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University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, January 28, 1982 Vol. 92, No. 84 USPS 650-640
Federal. state leaders react to Reagan speech
WASHINGTON—President Reagan's plan for federal-state swap drew quick appraise from Republican leaders and harsh criticism from other politicians. But the shift from other key players to signal a tough fight.
Governers and some congressmen said they wanted to wait for specifiers before backing Reagan's plan to transfer $47 billion in federal programs to states.
Vermont Gov. Richard Snelling, chairman of
sharp fire yesterday from the Black Leadership Forum, which is made up of leaders of nearly all black civil rights groups.
Reagan's message "demonstrated a shocking insensitivity to the needs and aspirations of black people, other minorities and the poor," the Rev. Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said on behalf of the group.
Republican leadership was more optimisitic
"We don't have the details. We have the concept. It sounds good."
was more cautious than other leading Republicans. "We ought to wait and look at the specifics," he said.
Dole urged federal protection for food stamp recipients because some states "might reduce the program and deny some poor people their food."
Johannes Wittevene, the former president of the International Monetary Fund, called
Democratic and Republican leaders agreed that the prospect for tax increases this year would be limited.
House Speaker Thomas O'Nell said that early public reaction to Reagan's program—about 100 telegrams and mailgrams—was about 2-1 against the president, in contrast to the huge favorable response Reagan received when he outlined his economic program a year ago.
The White house said public opinion was one more than the
Sen. Russell Long, D-LA., said the president "did not come to grips" with the problems of high unemployment, high interest rates and high budget deficits.
Illinois Republican Gov. James Thompson, echoing Snelling's concerns over money, endorsed a law
"It's time to give us our money back. It's time to give us our power and authority back and it's time to let the governors and the mayor of their cities know that the people in their states," Thompson told CBS.
Vice President George Bush was expected enthusiastic about Reagan's proposals.
Appealing to American values of family, hard work, rugged individualism and cooperation, Bush said critics of Reagan's proposal "don't believe that the power belongs to the people."
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State Rep Hey Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, agreed to betify the bill at a meeting of the KU Legislature.
She said that the addition of Poland to the bill would make legislators think harder about the oppression in South Africa, where 16 percent of the population is black. She said and where a black majority was oppressed daily.
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However, on Nov. 12, 200,000 people lined riverbanks and highways around the sprawling space center to see the shuttle make space history on its two-day journey.
Donald Clayton, shuttle test flight manager said that the flight ran superbly and looked considerably better than it did after flight one.
Two burned out rocket boosters were blamed for the Columbia's re-entry.
The next important goal for the NASA space program, Engle said, would be a permanent orbiting space station. However, NASA was uncertain funding for that project was uncertain.
Engle said that NASA planned many more space shuttle flights.
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