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 (2) Senator 1Hatch's amendment No. 82 to Article X, to facilitate the equitable placement in government positions, within the contin ental United States, of American citizens who will lose their jobs with the Panama Canal Company as a result of ratification of the
 treaties (tabled 55 to 33);
 (3) Senator Stevens' amendment No. 90 to Article XTN, to provide that if either party abrogates or terminates any provisions of the 1977 treaties, such treaties shall terminate and the four superseded treaties shall remain in full force and effect (tabled 53 to 40)
 and
 (4) Senator Thurmond's unprinted amendment No. 24 to Article
 XIII, to require that all operating expenses of the Panama Canal Commission be paid before any payments may be made to the
 Government of Panama (tabled 56 to 39).
April 13-Senator DeConcini met with Vice President Mondale and
 Deputy Secretary of State Christopher in an effort to compose a new understanding to the Panama Canal Treaty which would restate the United States' "longstanding policy of nonintervention in f oreign countries internal affairs." According to a Washington Post report, ain understanding of this type was regarded as necessary to reassure Panamanian opinion, which had become increasingly critical of the Neutrality Treaty because of Senator DeConcini's reservation. Majority Leader Byrd, who had been working with Senators Church and Sarbanes on the wording of such an un derstan ding, said it was important "to reaffirm the principle of nonintervention"
 because of reaction to the DeConcini reservation not only in Panama, but in the rest of Latin America and elsewhere, the New York Times
 reported.
 The Senate continued consideration of the Panama Canal Treaty
 and rejected the following proposed amendments:
 (1) By a voice vote, Senator Dole's unprinted amendment No. 25
 to Article XT, to extend the transition period to the year 1990 during which transfer of jurisdiction would pass from the United States to
 Panama, was rejected;
 (2) Senator Schmitt's amendment No. 97 to Article IT, calling for
 Panama to grant in perpetuity to the United States that part of the Corozal Cemetery in -which U.S. citizens are buried and to allow the section to be administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (tabled 55 to 34) ; and
 (3) Senator Allen's amendment No. 101 to Article 11 to require
 that the people of Panama approve the amended Treaty in a national
 plebiscite before it could enter into force (tabled 59 to 29).
April 15-The New York Times reported that an economic recession,
 aggravated by years of uncertainty over the canal issue, had become the main source of pressure on the Panamanian Government to accept the new treaties despite objections to the DeConcini reservation.
April 17-Abouit 60 Panamanian students marched from the University of Panama to the U.S. Embassy protesting the reservations to the Panama Canal Treaty being considered by the Senate. Panama's National Guard dispersed the crowd with tear gas after several students attempted to hurl bottles of paint against the Embassy.
 Students of the National Institute in Panama ref used to allow