above all, the future dcmanrl~ dfreli
ve nuclea r arms control. But the .,.
Administration has moved us away
from-not toward- thiS vnal goa l
MONDALE FOR
PRESIDENT
by AI Goodfader
"One of the real Issues In 1984 IS
whether we're gomg to restore a nallon
10 which people h3ve the nght In fa ctthe
umnumldated right-to p3rtlCIpate
In the fullest sense of the word under
the nghts and prOVisions of the National
Labor Relattons Act ... I stand strongly
for mdependent. effective umons."
With those words, Walter F. MondaJc
reaffirmed his conSIstent belief III the
nght of Amencan working people to
meet their employers fallly across the
b3Tgaining table and to have a vOice In
deciding the condItions under which they
work. His commitment to free collecllve
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