The Michigan Daily-Thursday, July 10, 1980-Page 5
Carter, Guofeng
share concerns
at first formal
meeting in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) - President Carter
and Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng held
their first formal talks today. Before
the meeting, Carter said the growing
ties among China, the United States and
Japan could minimize the threat of the
Soviet Union's military buildup.
Minutes before the meeting with Hua,
Carter said in an interview on Japanese
television the burgeoning three-way
relationship was "a means by which we
can share our long-range strategic con-
cerns to minimize the threat of the
Soviet military buildup, which is exem-
plified most vividly by their unwarran-
ted invasion of Afghanistan and their
support of the Vietnamese invasion of
Kampuchea (Cambodia)."
CARTER MET with Hua at the plush
Okura Hotel next to the U.S. Embassy.
News Secretary Jody Powell quoted
Carter as telling Hua their meeting was
"a very fine way to end my visit here."
Followinga public meeting for repor-
ters and photographers, the two
leaders, alone except for interpreters,
met briefly. They then each called in
their advisers.
Carter met Hua for the first time at a
reception last night.
THE TWO chatted through an inter-
preter for about two minutes at the
gathering of 300 guests following
Japan's solemn memorial for its late
prime minister, Masayoshi Ohira. Both
also talked with Zenko Suzuki, the man
almost certain to be Japan's new prime
minister.
The meetings were a public
manifestation of the growing relation-
ship between the United States and
China, and of both countries' ties with
Japan.
Coincident with the Carter visit, word
leaked out here today that the Ford
Motor Co. and Japan's Toyota Motor
Co. are talking about a joint venture to
produce small cars in the United States.
Both companies denied first reports
that a basic agreement had already
been reached.
U.S. government leaders have been
pressing Japan to set up assembly lines
in America to help the hard-hit U.S.
automobile industry. Carter paused in
Detroit on his way here, but officials
said he was not going to bring up the
touchy issue of Japanese car exports to
the United States during his stay in
Tokyo.
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER is met with a stream of rain on his arrival
at the Tokyo airport yesterday. After delivering some brief remarks, Carter
left for a memorial service honoring the late Japanese Prime Minister Masa-
yoshi Ohira.
No settlement reached'
in UPI negotiations
By JOYCE FRIEDEN
Members of the Wire Service Guild
may strike against United Press Inter-
national (UPI) if stalled contract
negotiations are not resolved soon, ac-
cording to one Guild official.
UPI, a wire service that distributes
national and international news to hun-
dreds of radio stations, television
stations, and newspapers across the
United States, has been in negotiation
with the Guild since March 13, accor-
ding to UPI personnel director Mary
Cregan: The Guild's two-year contract
with UPI expired April 15.
APPROXIMATELY 1400 wire ser-
vice employees belong to the Guild, in-
cluding employees of The Associated
Press and other services as well as
UPI. The UPI strike would affect 675
members, said Guild president William
Morrissey.
In a vote taken about two months ago,
Guild employees voted nine to one in
favor of a strike, Morrissey explained,
adding thatf "there was some talk" of
striking during next week's Republican
National Convention.
"They've made preparations to
picket somewhere along the line .. . we
are prepared to deal with whatever.
happens," Morrissey said.
UPI DETROIT bureau chief Joanna
Firestone said she would be "very un-
derstaffed" if a strike were to occur
during the convention. She added the
convention coverage would be handled
by management personnel.
Gregan said UPI would not hire
"scabs" (non-Guild employees) to
work if there were a strike.<"We would
just try to do as much coverage as
possible ourselves," she said.
In addition to reporters, many burg0f '
chiefs are also in the Guild. Only larger
cities such as Detroit have non-Guild
members in management positions,
according toCregan.
MORRISSEY SAID the complex
nature of the talks makes it difficult to
tell how they are progressing. "There is
no set deadline (for a strike)," he ex-
plained. "The issues are complicated -
it's difficult for me to tell-how it is
progressing."
Morrissey said employee salaries is
one outstanding issue, with UPI
management offering the Guild a four
per cent wage hike over the previous
contracted salaries.
"You have to remember that this of-
fer comes on the heels of a contract in
which the company kept the wages
frozen," said Morrissey. "The Guild
went along with that because the com
pany claimed it was having financial
difficulty." Morrissey added the
current company proposal does not in-
clude a cost-of-living increase.
"We are hopeful for a settlement, but
the progress is not at such a great rate
of speed that I can say I'm optimistic,"