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President Ronald Reagan’s economic package faces an early showdown in Congress. with prospects of passage apparently brightened by Reagan’s address before a – joint congressional session. ‘ The Democratic’controlled House anticipates a vote next week. Word from conservative elements of the party in.dicates a good-sized block .of Demos will join Republicans in support of ;the… Continue reading Let’s Focus on Goal of Balanced Budget By ’84

ls enough attention being given among global leaders – especially the nuclear powers – to the awesome and devastating effects nuclear warfare could have on the world and the human race? invariably .discussions about nuclear weaponry concentrate largely on cost and effectiveness, declared Rep. William Lehman. DFla. in a statement read into The Congressional Record… Continue reading Nuclear Issue Requires Our Most Diligent Study

The Space Shuttle Co1umbia’s brilliant performance in its first spaceflight has opened imaginative vistas for application of the technology in a “new era of space conquest.” Never before had astronauts flown a space ship from orbit to an airport landing. The feat has accelerated talk of expanded space use for defense, telecommunications industry purposes. and… Continue reading Spuce Shuttle Spending Wise

The fable of the little red hen – two versions of it, in fact – occupied center stage during a debate sequence in the Senate prior to the current recess. Sen. William L. Armstrong, R-Colo., a leading proponent in an unsuccessful Republican bid for a 10 percent tax cut, alluded to the little red hen… Continue reading Red Hen Fable Truer Tcdcay

A freshman U.S. senator from Wisconsin is proposing a plan for government to “fire a shot across the bow” of government agency heads and midlevel bureaucrats who are blase about waste. : Sen. Robert Kasten says fthe current estimates of govemment waste, fraud and abuse are as much as $100 billion a year or one… Continue reading Make Agencies Acccuntuble

Domestic and foreign travel at taxpayer expense should be under tight control at all times – but especially during “Lame Duck” periods. This is evident in a General Accounting Office (GAO) study showing “excessive travel” by outgoing administration employees during the November 1980 through January 1981 Lame Duck period. Sen. Charles H. Percy, R-lll., who… Continue reading Le1’s Ax ‘Lume Duck’ Travel

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, recently signed into law by President Carter, is being hailed in business circles and by lawmakers who supported its passage. An outgrowth of a long period of hearings, the act is intended to reduce by 25 percent over three years the volume of reports, time required to fill out… Continue reading Paperwork Act Faces Test

President Woodrow Wilson once said: “The ‘ business of government is to organize the common interest against the special interest.” Rep. Nicholas Mavroules. D-Mass. used that quotation the other g ”specia.l.4x t” and “single-is ‘ ‘ ro apid growth of these groups during the past decade has driven a wedge between elected government and the… Continue reading Beware the Special Interests

The White House reoortedlv is raising the possibility of not filling the position of Assistant Secretarg of State for Human ights or even abolishing the Human Rights Bureau – and the idea is not without merit. The Reagan Administration’s nominee for the position having been shot down, confusion and uncertainty permeate the human rights scene.… Continue reading How Vital Human Rights Post?

lt’s possible for everyone to make a lot of “good news-bad news” jokes about the air traffic con-V trollers’ walkout. The bad news is that airlines initially are going to lose money, and for some time. they will have less passenger carrying capacity and less incentive to try for new markets. The bad news also… Continue reading We Applaud Reagan Stance