OTHER NEWS - Feb. 8, 1992

GM’s Chairman Urges End to War of Words: Roger C. Stempel urged an end to the bitter U.S.-Japanese war of words, saying the proper battlefield is the marketplace. “Name-calling doesn’t get anybody anything. The key thing is to let the products do the talking,” Stempel told reporters covering the Chicago Auto Show. Stempel also said he expects a proposed U.S.-Japanese auto maker summit meeting to be held despite signs of fading interest among Japanese car manufacturers. Stempel declined comment on GM’s progress toward a planned overhaul that will eliminate 21 plants and 74,000 jobs by 1995. He said he hoped that most of the plant-closing decisions would be made by the end of the first quarter.