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D

I. PURPOSE

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 2, 1981

MEETING WITH ROBERT DECHERD DATE: December 3, 1981 LOCATION: Oval Office TIME: 4:30 (5 minutes)

FRO.M: Peter Roussel Pfl_...

An opportunity for Robert Decherd, Executive Vice President of The Dallas Morning News, to present the President with a personally inscribed edition of The Texas Almana·c.

II. BACKGROUND

Mr. Decherd had requested an opportunity to make a courtesy call on the President and make the presentation of The Texas Almanac. It should be noted that· The Dallas Morning News endorsed the President in 1980 and has been highly supportive of the Administration in its editorials. Joe M. Dealey, pub­lisher of the paper, had originally been scheduled to make the presentation but had to cancel due to illness.

III. PARTICIPANTS

Robert Decherd, Executive Vice President, The Dallas Morning News

Carl Leubsdorf, Washington Bureau Chi~f, The Dallas Morning News

Peter Roussel

IV. PRESS PLAN

White House Photographer

V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

After greetings, Mr. Decherd will present The Texas Almanac to the President.

Attachments: Recent editorials of The Dallas Morning News

·x . I Burl Osborne, Executive Editor ·· Jim Wright, Editorial Director

14 A Tuesday, November 24, 1981

Presidential Veto: · ·' :

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. Reagan Forbids·· · -..

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V ETO - the Latin for "I forbid": Two stern words that could

have saved the United States considerable . misery had they been pronounced often enough in the past.

Here now is Ronald Reagan, wielding the veto power with firmness and ex­traordinary daring. And what a heartening sight it is.

\Vhat Reagan forbade Monday was the operation of all but the most critical federal programs - at any rate until Congress got se~ rious about whittling spend­ing down to ' the level he wan ts. Congress quickly got at least semi-serious, agree-

. ing to a less. costly_ spe:r;i.ding proposal, · .· effective . , :.until Dec. 15.

For such a move as · Reagan's there are no prec­edents. · No chief executive within memory has vetoed a continuing resolution, whereby the funding of gov­ernment programs is as­sured until Congress can bestir itself and pass the necessary . appropriations bills.

The Reagan veto sends two important messages. The first is that, in this mat­ter of budgetary restraint, the President will not be trifled with. The second is that the deficit will not be closed with tax increases, as many congressmen on both sides of the aisle would like. Rather, the President mP-a.n.s to hold the li:'le on spending until his tax cuts begin to take hold and the economy starts pulling out of the re­cession.

The delivery of these two messages is in fact more crucial than the dollar amounts at issue. The vetoed bill was a compro-mise w!'l.ereur:der total

Police Assessment:

spending was reduced about 2 percent across the board. By exposing a greater num­ber . of programs to the knife, Democrats claimed ·. that just as much money '° would be cut as Reagan had · wanted. · I.

/ -Never mind. Reagan's . r-/

veto is not only proper but / ·':·'z-. 'X ... ;·: -::: ~.;....:! · ·

useful. Again and again con- · gres.5men have leaned on the stop-gap funding bill a5 a means of spending more without actually passing the

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relevant appropriatlqn . . : -·-.._,. .• Th us spending got locked in » ';, · ·. '· "' .,..., . . . at the higher level. TP.e .: . 1 .~ • >•: :< , .. .

~::;~i;.::~~::;;.~L~d\ "T·- .··o·. ··T- · · ell" ~'t'/ _·l The veto is. - ~,among · · .

any president's ,; sharpest ,._ · ·

:e~aft0;:~n~~h~~ i~ygao~~e~\ · B~ vf~·iam M~h~~ ,"-' · ~:i~1 dent whose demonstrated' . ~~ .. f1it~ .. . __ · . .. ·-~ :· '. :- ~they

~i',!~~ ~~v~~:t~~i~"!1J ~~~: ·. ' 1::..!!:,0 ~\~~~;i::: ·':~~ suasion. The Con~ess will . · ·. · : PR trade in. oauas before,,;; · .; ~ea1 now know that Ronald . n::.oving" on to _Houston ·arid later\:\\ ' ;ion• Reagan means . to .· hang to Caillornia, is in. trouble with :·;~·; }fUtl toug~ on sp~nd.ing _;_come ·the · Washtng-)\j .trutl to think of it, llke his most ton Post ·and.7' ~;ou J

recent Republican predece~- th~e .. re!.a r.e-: -- --~II

r~~~f r~~;~~:~~:: 'ii~~~· ~:~if ff"~ pen to Reagan, who has .,_ · · : ···· · ment. ·. •·· . one : many more Republican · This is because Nicolaides, troops than did Ford. For~ the new -head _of comm~ntary - ~~~· biddino the enactment of and analysis for the Voice of ccst!y ~pending bills, Ford . A~erica, ha~ ~ novel idea. He · · ~: helped prune inflation from thinl-".s the . Vo1c~ really. should. ·. ever more than 12 percent to less . ~ea~ fo~ ~enca - trm.11-~t~ than S percent by the time mg Am.enc~ s. sl!c~esses ":·- ~J?:d; h , f• fr · what necessanly will consume . e ~e L

0 lee. , , . even more ctr. ti!i:e, ·the Soviet We al~ know whats hap- . Union's failures: - · ··:., • ·., -~ ~ •:• .

- ··;-pr9p It'so .- ~ T :pened srnce then, and it . Incensed that a. propaganda ,

isn't . plees.:'!n t. That's . ~hy . forum might te used for.. propa• vari1 one is glad to. see Rea_gan . ganda purpcises, the Post grumps- ,; ing 1 throwing his weight - that Nicolaides hasn't been fired . trlitl around, even if it's as much for his presumption: Thereby It ~ tE .for symbolic as for substan- underscoring-how much Ronald . , State ti ve purposes. Maybe Con- Reagan has to teach the city izi q.us" gress' big spen<iers are find- . . whichhe,nowdwells.- .. " -~ :· , 'Cleal ing out at last what they are · · ' .with up ngninst. IT ISN'T enough that Reagan of 0I

must teac!l basic economics - men the uses of freedom ,. incentives and:

. and alI that. He has to demon­. .strate thJt truth can te - must be - put in harness by a Il!!tion

Sn butt: the < A p: ••

f.. i. .l._~rom.1s1ng I 1 d P? ... · ~a.,

determined to preserve its liber­ties ag:1inst imi;lacable enemies .

".P.rop:::ganda" is e. word that Dr. Goebbels spoiled for 1111 tir::.e, ncr does Nicolaides ·him· se:f we.:::ii to rehabilitnte it. The TJ nited Sta:~:; needn't Ee, as did . !l:e N-1z1:: for J d0zcn ~·ecrs, as do ii'•."! Sovi!;:S still. Th.;:·::: is no ~eed for lies, even if they

enou stron tr/s those One of the new ideas that

sprang out of the City Coun­cil's b;-ainstor:ni~ ~ re~ re at ov :::. r ·~t.e \Vee:ce: :id 0ff(":2 one ·.va j " t ;) ir::i pro",· : 1J0 1ice prer t£ctior ..

T he ide.:1 is for o. spE:ci~l. l·time police "tax" to help cover tne cost nf bringing the Dallas police fo:;--.:e up to

If there are t.:mgible ways tD t!".J.L.slo.::.: the Mocey into a L-icr- :=-; t~ fi ~.:~:~ivc po~ice

fcrce. tr>?:. i~ i~~ ! c s:~b!e a n ~) ~ ·;. -hi:l ~ :~ ~ st:a~/7 ,.-ote cculd b<, .'.ldl'.ed ! .') z.n u n:::o.m­ir.g bond me.:.su:-e. ~/oters th e~1 coulJ indicnte fr thev wouid h~ wi1ling to pay ~ sepnrate a~se.sszr..cnt to pro-

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24 A Thursday, November 19_, 1981 : ·· , _·: tMfo·NEiLL ;~EH~b : : ,,, -:, ~. ; : . ; -~(~ -~ ;; UNlvtRSIT'( OF; CREATlVi

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On · tne Off ens1ve.-'~:: ;;, < :WHY,AE,TER: 3oYR5:~E~ T :,i:ti:,r::;:·n~:C1~~~ i':r s~~~~J,;g th::_.~~~~ .. ~t~~~lt&MR;~s~~~1

speech on ·nuclear- show up Reagan as a deceit- / ' ·- . . , arms reduction was more ful warmonger; · · --- __ ,_ ~ - - - - ~ ' . .-: :-·.J Lmllllillliis.c

than· a brilliant rhetorical What will be at ieast as ~-- • " ·- ·~ ; ·:,,, performance- it was a brll- interesting as watchipg the- · liant tactical · stroke that Soviets squirm is · observing , puts _ the Soviet Union the reactions of the nuclear · squarely on the spot. . disarmament . movement,- :

The President has · told both here and in Westeni _ the Soviets, who have been Europe. The Reag~Il-"speech .:i . -. :: _________ _

!f ;~\~ff :~~IE; f if~~~i~1~i~€1~ , :~:'. ·~~'~j~.~~ matically than that. viet-leaning agitators, · yvho :

~r:;:~~;i~~;r.{t2: ::~·~g~E~:~;t~ =t 'lt.Sat.flit acting in concert with us, scored what doubtless- can . . ~- . . :,,: . :.. -- --,.:; _. , .. :; ~,-';: _-, ~-,< - -take meaningf~l steps be called a propaga~4a :yic~ By William Murchi.Son :- ;_.-:: ::: to~td ::~e~~t of all dis- . tor~~ -be: :5-~~._;,~h~h? ~6fJ : ___ ~e,~_.:: : j:- ·-_<-i~r;.; ; ::;...:_--; . f mantle their SS20, SS4 and than prop' aganda_=:;_,:n~mely;·: - ·:-Ti ·_ ~E~_ou~v:~~c.lii~(~

. . . - - · , · - -; .. •· to his historic demllnd--- - · ·· SSS missiles, which, though pea_ce - ,1~.: .~tf-~e- :.~ere; . · · ·_ '' ':·Give me liberzy~ ~:f::~f(·.-~l positioned in Soviet terri- which means ,_that,. th~_. me death'~ _ Patrick HenryseL.c _ tory, can hit anything in Re~gan ~roposal~must be ex~ - forth the contemporaiy ._state cf/ { Western Europe or North ammed m practical , as well: · · ,,. - - ~ Ang_lo-Amert.;:.-. · , Africa. In return, the.United as symbolic_ terms . . Here ,, ,:~; can -: re1ation8.~-- ,'.? States will call off the again ther e is cause for . ·· · ~Men· ·"_',_- _C:ry, \ ,_: planned deployment of praise and hope: The. niost ·~ace;"_- ,~:Uid-~'.:r-= Pershing and cruise mis- important itemon the Presi:.:-- ,_ ·!!ency; "when, ~:-: . siles in five European coun- dent's agenda -is reducing there is no ' ·_ tries. strategic, intercontinental ~ce." ,:.;; --' ;, ::, _

Then let the Sqviets join weaponry. . -. Soit was ix:;,:; , _ us in talks specifically SALT II would -have re- 1775.- Soitisin ~·-- : aimed at achieving "sub- duced our share of such 1981. Not that the nucleanilsai::-:. _' stantial reduction..s in (stra- weaponry without much af- -mament movement has conde-tegic) nuclear weapons." fecting the larger -~viet ' . scended to notice. · Let them likewise work share. The President recog- --- :The other-day; as if time:had-;::--~ : with us to reduce conven- nizes that for . arms talks to- :· .: lurched- backward and it were, .· ~ tional forces in Europe and mean anything there must_ _,_ the '60s ilLo-i.~~r ~g~n; a c9up1{, '-: to .prevent the possibility of be mutual' and balanced re- -. ofthoilsand.women mar ched..on:. -.. < an accidental holocaust. ductions. The Soviets wilL . the Peniagonj (iemanding ~tha~ - ~~~:

their government arreSt then~"-: -_'. : Plainly the Reagan kick about this, but Reagan- clear arms rsce. Si.Xty·two of the _· .

speech puts the United has made plain the terms on - d. -States on the offensive - so which America can afford · to speak. A- generous off er to walk the way of peace has come from the White House. The intellectual resources of the Kremlin~s ·whole propaganda apparatus . wili

-to talk. . __ ------So, says the President,

let's talk. His . sneech. is . a first-rate point of departure ·

·for a journey incalculably--urgent to the world~ - ·

women were arrested instea .- ,_ , :; . . r: :_. · ,; ... • ~·.: ·= .. ~·· . .

~- - in New -York. -.: _·City, the Rivernde Chu..rch (the:;.:; <

·. Rev: William Sloan~ Coffin, sen-'·"' .. - ·10r, minister).=w~ putting on_a ·'Y·' _ :;i.uclear .. disar~ent . · '.confer~ ·. · .' ·;··ence: Here -the -Struggle against , : ._:

any buildup of tb.e American nu- _ ~ ' clear arsenal. was described. by_ :; ; 1

The \.Vashington Follies: . . one enthusiastic delegate as "a I . l ~ battle for the soul of humn.nity." ·

01. 1 B s ,;_ 0 1 . B' . . -<'lk .. -- The djsarmameni movemen< -~ . : Cl OVS lf1Ke ac~ __ , }s _b~ ~~ - mea~ exc1usi_~e1r , ' <

1 · . [ · Amer_1can .. Large, and growing, . _ · European· . chapters. exisL .. The. :_ ;: !

Time will tell whether administration and its poli- fficvemenrs goals are noble and . someone's out to get Alex an- cies by making it appear _

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1 . . lofty. They may eve:i become he- · 1

der Haig and whether David that the R~e.ganauts don 't _Jievable one day - tb.e day on Gt~ckma~ has irretrieva?lY know what they are doing. . ; which the Rev. Wiliiam _Sloane \ ruined himself. The Just ice This isn't so odd when 1 Cof:in, a _ chanting, whooping · c Department will advise us you think about it. What I .. crowd at his back, tramps down ~ whethe~ Rishar_d Allen._ the Rea;;an h :3s cha!lenged is I ~o the Soviet embassy in :vr.s~- :: nat10n.a1 security adv iser, the Washington old-boy net-- , :.ngton, demanding of the LOtal!· .· s sollclted an hcnor.:ir~um for wo:-k _the politicians, civil · ' tar:ail supe:l'Po~er no more, '-l ,1 \\

.1rranging an interview servants, academics, think- less. than is aemanded of tho fi w ith Nancy Reag~n . tankers, nundits and so

What we're trying to fi g- forth who -can '-. believe the ure out in the meantime is American people really whether the gossip mills in want a change of nati nn~l t-h o •·.,--1...:1 , ,.. _ _ _ .._ - -- · "'

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Burl ~rome, Executive Editor Jim Wright, Editorial Director

14 A Tuesday, November 10, 1981

Reaganomics:

· The Gloom Lobby E LSEWHERE on this

page, Dr. Arthur A. Smith decries the tend­

ency of those who· helped make our economic mess -namely, the high priests of federal spending programs and deficits - to belabor and bedevil those trying to clean up the mess namely, the apostles of Reaganomics.

In political terms, the bedevilment is understand­able. The high priests; being out of power, want back in and so, at every opportunity, must lay into those who now wield the power.

In economic terms, which one might suppose were of more immediate im­portance, the ongoing as­sault on the Reagan pro­gram is crude , cynical and ultimately harmful to hopes for recovery. Not a few Dem­ocrats of the Tip O'Neill stamp, including Tip O'Neill himself, seem delighted when recovery fails to blow · in on the next breeze. ·

Thus the speaker, ad­dressing the Fordham Busi­ness Conference the day that 8 percent unemploy­ment hit the headlines, called the recession "a de­li berate and conscious pol­icy of this administration."

And what would Demo- · crnts do to address problems that suppurated while Dem­ocrats controlled the presi­dency ur.d both houses of Congress? O'Neill promised "reasonable, modest and flexible" programs without saying what they were. The speaker did strike a modestly peni ten tinl note. "I assure you." said he, "we are ready to do things dif­ferently than we hove done them in the past." A sigh must have run thrcugh the ::, ir.::!s of many Ls:.~ners :

' 'Let's hope so." The door!l.sa yi n g .:::;f the

O'Ne\lloc-c:its m;-'kes F.c.:lalC. Re~gun ' s :<::.le harde.r !h"-:l it nE·cd. be. :~or i11:;tnnce, it c ;:;:'l' : GO :::: w: 't'. 10r the s:oclc or bond markt::i.S . ·,;,· ~ 1 i ch d -2 -

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pend on buyers' expecta- · tions, when the nation is as­sured ·that not only isn't prosperity around the cor- . ner - there isn't even any corner.

The panic of the Republi­cans in Congress, and all the self-defeating talk they have gener;;ted about rais­ing taxes, is due to fears that next year at the polls the O'Neillocrats will bludgeon them.

Yet there is ample cause -for hope. A recent survey by · Fortune magazine says_ that the Reagan program of tax and spending cuts makes 90 percent of business execu­tives more optimistic. The executives don't doubt that recovery is coming; . about . half see it coming in the first six months of 1982, the other half in the second six.

Such a forecast is condi­tioned on the cost of money . starting to fall. And, lo, the prime rate is down to 17 per­cent. On the day that jobless­ness was disclosed to have reached 8 percent, the basic money supply was shown to have dropped by $3.3 bil­lion. The economy contin­ues to cool, and with it the fierce inflation that got in­terest rates up in the first plnce.

The recession that in­spires Tip O'Neill to such flights of oratory may be here: just in time for next yeJr's tax cuts to start reviv­ing it, and for housing and car sales to turn upward if the cost of borrowing slips still more.

I\iot even ~ White House sp'? ect writer would-suggest · 'th.!lt from' here: on out ever/­thing's going to be swell. Clearly it won 't be swell again for a long time, so deeply rooted are our prob­lems. But things <!ren'f half so bleak as depicted by the O'Neiiloc::-ats, who, inciden­t al ly , shoulc! watch their l<inGu :!gio:. If ttey are staking Lheir c::!reers on thP. collapse . 0~ Reagnnumics, !ney could be in !'ar a shock.

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L. . . ET Us begin at the melan· ..

' choly beginning. The en-. ergy crisis started in i954

with the imposition of federal · . pri~ controls on interstate nat- • ·

~~· ~ ural gas, in ac-.. . ·*'·'" c o r d a n c e

.. with a U.S. Su· ,.,., · :. '.t°, preme. Court

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· .. ::; Price con-·· trols meant ··• cheaper - gas,

'"""'""'""-.....-.· · which meant higher and higher consumption - but not bigger and bigger gas discoveries, because the con· trols deflected drilling capital to markets where greater eco­~omic return cculd be had; that · is, markets without price· con-tro~. ·

A thundering · discrepency soon arose. In the interstate market, where cont:"ols were in e!!ec"., gas · shortages began to crap up. But where gas stayed in· · the state that produced it, and so fetched whatever price it could, supplies were abundant. .

Here was a textbook ccse in .. the workings of the free market· piace. You would rnppose that by now we might haYe profited mightily from such a les$on. But you would be only pa~ly right.

IN 1973, Congress and PrB~i· dent Carte: werr! forced to throw their an:1-encrgy pro­ducer rhetoric into reverse. The hard evidence sho·,•:ed that un· le>S gas pri~es u:ere straightway decom:o!led, gas supplies wculd Jeon bfcome critically short.

r:: e: d~~d wa~ done, rut grudging!y. The lar1mekers de­cided that controls would be shuc!{ed slowly over seven

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alLThe ral gos . cost bil the con: men re · of the g bone !>1 pipelin".'. are f:::ur [ JS bill. aMy pn ·,qould iI :i3l bill: ye~r ..

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20 A \Vednesday, November 4, 1981

National Defense: -~ .. ..

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Building the Bl -. ~.~ ... --.: ·· ..

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L AUNCHED from a White House rostrum just a month ago, the

Bl bomber already is en­countering heavy flak as it tries to penetrate the fog of Congress.

The President proposes building 100 Els to repl3ce aging B52s, thus undoing Jimmy Carter's 1977 deci­sion to kill the Bl program aborning. The Bls would come into service in 1987. Then, in the · early 1990s, along would come the "stealth" bomber, the so­called "invisible" aircraft. Thus the third leg of the strategic triad - ground-, air- and sea-launched mis­siles - would be rendered as sturdy as the others, if not in fact sturdier.

But money is starting to overshadow the Bl debate, as it overshadows nearly everything in Washington these days. Costs for the Bl program are rising - from $19.7 billion last spring to $20.S billion, owing to pians for improved equipment. Defense Secretary Wein­berger himself acknowl­edges that inflation will drive costs still higher.

Sen.3tors on both sides of the aisle accordingly have declared or hinted that the nation cannot afford both the Bl and the "stealth" bomber. Senate Republican whip Ted Stevens quotes ap­provingly a CIA study show­ing that B52s, f itted with cruise missiles, could effec­tively do the Bl 's work. A major struggle could be in the making. And what a dreary prospect that is.

The Bl bomber program should have been cranked up four years ago. Here we are with a second chance to

Leonid Brezbnev:

Sov ie t P:-?~' i d ent Leonid 5re::l:-. ne•; h :::i s !Jeen busil v poh.-;t.~ng his n u cle2.r doti­b l c - ~ iuk rC'. . .ltine . th~ t :.s , prc:o.ising any::hin r: th~t suits Sc viet purposes. Ov.::r the weekend, Brezhnev promised that_ West Ger-

strengthen, in the near as opposed to the distant fu­ture, our capability to deter nuclear war. And some law- ,. makers waffle.

Well, it won't do. The "stealth" concept is a splen­did one, and clearly we must embrace it. But what happens while we wait for "stealth" planes to come on · line in the early '90s? ·The:· BS2, excellent plane as it is, dates back to 1962. The Bl is designed to fly lower; its: . . contours present less · of ·a ·· target ·for Soviet missiles; it can get off the ground_more quickly in case of ,Soviet at­tack.

· The Air Foree ·. protests. that the CIA report cited by-· Sen. Allen is outdated -that the Bl, as presently de­signed, is even less visible to radar than previously.

The Bl is expensive? Yes, to be sure; but here is an ar­resting statistic: In 1976 we could have built 244 Bls for S20 billion, which as we say is the understated cost of 100 today. The longer we put . off needed programs, . the more expensive-they get.

Alas, putting . off such programs has become a habit with Americans in the past 15 years. P....s the Penta­gon's share of the budget has shrunk steadily, so has this c o ~ :ntry's ability to warn off or repel its ene­mies. However formidabie­see!!ling, S20 billion is one­thirty-fifth of a $700 'billion budget. It is little enough, one would think, to help get America 's defenses up to snuff after a decade of ne­glect and. decline.

Why not build the Bl and "st ealth" b-Jth, ' when the choice is your money or your life?

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· . hiing iii the .air as · the ' , nerv Navy officer tapped out a meS- :_'~~: sage on the wooden lecturn,- .· . . _ n~th

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to re Americ:m prisoners used to communicate through their eveni

prison walls. ' Til

He told the Dallas conven· · cited tior:.eers how the POWs memo- · · rized the names of all 450 prison­ers and recounted them each day, in ·czise one w~s freed and could account for the others. They shared Bible verses, like

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·tearn1 the 22rd .Psalm~ And they . well 2 memorized -pcet:y; tapping out · out al each word, each line. one stanza Brow1 a day. tier,

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i wayman . We 'd get cne verse a 1 day H.:1 C it was like th r Si.'.S:1P.DSe

A W<! !chin~ sonp operas. We c ::rn~C: h.'.lrdly w~it n:itil the nex: ci;~ y to fir:d out what Bess the innke~per's daugJ.ter would say to the highwayman," Coffee re­call ed.

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 2, 1981

PHOTO OP WITH COLLEGE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

DATE: December 3, 1981 LOCATION: Oval Office

FROM: A. Morgan Mason

PURPOSE

The College Republican National Committee is currently putting together a brochure for distribution to campuses and would like to include this picture in the brochure.

BACKGROUND

The College Republican National Cormnittee is an arm of the Republican National Conunittee and is mobilized in an effort to attract college-aged voters to participate in the Republican Party.

PARTICIPANTS

Jack Abramoff, Chairman Grover Norquist, Executive Director

Also attending, A. Morgan Mason from the Political Affairs office.

PRESS PLAN

No press coverage. White House photographer.

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 2, 1981

DROP-BY AT MEETING OF MANAGING EDITORS

DATE: LOCA.TION: TIME: FROM:

I. PURPOSE:

Thursday, December 3, 1981 The Roosevelt Room 3:50 p.m. (10 minutes) Karna Smal tS:

To greet some 40 Managing Editors of newspapers (with circulation over 50,000), make a few remarks about the economy and current budget battle with the Congress, and answer a few questions. The group is scheduled to arrive at 3:00. They will be briefed on our communications operations by Dave Gergen and Karna Small. At 3:30, Ed Meese and Jim Baker will join the group and take questions on a variety of subjects (we anticipate most interest in the economy, federalism and perhaps some local issues).

II. BACKGROUND:

This group is in town attending a seminar sponsored by the American Press Institute, a non-profit organization which conducts seminars and workshops for the print media. During this Seminar which lasts several days, the group will have heard sessions on "Business & Economic Coverage'', "Improving Sports Coverage", "Ethics and Credibility" and just before they come to the White House, they will have a session on "The Newsroom Budget and Cost Control." (they have budget problems too) .

III.PARTICIPANTS

The President Edwin Meese James Baker Karna Small Plus 39 Managers (see Attached list) - Note that there are many from California, 6 from Canada and one from Brazil.

IV. PRESS PLAN

White House Photographer

V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

You will enter the Roosevelt Room and then either standing, or sitting at the Conference table, make a few remarks and answer a few questions.

VI. REMARKS

See attached - Tab B

TAB A

BRIEFING

FOR

MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PRESS INTITUTE

December 3, 1981

ALABAMA

David W. Brown Birmingham Post-Herald Birmingham, Alabama

Kenneth M. Hare The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama

CALIFORNIA

Ernest E. Hines The Daily Review Hayward, California

John P. Lindsay Los Angeles Herald Examiner Los Angeles, California

John D. Dix Los Angeles Times-Washington Post

News Service Los Angeles, California

Henry M. Freeman, Jr. Oakland Tribune Oakland, California

Michael J. Parman Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California

Peter K. Bhatia San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California

DELAWARE

J. Taylor Buckley, Jr. The Morning News & Evening Journal Wilmington, Delaware

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Charles W. Hucker Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report Washington, D. C.

FLORIDA

Earl R. Maucker Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Richard T. Allport The Florida Times-Union Jacksonville, Florida

Stephen K. Sink The Miami Herald Miami, Florida

LOUISIANA

James D. Buchanan State Times Baton Rouge, Louisiana

MASSACHUSETTS

Peter A. Stilla The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts

David H. Humphrey Morning Union/Sunday Republican Springfield, Massachusetts

John P. Widdison Worcester Telegram Worcester, Massachusetts

MICHIGAN

James F. Vesely The Detroit News Detroit, Michigan

MINNESOTA

Stephen E. Ronald Minneapolis Tribune Minneapolis, Minnesota

MISSOURI

Keith W. Chrostowski The Kansas City Times Kansas City, Missouri

NEW YORK

Clifford C. Hebard Hera 1d-Journa1 Syracuse, New York

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OHIO

Richard W. Otte Columbus Dispatch Columbus, Ohio

John B. Tillson, Jr. Dayton Daily News Dayton, Ohio

Dave C. Wohlfarth Dayton Journal Herald Dayton, Ohio

OREGON

Peter Thompson Oregon Journal Portland, Oregon

PENNSYLVANIA

James L. Tripodi Beaver County Times Beaver, Pennsylvania

RHODE ISLAND

Mark Silverman Providence Evening Bulletin Providence, Rhode Island

TEXAS

Paula Moore The El Paso Times El Paso, Texas

WASHINGTON

Joann K. Byrd The Herald Everett, Washington

BRAZIL

Paulo H. Amorim Jornal do Brasil Rio de Janeiro

CANADA

Kevin B. Peterson The Calgary Herald Calgary, Alberta

E. Neville Le Capelain London Free Press London, Ontario

Robert L. Hughes Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan

Shirley Sharzer The Globe and Mail Toronto, Ontario

Eric O'Higgins The Providence Vancouver, British Columbia

Alex MacGillivray Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia

AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE

John G. Finneman Associate Director

Donald E. Lippincott Associate Director

Elwood M. Wardlow Associate Director

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TALKING POINTS TAB B

--Welcome - it's nice to see such a cross-section of the

country represented here today - with a large representation

from my home state of California (6).

--I'm sure you all have been well-briefed by Ed Meese and

Jim Baker on many issues, but there is one issue that

I'd like to emphasize today and that is our commitment

to control this federal budget which is fast getting

out of hand!

--The December 15th expiration date for the present Continuing

Resolution is approaching quickly -- we are continuing

our work with the leadership in both the House and Senate

to finalize the fiscal '82 appropriations -- but as I've

said many times, we are into the second month of the

second year with no real budget in place -- and you all

know that in your own states, you simply can't operate

in that manner!

--But I am hopeful that we CAN control spending -- we are

already seeing some hopeful signs on the economic front:

.. the inflation rate, as measured by the CPI, has fallen

from 12.4% in 1980 to 9.6% in the first ten months

of this year (and last month's rate was just 4.4%)

.. wholesale prices are encouraging -- with a rise of

only7.5% (compared to 11.8% in 1980)

.. and then there are interest rates ... they've also

begun to drop - the prime rate has reached a 12 month

low.

--Yes, we are encouraged, but we still have a long way to

go - just let me emphasize that we ARE committed to

holding the line, sticking with our program and making

it work for all Americans!

Now I'd be glad to answer a few questions - but I do have

a meeting in just a few minutes.

9: 00 am (30 min)

9:30 am (15 min)

9:45 am (45 min)

10:30 am ( 15 min)

11:00 am (30 min)

11:30 am (20 min)

12:00 m ( 60 min)

1:00 pm (60 min)

2:00 pm ( 30 min)

2:30 pm · (60 min)

4:00 pm (30 min)

4:30 pm (5 min)

4:35 pm ( 5 min)

5:00 pm (30 min)

5:30 pm

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE Thursday, December 3, 1981

ff I .­

Sta f['ime (Baker, Meese, Deaver)

Senior Staff Time

Person 1 Staff Time

Dropby \~eeting of President's Commission on Housing (Martin Anderson) (TAB A)

Personl l Staff Time

Dropby Meeting with Presidents and Execu­tive o·rectors of State Municipal Leagues and Co ,nty Associations (Richa4d Williamson)

Lunch J~ th tile Vice President

(TAB B)

\ Reader'~ Digest Interview

(TAB C)

UNPUBLISHED December 2, .19 8~ 5:00 pm

Oval Off ice

Oval Office

Oval Off ice

Cabinet Room

Oval Office .

East Room

Oval Off ice

Oval Off ice

v (provided h~e separately) _

Executi Intelligence Order Briefing Oval Off ice (Ad.iuira Nance)

Meeting (distributed separatel§)abinet Room (Admira

Court es of The

by Robert Decherd as Morning News

akes) (TAB D)

Coilege Republican National Cornmitte Representatives • (Lyn Nofziger) '.ABE

Staff Time (Baker, Meese, Deaver)

To the Residence

Oval Office

Oval Off ice

Oval Off ice

Oval Off ice

Residence

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 2, 1981

MEETING WITH HOUSING INDUSTRY LEADERS DATE: Thursday, December 3, 1981 LOCATION: Cabinet Room TIME: 10:30 a.m. (15 minutes)

I. PURPOSE

Announcement by the President of changes in ERISA regulations to permit construction-oriented pension funds to invest in residential mortgages and to provide greater freedom for all pension funds to invest additional monies in housing.

These actions, recommended by the President's Commission on Housing in its Interim Report to the President of October 30, 1981, are being taken by the Department of Labor.

II. BACKGROUND

The impact of current economic conditions on the housing industry is severe. Housing starts are at an all-time low. The ability of construction-oriented pension funds to invest in housing will represent a new and very important source of funds for the industry.

This event provides the President with the opportunity to personally identify with these regulatory changes in response to the recommendations of his national Housing Commission. Moreover, in announcing these changes, the President demonstrates his concern about the difficulties the housing sector is experiencing through positive deregulatory action by his Administration.

III. PARTICIPANTS

The President Secretary Donovan secretary Pierce

ATTENDEES

National Association of Home Builders

Fred Napolitano, President Elect David Stahl, Executive Vice-President Robert Bannister, Senior Staff Vice-President Government

Affairs '

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National Association of Realtors

Al Abrams, Senior Vice-President, Government Affairs

u.s. League of Savings Associations

Rollin Barnard, Past Chairman Rick Hohlt, Assistant Vice-President, Government Affairs

Mortgage Bankers of America

Mark Reidy, Executive Vice-President

Labor

John T. Joyce, President International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafts

Housing Commission

William F. McKenna, Chairman Carla A. Hills, Vice-Chairman Gordon c. Luce, Chairman, Housing Finance Task Force

Mayor Richard Carver Gary Brown Kent Colton Bernard Carl Maurice Mann Preston Martin Bernard Siegan George Shafran Kenneth Thygerson

N. PRESS PLAN

Small White House Press Pool

White House Photographer

V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

The President will be seated at Cabinet Table between secretaries Donovan and Pierce.

At the conclusion of the President's remarks, he will introduce Secretary Donovan for a few words, followed by secretary Pierce.

B .

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 2, 1981

DROP-BY BRIEFING FOR PRESIDENTS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF STATE MUNICIPAL LEAGUES AND COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS

Thursday, December 3, 1981

9:00 - 11:50 a.m.

(You will drop by at 11:30 - 11:50 a.m.)

East Room

I. PURPOSE

To brief approximtely 150 Executive Directors and Presidents of state municipal leagues and county associations on the Administration's Federalism policy, the 1983 budget, and other issues of concern to cities and counties.

II. BACKGROUND

The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs has arranged briefings for over 1,200 state and local officials over the past ten months. These briefings have produced support for the President's programs. Local officials have a strong interest in the Administration's policies and their impact on counties, cities and towns.

Attached are suggested Talking Points. Also attached is a description of the current debate with respect to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) to prepare you for the questions you will most likely receive on that subject.

III. PARTICIPANTS

The Vice President Secretary Richard Schweiker

Department of Health and Human Services Chairman Murray Weidenbaum

Council of Economic Advisors Deputy Secretary Darrell Trent

Department of Transportation Deputy Undersecretary June Koch

Department of Housing and Urban Development Richard S. Williamson

150 Presidents and Executive Directors of state municipal leagues and county associations

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V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

9:00 - 9:05 a.m.

9:05 - 9:30 a.m.

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

11:30

11:50

VI. ATTACHMENTS

Richard s. Williamson welcomes the group.

Deputy Undersecretary June Koch makes remarks on the HUD budget, CDBG, housing programs.

Secretary Schweiker makes brief remarks on HHS programs and the block grants.

Deputy Secretary Trent makes brief remarks on DOT programs and FY 83 budget outlook.

Murray Weidenbaum makes brief remarks on the state of the economy and the Administration's economic policy.

The Vice President arrives and makes remarks on regulatory relief.

You will arrive and make brief remarks. (See Attachment I -­Talking Points.)

You may leave

Meeting adjourned.

1) Suggested Talking Points 2) CDBG and UDAG

Attachment II

CDBG and UDAG

On Tuesday, December 1, 1981, there was a leak about the OMB

proposal to eliminate the Community Development Block Grant

(CDBG) and Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) programs in

fiscal year 1984. Attached is an article from the December

2, 1981 Washington Post on the subject. For your infor­

mation, Senator Jake Garn (R-Utah), who is Chairman of the

Senate Banking Committee has said he thinks this proposal is

"stupid" and Secretary Sam Pierce has said he is going to

fight to continue CDBG and UDAG.

Be careful that you don't get trapped into taking a position

on the subject one way or another.

WASHINGTON POST

December 2, 1981

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· :- · . --.., ,. . . _ .· _ .·· ,- :· . . -'abcive would b~· an ec~no~ic poliCy: ' but ~nly to about i50,000. The hous> .: and is wholly lacking in realisll) and . . \\'hat \\·e . h_ave is not ·an_: economic: • ing programs e.re eixpected to cost ' responsibility." . .. , ... .- , . . . policy." . .: .· " . ~ c. , • · • > .. nearly "$ 10 billion in fi scal 1983, be~ :

.. : But Republicans ~\;ere afa~ criticiµ. : ;~ __ . -. Sn~lling _appealed _to· t~e .assem~ . : hlnd o~ly Medicaid and. fo_od stamps ·: _Guest speaker Mark-0. Hatfield (R-<.'. bled offici?-ls .to join the· govern.ors in' 1 for the poor. ! .:: - ";:-;::>: '. · -J . : :. ' · ,Ore.),. c~airrnan of !he Sena~~ .AP~ ···: · seeking .an _econo.mic su~mit witry ~ '·:., . Neithe~ . HUD . n~r . ,0~1B : would : propriat1ons Committee, cntic1zed ··- .· the president to discuss budget cuts. · . comment .on the _ co~h:mpl~ted cuts. : the administration . for cutting dq~ - - ~ ,: · \_\'.hile Snelling was ·speaking · iri ·· The Stockman proposal is not final; . mestic programs whi)e increasing -- Detroit," the U.S. Conference of May.;. : HUD Secretary" $i!nuel R. Pierce _' defense. And the_rnost stlnging crit-- · -0.rs>eported here that O!\.ffi Director · Jr:, said to be angry over the propos-} !cism of the day came from Vermont·~ David A. Stockman had notified th~ al,_ ~as the right to appeal _to tne } Gov. Richard S:Jellin", a Republican . Department ' of Ho.using and Urban : president, who p1ans to hold a serie8 I ::.xid chairman 9f the

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National Gov- De\·elopment that he Wil.'1ts to phase ; . of _budget !Jlee.tings with 9abinet ·of: : ~rnors Association: . ·-: ".:O.. .: : . . 0'.-1t by i~84 the existing. progia:n of : -~_cers, .star,ting.th_iS }\'eek_. · . ~,. :, ;. ', '.::./'. ~ ''Frankly, I think that what 1s. commumty development· · block _: , S_ources s,a.1d._8_t?ck_z:n_~ wants to ; h2ppening is that we are . having an · · grants and a companion progi-am 0( . reduce the commllJ1itY; and urban : economic Bay of Pigs," Snelling said. . urb~ , develo.pment action grants;. developme~t .. gra11_t . pr?gran;s . from ; ~What is happening is that . . . we · _He has also told the department he ;- .the $3.6 ~1!110n . a~t~o:i~ed . 1n, ,fiscal -: get tax cuts,"w hich pleases the sup- wants to pro\ide authority in fiscal . 1?~2 ~~. '.$_2.4 .b_1lhon 1~ .~982_, .,$1.2_' ply siders. We get budget cuts, which 1983 for no new subsidized housing . : b1!l10n m 198~ and :,ehmmate , neyv pleases • the mone.t<uists. We gef un its for the 'poor . . , ·. · , . .· · - . .. · :. ~udget-_autho_nty, _ al~g~~~er ~-~-t!ng-: dribs and drabs of federalism and we . . In re.cent years, the . number . of ; ' _ 1n fi scal_ 1984.,:; . :. : ;;«( .· -~ : :;·: :~ ·. ·.': · .. :· ialk. about it a lot, . which appea.Ses . new units . au thorized annu ally for . · : Sources said Stock1!1an wants to the federalists; .' and _ we . sure. are these programs for the poor, which .. C'.11'.cel some .of the_l50,000 new SU~" whacking a\,;ay at the _substance. of.: .. _include the so7called Section 8 pro» __ . sidize~ housmg u~1\s .C~rigress votep· · gO\·'ernment .·.- .;.J'he ·problem with ·' grarri _ind public housing, has beeri : ;. for thi~ y~ar, then ehmmate ~~ . new ; this potpourri' is that it is in fact riot i running ·at more than 200,000: In.: .· a.uthor:zation_s for. the . low,-m~9me ; P1 _'eco~omic_ policy._ Any . of the " fiscal 1982,_ the Republ_frans ~ut this,< ~ ~n ! ts i~ _fiscal 1983, reve.rsmg ~w~ ·;

.... , _ . . .. ,. , . _ .. : ,_,._.. . -· .. ,,. -.. , . . '"' '- . .i: . generations off ederal . hous ing policy ..

---- -~ ; . Other. sources said a handful _of riew '~

1: ·units ,might be funded in fiscal 1983. " i: .. HUD s own request for fiScal 1983 : 1.: . was f 9r an added 100,000 to 144,000 ·. l~ ' units. :- , . . · ' : .. ' , . ·i . : ·, .- -~ · --', : ; In "place of__the. existing progran:is, ; i · . Stockman reportedly is considering ~ ~- giving large . nlimbers o( low~income { 1: househol?_~ .. per~ap~ ~ ~- ·many1 : a'.s : [·; . , ~00,000, . v~~cne.rs 1 __ worth ., . s_fT!all • : · 'amounts of"money"which the)r' could ' ~,·. ap~ly" agai~st . t~eir.' rentS .. This)def · . has . bee~ put_ fo!w8.!~ bY, _ the_· pr~- .'

l. 'ident's advisory committee on hoos- : , · ing as less costly and otherw'ise p"ref. ~ - erable · to existinr; subsidies, which_ ... commit the government to keep up t payments over perfods of 15 vears or ::-more. - · · · . • ··

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WAS HI N GTO N

December 2, 1981

MEETING WITH EDITORS OF READER'S DIGEST DATE: DecemEer 3, 1981 LOCATION: Oval Office TIME: 1:00 p.m. (60 minutes)

L!. FROM: Larry Speakes {)

Peter Roussel

I. PURPOSE

To meet with editors of Reader's Digest to answer questions on foreign and domestic issues. Also an opportunity to discuss accomplishments of the Administration of past year.

II. BACKGROUND

This session will be used for an article to be printed in the February edition of Reader's Digest. It should be noted that Reader's Digest has the world's largest circulation.

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III. PARTICIPANTS

Edward T. Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Kenneth O. Gilmore, Managing Editor William Schulz, Washington Editor Antonio Rodriguez Villar, Editor-in-Chief,

Latin American editions (Mexico City) Ko Shioya, Editor,

Japanese edition (Tokyo) Larry Speakes Peter Roussel

IV. PRESS PLAN

White House Photographer

V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

After introductions, a sixty-minute question and answer session will begin.

Attachments: Possible Q&A's

D

I. PURPOSE

THE WHITE HOUSE

WAS H INGT O N

December 2, 1981

MEETING WITH ROBERT DECHERD DATE: December 3, 1981 LOCATION: Oval Office TIME: 4:30 (5 minutes)

FROM: Peter Roussel PR--

An opportunity for Robert Decherd, Executive Vice President of The Dallas Morning News, to present the President with a personally inscribed edition of The Texas Almanac.

II. BACKGROUND

Mr. Decherd had requested an opportunity to make a courtesy call on the President and make the presentation of The Texas Almanac. It should be noted that The Dallas Morning News endorsed the President in 1980 and has been highly supportive of the Administration in its editorials. Joe M. Dealey, pub­lisher of the paper, had originally been scheduled to make the presentation but had to cancel due to illness.

III. PARTICIPANTS

Robert Decherd, Executive Vice President, The Dallas Morning News

Carl Leubsdorf, Washington Bureau Chief, The Dallas Morning News

Peter Roussel

IV. PRESS PLAN

White House Photographer

V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

After greetings, Mr. Decherd will present The Texas Almanac to the President.

Attachments: Recent editorials of The Dallas Morning News

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Burl Osborne, Executive Editor Jim Wright, Editorial Director

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Presidential Veto: : ·(

. Reagan Forbids· .. : ~ . · : 1

V ETO - the Latin for "I forbid": Two stern words that could

have saved the United States considerable . misery had they been pronounced often enough in the past.

Here now is Ronald Reagan, wielding the veto power with firmness and ex­traordinary · daring. And what a heartening sight it is.

What Reagan forbade Monday was the operation of all but the most critical federal programs - at any rate until Congress got se~ rious about whittling spend· ing down · to ' the level he wants. Congress quickly got at least semi-serious, agree­ing to a less costly_ spei;iding

· proposal, . effective .:until Dec.15.

For such a move . -. as ' Reagan's there are no prec­edents. · No chief executive within memory has vetoed a continuing resolution, whereby the funding of gov­ernment programs is as­sured until Congress can bestir itself and pass the · necessary . appropriations bills.

The Reagan veto sends two important messages. The first is that, in this mat­ter of budgetary restraint, the President will not be trifled with. The second is that the deficit will not be closed with tax increases, as many congressmen on both sides of the aisle would like. Rather, the President mP.ans to hold the line on spending until his tax cuts begin to take hold and the economy starts pulling out of the re­cession.

The delivery of these two messages is in fact more crucial than the dollar amounts at issue. The vetoed bill was a compro-mise whereur:der total

Police Assessment:

spending was reduced about 2 percent across the board . . By exposing a greater num­ber of programs to the knife, Democrats claimed that just as much money ' would be cut as Reagan had wanted. ·

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veto is . not only proper but ttt:~~,) useful. Again and a·gain con- , · gressmen have leaned on the stop-gap funding bill a5 a means of spending more without actually passing _the

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relevant appropriation. -· ....... .,,. , •. Thus spending got locked.in , ./ ~ · , .. ,\. ,r.,. ~ · :,;:-.x

;::~;~~!tl~ci:¥u~. ;~: ·~T, · .· o· - -· T- ·· · ell-':'(~t: i The veto is - :,among . · · f]

any president's · : sharpest _.. , . weapons,: and it is· good .• to, t}~ ~?A - , , ·.,, . .. .. ~· -~-v see it brandished by'a presi• \ 'By William Murchison _ worke dent _ whose dem,_cmstrated", . :.~f.t!t~!ft~~ _ ._: .. ._ . :--._' " - ~~ey d1 s~illshave been_m~stly con- · · _' p· _ . .BiLIP Nicolaides, whO- .- . ~· · Um fmed . to rhetoric and p~r- ' _ · used· to ply the political - recogi; suasion. · The Congress will . ' ·, PR trade U1 Diillas beforei,,, : ¥!-eapo: now know that · Ronald mdving on to Ho~0n -and l~ter ;::t,. ~ ~onan Reagan means to · hang to· California, is -in. trouble with '.': , ,. tpith · tough on spending ·- come 'the · Washing-)'~/. .tpith. , to think of it, like his most ton Post ·and} :" 9-:pu fr~ recentRepublicanpredece~- . ' tii~ere!.are-: ~-"'"~' 11:. -.. . . ~-., -· ··· ··--.,,,--commi sordid. ; · . . ,, presumably, -";· .. - .

Sixty-one times Gerald '~r ~1! with other Uruted Ford wielded the veto; 12 .· . ) ~i~ s p;o k es men ~trongi times he was overridden - \¥%> for popular if 1 ma)

h' h ' h ·:·f/' > en.light n~ ganda : ~~~e~om~e!g:~. w~~~ :fs , ?kj., ment. . ·. e, ~ childn many more Republican · This is oecause Nicoiafde~ · one in troops than did Ford. For~ the new -head of commentarr . eral .d bidding th,e enactment of and_ analysis for· the Voice of . only J~ costly spending· bills; Ford . A~erica, ha~ ~ novel i_dea. He · · ~eec tl: helped prune inflation from thinks the . Vo1ce really. should. an

h spea.k for America :..... trunip_et~ - ever ge

more t an 12 percent to Iess .. ing ... America's successes<and: than 5 percent by the time what necessarily will consume he left office. · · · · , · · · even .- more air. time, •the Soviet ·· We all know what~s hap-- . Union's failures;, · .. :., , '., _; · • :·: . pened since then, and, it : Incensed. that a_ propaganda· isn't plee.san t. That's . wliy : forum might. be used for. pro pa• one is glad to see Reagan · _ganda puri)Oses, the Post-grumps-·'" throwing his weight - that Nicolaide·s hasn't been fired around, even if it's as much for ·h1s presumptioO: Thereby for symbolic as for substan- und~rscoring-how much Ronald tive purposes. Maybe Con- - Reagan has to teach the city in gress' big spen<lers are find- ... which.ne.nowdwells.- , -; .. , . '. ingoutatlastwhattheyare '_ -.' _,: · ·._·: '_ · · _·;. .: ,: x.~\· : up ngainst. IT ISN'T enough that Reagan

must teach basic economics -the uses of freedom ., incentives

. and · alJ that. He has to demon· · strate that truth can be - must

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l>e - put in harness; by a n.!!tion­detennined to preeerveits liher: ties against implacable enemies.

Smug butthe 1 the obv enough strongly try's .Virl those vii actually

One of the new ideas that sprang out of the City Coun­cil's brainstorzrriD g retreat over ·rhe weel<: 2rrd offers one way to improv2 polic e pro­tection.

The idea is for a special , 1·time police "ta x" to help cover the cost nf bringing ~h~ Dallas police force up to

If there are t3ngible ways to t!"<in slat£: the money into a more ~ffec~i~.,r c police fcrce, tb.i::: i~ i.:: pos:ible a n0~1-bin - i i.n~ str;r .v vote cculd be ad(~ed to an u ocom­i1"g bond me.s.su::e . Voters then could indicate if they wo:.iid he wi11ing to pay n sepnrate assessm ent to .-.,rn-

".t'ropaganda" is a. word that Dr. Goebbels spoiled for all time, nor does· Nicolaides ·him­self illenn to rehabilitate it. The United States needn't lie, as did . tte N-3zis for a dozen yenrs, as do 'd::1P. Soviets still. There is no need for lies, even if they

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24 A Thursday, November 19, 19~1 '· ' : t Mf 0'NEl~L:ikHEki\T Reagan Speech: . ·, : :-: '., ~ ; , ; ~? ~Lr<UNlVE.RolT'COF'. CRE~TlYit . 0 th Off ... .. ·-~· . ·:~;;, :·; : ·· .. ~:~', ::'ARLBEGJNNJN~ -.. TOJJNDE . n ·. e . ~ ens1ve/·: ~- ~~ :~·::. \':.1NHY1AH£R~·-3oyR5iHERE·'

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T HE President's mter- be stramed by the search- .,:,:. ~TA-TUS·: .. ,~: ;:;···r~'. . .,i'." .. :; ·

~:e~~all~n· b~°:~~:~: !~~w c~;~i!~:: a~':a~=~~:~·- '.. <'-· .. _.I\_ ... )·'f:'?~?~t!~~, arms reducti6n was more ful warmonger: · J . • • ,. ~ • • •

than a brilliant rhetorical What will be at ~east : as performance - it was a bril- interesting as watchipg the: liant tactical stroke that Soviets squirm is observi.ng i puts _ the Soviet . Union the reactions of the: nucle~r . ; squarely on the spot. · disarmament ·. rnovem~nt;._ , .. _~ .

The President has told both here and in We~te~Ii _- , the Soviets, who have been Europe. The . Reag~!l,~spe.ech ;< ... ~~ ·:: .~_...,..__,,,_.,.__ __ ~, proclaiming their peaceful provides a filfi'anS ofseparat•: .. · :·~;::., ... ' , , . __ intentions everywhere - ing the wheat from th~ : . , . even the Harvard campus - chaff - the sincerely peace-to put up or shut up. Of ful, who will· see .the Reagan · • . , _ -:.:-· course · the message is speech as ·responsive·i to . · · -., ·'· · ph;rased much · more diplo- their concerns, from; '. the~.;,;; .~~,:.,,. '. .~:<··~:: ::.,·j~:~~~~ -_-; :<~~€-§f~:~·t~ ma~~~11i'ii~~~~ ~;:t it comes ~~:~le~~~~n~~~~~~t :~~~ .~. : -~ .t) ;; ,c i.: '.~~-i':i · , - · ·:~ .. ;¥.~.5; < to: If the Soviets want to cow, as the ·problem.'' . ·· ·~. . . ·: 1 · sa· ·rm·. . . ·.·1··· ·_ ease the likelihood of nu- · By ·speaking ~ -. he · ha~ - • . . .: .. · , • ;·~. ~J clear war; then let them, done, . the Pi:eSi.derit- ". has . , . . :::; ; .· .. ·. ·. ·. : ... ·= , :: '. ~ :: acting in concert with us, scored what doubtless- _can . ·.·' : ·. · take meaningf~l steps be called a ~~o~~~~Il~~·/Yi9~ . By ~iiliatji Murch~n :.:>·:: ~~ toward that end. tory. - ,. · . .... ~., ~·f~ . ··:--· .~, .IWociateEdftor : •. - · .. . : __ . - · , ~ ·> ,,,

Let them first of all dis- . To be:;· ~ure.~Jlill,cli . morfi: .. . · . -°'~· .·. : -!.~ - \7flfi'~ ; :·iry,.::·~ . • . . • . · · ' .w •. " ·,,· ._. -·' ··. -~' • ff HUNDEROUSLY building ~ .. [·

mantl~ t.he1r s.s~o. SS4 and than prol':~gand~-r-p~me1y!'f - , ~ . to his historic.demand ~_:·~ , 1' SSS . ~1ss1les~ wh1c~. thoug~ pea~e - -~s_},~.:·:t..~~~· :·_P.ere; ·: :·Giye me liberty-_ofi·g.tve · .. -::f. ; positioned m Soviet terr1- which mea~s · :that . . : th~, me death'~ _ Patrick Henry set~.:-~ · tory, can hit anything in: Reagan proposal'must·be ex~ -forth th~ contemporary-.state'cf/ ~·: Western Europe or North amined in practical as well~ ,. · Ang_lo·A~eti-'-_. ~ Africa. In return, the.United as symbohc . t~rms . . l:Ie~e <>• can '~relations.'" . : '.µ~ States will call off the again there is cause . for· ''Men· ... 0\ cri .'.;~.+. planned deployment of praise and hope: The, most -~ace;".·'; ;sai<t~(r~: . Pershing and cruise mis- important item,on the Presf-; .. '·· .Henry; "when. J.: ? siles in five European coun- dent's agenda ·is reducing there is no ' :_ ' tries. strategic, inter~ontinen.tal ~ace." ;-; -.' ::;::;. 1

Then let the Sqviets join weaponry. . . , _ . . .· . . -. SQ it was iit ; , 0 1

us in talks specifically SALT II would ··have re- . . 1775.'So it 1,$ .. in ::'. ---~ ~ aimed at achieving "sub- duced our share of such . 1981. Not that the nucleantisa:t:"~.: , · stantial reductions in (stra- weaponry without much. af- . .. mament movement has conde­tegic) nucle.ar ~eapons." fecting the la~ger -~viet " :.~ _ _scended to notice. · . _ - ~_.; .. :,i Let them llkew1se work share. The President recog- .. ... .. The othe~ day, as if ti~~h~~.""' -~ ~ with us to reduce conven- nizes that for arms talks to-··- T lur~~ed, bac.Kward ~nd , it; ~~r~:, · J 1 tional forces in Europe and mean anything there must ::- the 60s all ,ov.:~r ag~x;i; a ~9\lple. ;-:., ~J to ' prevent the possibility of be mutual' and balanced· re-.. , .. ofthousand.w.~menma~ch~on:.)~ :'t an accidental holocaust. ductions. The Soviets , will.: ' · the. Pe;itago~ .. d~.andi.µg ,~th~~}'.; ~ ·8 Pl . I th R kick about this but Reaga . their government: ~rrest the na•- - . a

a1n Y e ea~an . ' n · clear arms race. Suety-two of the ·. · . speech puts the . Umted has. made pla~n the terms on - women were arrested instead.~ :. · : a States on the offensive - so which America can afford · to speak. A generous offer to to talk. MEA.NwmJ.E. -in' N~; York . : :, h walk the way of peace has So, says the President,. · _·City, th.e Riverside Chu.rch., (the,_ n come from the White House. let's- talk. His . speech. is · n " Rev. William Sloane Co°ffin sen-;_, ··o The intellectual resources first-ra~e point <;if departure_:, ~· ~lax , ministerJ=-w~ }lutting 'o~ :a ;• \:,:; · of the Kremlin's whole for a Journey mcalc~lably · nuclear. . disarmament. :confer.::. - ,· b propaganda apparatus , wili urgent to the world~ · · : .. ~·'e.rice: Here~til'e 'sti;uggle . agairiSt , _ · ~ :

. · t any, buildup of the Amenc~ nu, ... ; - .. ·slear arsenal was described. by .. ;;. ; 01

The "VVashington Follies: _one enthusiasdc delegate as "a . ~; .

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Old B S./- ~ k B k : : .. '.fhe djsarmameµt · Iµ.ove~en_t,,':...., ',w

OYS . Lrl , e , a~ .: ~ - - l '~'~m.:~ca~·;i~¥le:a·~~X.~~b81w';ri~ :.::. l~ Time will tell whether . Etirop_e~n ,. chapters; exi~t. ._ .The... . ~ ~ w

administration and its poli- ~cvemen~'s goals are._noble a~l:Jd_.-;-.,\ fo someone's out to get Alexan- cies by making it appear f- .lofty. They may eve:l become be-· ,~ ' der Haig and Whether David that the Reaganauts don't ) ievable one day - the day on _'. ; Stockman has irretrievably know what they are doing .. : I which the R~v. William. Sloane - : w. ruined himself. The Justice This isn't so . odd when 1 Coffin, . a , chanting,. whooping 7;. ~ co Department will advise us you think about it. - What .. crowd at .his back. tramps down , · ~ whether Richard Allen, the Reagan h a s challenged is to the Soviet embassy in Wa.sh· in. national security .adviser, the Washington old-boy net.- · ington. demanding of the total!~ - sil solicited an honorarium for work_ the politicians, civil · tarian superpower no more,·no . . ·. ~ .1rranging an interview servants, academics, think- less, than is demanded of ~.c !.' ,: ~:i with Nancy Reagan. tankers, nundits and so.

What we're t rying to fig . forth who -can\ believe the ure out in the meantime is American p43ople · really whether the gossip mills in want a change of national the wnrlrl'C! mA<:> t- ,,.~~~•- '-·- -

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14 A Tuesday, November 10, 1981

Reaganom ics:

· The Gloom Lobby E LSEWHERE on this

page, Dr . Arthur A. Smith d ecries the tend­

ency of those who· helped make our economic mess -namely, the high priests of federal spending programs and deficits - to belabor and bedevil .those trying to clean up the mess namely, the apostles of Reaganomics.

In political terms, th e bedevilment is understand­able. The high priests, being out of power, want bac k in and so, at every opportunity, must lay into those who now wield the power.

In e conomic terms.

pend on buyers' expecta- · tions, when the nation is as­sured · t hat not only isn't prosperity around the cor- . ner - there isn 't even any corner.

The panic of the Republi­cans in Congress, and all the self-defeat ing talk they have genernted a bout rais­ing taxes, is due to fears that next year at the polls the O'Neilloc.rats will bludgeon them.

Yet there is ample cause -for hope. A recent survey by Fortune magazine says_ that the Reagan program of tax and spending cuts makes 90 pe rcent of business execu­t ives more optimistic. The executives don 't doubt that recovery is coming; about . half see it coming in the first six months of 1982, the other half in the second six.

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which one might suppose were of more immediate im­portance, the ongoing as­sault on the Reagan pro­gram is crude , cynical and· ultimately harmful to hopes for recovery. Not a few Dem­ocrats of the Tip O'Neill stamp, including Tip O'Neill himself, seem delighted when recovery fails to blow in on the next breeze. ·

Such a forecast is condi­tioned on the cost of money . s tarting to fall. And, lo, the prime rate is down to 17 per­cent. On the day that jobless­ness was disclosed to have reached 8 percent, the basic money supply was shown to h a ve dropped by $3.3 bil­lion. The economy contin­ues to cool, and w ith it the fierce inflation that got in­terest rates up in the first place.

. .L·. ET Us begin at the melan-· . : rest~ w' , · · choly beginning. The en- federai

.· · ergy crisis started in i954 .·. This with the imposition of federal Once :ai

Thus the speaker, ad­dressing the Fordham Busi­ness Conference the day that 8 percen t unemploy­ment hit the headlines, called the recession "a de­liberate and conscious pol­icy of this administration."

And what would Demo- · crnts do to address problems that suppurated while Dem­ocrats controlled the presi­dency an d both houses of Congress? O'Neill promised "reasona ble, . modest and flexib le" programs without saying what th ey were. T h e speaker d id strike a modestly penitent ial n ote. "I assure you," said he, "we a re ready to do things dif· fe rently than we have done t hem in the past." A sigh m ust have run through' the mir,ds of many listeners: "Let's hope so."

The doomsaying of the O'Neillocrats ma kes F.on ald Reagun 's task h arder thn:n it n eed. be. f:Cor in stance , it can': do :;-;iuch for the s!ock or bond markets , which de-

City Vebides:

The r ecession that in­spires T ip O'Neill to such flights of oratory may be here: just in t ime for next ye:ir 's tax cuts to sta rt rev iv­ing it , and fo r housing and car sales to turn upward if the cost of borrowing s li ps still m ore.

f\lot even a Wh ite House sp-;>ech writer would-suggest· ~hat from' herc: on ~ut every­th ing's going to be swell. Clearly it won 't be swell again for a long time, so deeply rooted are our prob­lems. But th ings aren'f h alf so bleak as depicted by the O'Neillocr ats , wh o, inciden- . t a lly, shot~ld watch their l lang u ~gi=.:. If tr .. ey are staking I cheir careers on the collapse . I of Reaganomics, !hey could , . f h k oe 1n.ora s .. oc .. j

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To believe tile m ::;intc;- even mor e nance figures on some City . nvailablE: . of Dalla.~ u<>h , ,. 1 0 ~

h orror stories

. pric~ controls on interstate nat- • control. ural gas, in ac- . !Ot~.the cordance . with a U.S. Su· sh_ouldE

· · :;1' preme. Court · ce~ed · ~ +W decision. • ~~te~: · ~

- ~·;: Price ·con· . ' trols meant Wafflin~

cheaper - gas, .......................... which meant

higher and higher consumption - but not bigger and bigger gas discoveries, because the con­trols deflected drilling capital to markets where greater eco­nomic return could be had; that · is, markets without prtca· con-trols. .. . ·

A thundering· discrepancy soon arose. In the interstate market, where controls were in effect, gas shortages began to crop up. But where gas stayed in ·· the state that prod~1ced it, and so fetched whatever price it could, supolies were abundant.

Here was a textbook case in~ the wor kings of the free market­piace. You would suppose that by now we might have profited mightily from such a lesson. But you would be only partly right.

IN 1978, Congress and Presi· dent Carte!" were forced to throw their anti-energy pro­ducer rhetoric into reverse. The hard evidence showed that un­less gas prices 'Pere str aightway Jecontrolled, gns supplies would soon become cr itically short.

The d~ed was done, but grudgingly. The lawmakers de­cided that controls would be shuc!<ed slowly over seven

The · causes:­

. found' cc ever' ac.l cost .ofg

·. Dallas;: ' !ins'. der ple, the. of ·gas triple, tc feet . by clutch tl: they.yot~

en~fg8s

TIIBA . - would ·n,

alt~The :1 . ral gas.is cost bille

. the comp ·. men.r epr

of: the grc bone st!:; pipeline . are four.f ps bilL aMy' proj1 -,qould fnc tial binS ye.er ..

There matter th< rapidly di does a sho. shor:tages trols . .

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20 A \Vednesday, November 4, 1981

National Defense: , ....

Building the Bl L AUNCHED from a

White House rostrum just a month ago, the

Bl ·bomber already is en­countering heavy flak as it tries to penetrate the fog of Congress.

The President proposes building 100 Bls to replace aging BS2s, thus undoing Jimmy Carter's 1977 deci­sion to kill the Bl. program aborning. The Bls would come into service in 1987. Then, in the · early 1990s, along would come the "stealth" bomber, the so­called "invisible" aircraft. Th us the third leg of the strategic triad - ground-, air- and sea-launched mis­siles - would be rendered as sturdy as the others, if not in fact sturdier.

But money is starting to overshadow the Bl debate, as it overshadows nearly · everything in Washington these days. Costs for the Bl program are rising - from $19.7 billion last spring to $20.S billion, owing to plans for improved equipment. Defense Secretary Wein­berger himself acknowl­edges that inflation will drive costs still higher.

Sena tors on both sides of the aisle accordingly have declared or hinted that the nation cannot afford both the Bl and the "stealth" bomber. Senate Republican whip Ted Stevens quotes ap­provingly a CIA study show­ing that BS2s, fitted with cruise missiles, could effec­tively do the Bl 's work. A major struggle could be in the making. And what a dreary prospect that is.

The Bl bomber program should h a ve been cranked up four years ago. Here we are w ith a second chance to ·

Leonid Brezhnev:

strengthen, in the near as opposed to the distant fu­ture, our capability to deter nuclear war. And some law-,. makers waffle.

Well, it won't .· do. : .The "stealth" concept is a .splen­did one, and clearly we must embrace it. But what happens while we wait for "stealth" planes to come on line in the early '90s? ·The : BS2, excellent plane as it is, dates back to 1962. The Bl is designed to fly lower; its ~·. · contours present less · of a target ·for Soviet missiles; it can get off the ground_more quickly in case of ,Soviet at­tack.

The Air Foree·. protests. that the CIA repo:rtcited by­Sen. Allen is outdated -that the Bl, as presently de­signed, is even less visible to radar than previously.

The Bl is expensive? Yes, to be sure; but here is an ar­resting statistic: In 1976 we could have built 244 Bls for $20 billion, which as we say is the understated cost of 100 today. The longer we put off needed programs, . the more expensive-they get. ·

Alas, putting . off such programs has become a habit with Americans in the • past 15 years. As the Penta­gon's share of the budget has shrunk steadily, so has this cm.:ntry's ability to warn off or repel its ene­mies. However formidable­seeming, $20 billion is one­thirty-fifth of a $700 billion budget. It is little enough, one would think, to help get America's defenses up to snuff after a decade of ne­glect and decline.

Why not build the Bl and "stealth" lx ,th, when the choice is your money or your life?

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.; . .' ::.·. -:.::- !. ~:'": f .. -l _; . ·'."". :1 • .T HE hotel 6aI1room was ' ,-e verst . h~hed ~- . and emotion ? : you: ·1

. hung in the -air ·as · the ·. ; nerv,i Navy officer tapped. out a meS- :~· ' ~1:' sage on the wooden lect~. · .· . . . n h .

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tap. · Taptap--- · ~ .whic. taptaptap. -· . ' 1

' Tll . Capt. ·Jerry· '''. by, ~( ·•• Coffee a pris- : · . whe~ . ' ··.· · POW oner of war \· . . .. . 1 ... · · · son

for . seven. · Th . ... years · ·and• .an un nine days in . . ,the b

Hanoi; was dramatically demon: plaY" strating the famous tap code the. she ft American prisoners used to to re·

eveni communicate through their prison walls.

. TH He told the Dallas conven- - cited

tioneers how the POWs memo- · chaos rized the names of all 450 prison- . · chair: ers and recounted them each · trays, day, in ·case one was freed and keep 1 could account for the others. as . th They shared Bible verses, like ·team( the 23rd Psalm. And they · .>: ~well. a memorized "'poetzy; tapping out · . out al each word, each line, one stanza Brow1 a day. · • tier,

· --.-- ·· Whitn "THERE WAS one guy whose

mom had forced him to learn a new poem every Thanksgiving and he passed them · to us Soviet S\l1eet Talk ·1 through the walls. We learned

I Gunga Din, the Shakespearean

years. they · ' dread< they ·c colleg1

Soviet P resident Leonid Brezhnev h as been busily polishing his n uclenr dou­ble-talk routine. th~t :'.s , promising anything th3i: suits Soviet purposes. Over the W·eekend, Brezhnev promised that . West Ger­many would be soar ed in

In other words, the So­v! :=t le .::der is asking the LVes~ Germans to ;:!rao ::heir clefensive \veapons- and t rust t '.:-Le Soviet Union not to tr!:le t:'.1e missiles aimed at them.

Such a deal. T:':iis promise

I sonnets, Alfred Noyes The High­wayman. We'd get one verse a day and it was like the sus:Jense

l of wa!ching soap operas. We ! could hardly wait nntilthe next j <ii!Y to find out what Bess the 1 innkeeper's daughter w.ould say I to the highwayman," Coffee re­l called.

· Her would who pr. the fn "Come the ni twit 11 being! fromp let, n·o1

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 2, 1981

PHOTO OP WITH COLLEGE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

DATE: December 3, 1981 LOCATION: Oval Office

FROM: A. Morgan Mason

PURPOSE

The College Republican National Committee is currently putting together a brochure for distribution to campuses and would like to include this picture in the brochure.

BACKGROUND

The College Republican National Committee is an arm of the Republican National Committee and is mobilized in an effort to attract college-aged voters to participate in the Republican Party.

PARTICIPANTS

Jack Abramoff, Chairman Grover Norquist, Executive Director

Also attending, A. Morgan Mason from the Political Affairs office .

PRESS PLAN

No pres~ coverage. White House photographer.