KANSAN
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 applause from Republican leaders and harsh criticism from other key players to signal a tough fight.
Governors and some congressmen said they wanted to wait for specifies before backing Reagan's plan to transfer $47 billion in federal programs to states.
Vermont Gov. Richard Snelling, chairman of the National Governors Association, said yesterday that governors were unlikely to accept the president's plan unless they were given the power to make a statement, the governor also wanted a formula to correct financial "injustices" among various states.
The president's proposed program came under
sharp fire yesterday from the Black Leadership Forum, which is made up of leaders of nearly all major institutions in the country.
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 optimistic about Reagan's proposal.
"I think it's worth the gamble," Howard Baker, Senate Republican leader, said on NBC. "I think it's the only way you can make a basic change." This trend of everything going to Washington."
Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kansas, interviewed on CBS.
was more cautious than other leading officers ought to wait and look at the specifics, he said.
"We don't have the details. We have the concept. It sounds good."
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 Reagan's State of the Union address a disapproach to the former Reagan's plans could prolong the recession by a year.
Wittevene said the president's "refusal to consider any increase in indirect taxes" meant the entire anti-inflation battle would have to be fought by the Federal Reserve.
Democratic and Republican leaders agreed that the prospect for tax increases this year would be modest.
House Speaker O'Neill 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 running 34 in Reagan's favor, with more than half of the votes coming from Republicans.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, interviewed on CBS, said he was angry about the situation in the United States.
Mondale said the deficit was not decreasing, as Reagan claimed, but was increasing.
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 Swailer's concerns over money, enraged the State Department.
"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 mayors of this state give their power to the people in their states." Thompson told CBS.
Vice President George Bush was expected enthusiastic about Reagan's proposals.
City budget future uncertain
By STEPHEN BLAIR
Staff Reporter
City officials may have to make budget decisions without knowing how much money the city has as a result of President Reagan's 'new tax law,' Lawrence Mayer Marci Francisco,瓦尔塞特省.
"We set our budget as a city a year ahead so if
The state of Kansas could handle the extra responsibilities the president wants to give states without major turnal, Robert Harder, of Social Rehabilitation Services, said yesterday.
Harder said he was hungry for more details of what he had but thought that the state government would breed them.
In the president's plan, the federal government would take over the Medicare program and
director, said. "The public would end up paying either a charity or welfare, I guess day care or nursing home."
But no one was sure which programs might be cut. Francisco said, "You're talking about a 10-year program and I'm not sure how much he Reagan will have over it. All he'd done is talked."
Francisco said that the problems and the wealth of the nation could be better shared on a
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This accident postponed the flight to Nov. 4. The next time the flight was only seconds long, it would have landed on the runway.
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 early re-entry.
The next important goal for the NASA space program, Engle said, would be a permanent orbiting space station. However, it would not have funding for that project was uncertain.
Engle said that NASA planned many more space shuttle flights.
"There are plans in the space program for three more vehicles such as Columbia, with 100MPH, and a few others."
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