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Stockman surprises White House
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A
surprised White House
denied Wednesday that
President Reagan's tax cut
plan was a “Trojan Horse"
ploy to cut the taxes for the
rich. Budget boss David
Stockman, who made the
comment, was described as
angry that his “off the
record” remarks were
printed.
The controversy centered
on an article appearing in
the December issue of The
Atlantic Monthly magazine,
which portrays Stockman as
increasingly discontented
with the administration's
“supply-side" economic
theory of sharp budget cuts
coupled with big tax
reductions.
It quotes Stockman as
saying the budget-cutting
program was poorly plan
ned, hastily enacted and
ignored "blatant inef
ficiency" in the Pentagon
And the budget chief said the
Reagan economic program
was merely a new version of
the "trickle down” ap
proach.
A pre-publication copy of
the article by William
Greider, an assistant
managing editor of The
Washington Post, caught the
White House by surprise,
deputy press secretary
Larry Speakes said.
The White House was not
aware, he said, that
Stockman had been giving
interviews to Greider since
before he became head of the
Office of Management and
Budget
"No,” Speakes said flatly
when asked if the president's
across-the-board tax cut was
a “Trojan Horse" aimed at
lowering the taxes for the
rich, under the guise of
giving a break to everyone.
Stockman's remarks in an
article titled “The Education
of David Stockman” drew
some sharp reaction, with
one leading Republican
saying some of the budget
director’s friends think
Stockman "has been pushing
himself too hard.”
House Speaker Thomas
O'Neill, D-Mass., accused
Stockman of lying about the
effects of Reagan's
program.
Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y.,
co-author of the Kemp-Roth
tax cut plan embraced by
Reagan, said the ideas in the
article were "contrary to
everything Dave has ever
expressed to members ot the
house, in public or in
private."
Kemp said he felt "a deep
sadness" that Stockman
“has put himself in this
difficult position
"Dave has worked harder
than anyone to make the
president's economic
program work," Kemp said.
“Some of his friends think he
has pushed himself too hard
in an incredibly difficult
position, which requires
unusual balance and
judgment to succeed.''
O'Neill said Stockman's
“devastating admissions
about the Reagan economic
program” agreed with what
he and other critics had been
saying for six months.
Accusing Stockman of
misleading Congress and the
people about the impact of
"Reaganomics,” O’Neill
said, "His credibility and the
credibility of the program he
supports is in serious doubt
"At this point,” the
speaker said, "Congress
must establish, as a result of
Mr Stockman's remarks,
whether this administration
has two economic agendas
for the country; a public
agenda to restore non
inflationary economic
growth, and a hidden agenda
to reward special interests
and the rich at the expense of
working Americans ”
Critics of the across-the-
board Reagan tax cut,
especially Democrats in
Congress, argued that the 25
percent reduction spread
over three years would mean
more to the wealthy than to
the working class.
Speakes said Reagan has
not spoken to Stockman
about the article, nor have
top White House aides. He
said the president has seen
only a summary of the ar
ticle.
Asked if Stockman could
continue to be an effective
spokesman for the ad
ministration’s policies,
Speakes replied, “I would
think so.”
But he refused further
comment on the substance of
the article.
In the article. Stockman is
quoted as saying, "The
supply-siders have gone too
far.
“They have created this
non-political view of the
economy, where you are
going to have big changes
and abrupt turns and their
happy vision of this world of
growth and no inflation with
no pain."
The controversy surfaced
Tuesday as Stockman's staff
was presenting him with a
cake with 35 miniature
hatchets on it to celebrate
his 35th birthday
With the blessing of the
White House, Stockman
issued a statement saying he
believed he was speaking
“off the record" when he
gave the interviews. He
charged that the article
“creates an impression that
is wrong and grossly
misleading" and he reaf
firmed his faith in the
president's economic
program.
Speakes said Stockman
drafted that statement at the
White House Tuesday night
in a meeting with
presidential aides
Greider says in the article
that Stockman agreed to
“relate, off the record, his
private account of the great
political struggle ahead The
particulars of these con
versations were not to be
reported until later, after the
season's battles were over
Castro letter charges
U.S. ‘campaign of lies’
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Cuban
President Fidel Castro charged Wed
nesday the United States is conducting a
“campaign of lies" about Cuban activity
in El Salvador and other trouble spots of
Central America
The State Department responded by
accusing Cuba of “fomenting sub
version and violent revolution
throughout the hemisphere."
The Cuban leader made his charge in
a letter to the editor published in
Wednesday's editions of The
Washington Post The letter, printed
inside a black-ruled box, was signed
“Fidel Castro Ruz, Havana "
Castro wrote the letter to brand
"absolutely false" a recent report by
syndicated columnists Rowland Evans
and Robert Novak that 500 to 600 elite
Cuban troops have been sent to fight in
El Salvador's civil war
A statement issued by State Depart
ment press official Susan Pittman said
the charge was made “in the press, not
by the department." It said the
department has consistently declined to
comment on the column.
"We, therefore, see no reason to
respond to his letter, which ignores the
fundamental problem that Cuba is —
and has been for many years —
fomenting subversion and violent
revolution throughout the hemisphere,"
the State Department said
"Cuba provides arms, supplies,
training, coordination and political
support, openly and in secret, on a large
scale and with Soviet backing. This is
the fundamental problem which
Castro's letter fails to address," the
statement said
Castro said the Reagan ad
ministration has not offered "one shred
of evidence" to support charges made
earlier this year that Soviet arms were
being funneled to Marxist forces in El
Salvador through Cuba
"Thus an attempt was made to add
another element to the campaign
already under way for several weeks,
concerning the situation in Central
America and. particularly, in El
Salvador, with regard to Cuba's alleged
participation in recent arms shipments
to the Salvadoran revolutionary forces
and the sending of Cuban military ad
visers to cooperate with them," Castro
said.
Nam vets praised
on Veterans Day
By l nlird Prr»» Intrrnalional
Vietnam veterans, unsung heroes who came back to
silence and disapproval, were the object of praise Wed
nesday in Veterans Day celebrations, while protesters rallied
against nuclear warfare
The men and women who served in the Vietnam war were
also the target of a federal self-help program designed to buff
their tarnished images and increase chances for jobs
Parades and memorial services marked the occasion from
small communities to large cities. Government offices,
schools and banks were closed.
In New York, some 30 Vietnam veterans took it upon
themselves to show that credit for their toils was long
overdue.
Their paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs
were on display for the opening of "The Vietnam Ex
perience" art show. The artists said their art is meant to
exorcise the horror and to share a reality America has
refused to recognize for a decade.
“So many words were expended on that war, the rights and
wrongs, I wanted to cut through all that,” said the show
organizer, Richard Strandberg of Minneapolis
In a move that symbolizes the government's recognition of
Vietnam veterans, many of whom are angry and
demoralized over lack of recognition and government
assistance, the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program was
established.
"Recognition and appreciation for all they went through is
long overdue," President Reagan said Tuesday after he
officially inaugurated the program that will be staffed by
successful Vietnam veterans to counsel their colleagues.
"The nation must be as loyal to them as they are to the
nation."
Anti-nuclear protesters in several states staged demon
strations as part of a nationwide effort on 140 college cam
puses to warn of the threats of nuclear weapons.
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TWO HEAVY HITTERSl
TOUCH BASES OH BATS,
BALLS, AND BEERM
BOOC POWELL (Former American
Baseball Great) Koichi here has
been giving me a new angle on
baseball. It seems the game s a
little different in Japan.
KOICHI NUMAZAWA (Former
Japanese Baseball Great)
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smaller over there
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kinda smaller Does that mean
you drink Lite Beer 'cause it s less
filling?
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BOOC: Tastes great? That’s why I
drink it, too! I guess we have a lot
more in common than I thought.
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