Winners & Losers: Dec. 18, 1995

WINNERS

LYNDON JOHNSON Vetoes G.O.P. budget from the grave as Clinton wields pen that signed Medicare bill

CATERPILLAR U.A.W. ends 17-month strike against tractor maker. Management concessions: none

POSTAL SERVICE Neither snow nor rain keeps them from posting a record post--rate-hike profit

LOSERS

SIGMUND FREUD Exhibit on his work postponed by Library of Congress. Just what did they mean by that?

LEE IACOCCA Erstwhile savior of Chrysler a defendant in a lawsuit. The plaintiff: Chrysler.

PHILIP MORRIS Their own report, comparing nicotine to cocaine, is smoked out by Wall Street Journal