Fact and Comment.

The author comments on various political and business issues as of March 1979. He states that U.S. President Jimmy Carter's bid for re-election will benefit if he stands firm on a budget designed to lessen the country's world trade imbalance. He praises the U.S. government for remaining calm with regards to keeping Americans in Iran safe. He asserts that science and technology should not be encumbered by politics as stated by Bill Baker, president of telephone company AT&T's Bell Laboratories.