arts
Fonda finally wins
the coveted Oscar
By JAY ARNOLD
Associated Press Writer
• HOLLYWOOD (AP) Henry
Fonda, winner of the best actor Oscar
for his role as octogenaHan Norman
Thayer in "On Golden Pond," burst
into tears when his award was an
nounced Monday night, his wife said.
"He just burst into tears. He's so
emotional," said Shirlee Fonda out
side the couple's Bel-Air home after
the 54th Academy Awards presenta
tion.
" 'I am so happy and proud,' " the
ailing 76-year-old actor enthused
about receiving his first acting Oscar,
Mrs. Fonda said.
Fonda, who has been confined to
bed for months with heart and other
physical problems, watched the
awards on television and was partic
ularly pleased when the Oscar'for best
actress went to his "On Golden Pond"
co-star, Katharine Hepburn.
"He just beamed. He said, 'I told
you so,' " Mrs. Fonda said.
Jane Fonda accepted the Oscar on
behalf of her father and planned to
bring it to his home after the awards
program
She told the Los Angele's Music
Center and television audience that
her father at first wanted his wife to
claim the Oscar "but she wanted to
be with him tonight as is her custom."
"Father didn't think he would win,"
said Miss Fonda, who played Norman
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Boll's talent can't
save 'Safety Net'
"THE SAFETY NET," by Heinrich
8011, Alfred A. Knopf, $13.95, 314 pages.
By PETER IRISH
For the Collegian
Beyond question, Heinrich 801 l is a
talented technician. Like Hemmingway
at his best, 801 l can transfer the
parched gullet of his character to the
reader's own throat so that it becomes
nearly impossible to read on without a
gulp of beer or a sip of wine. An entire
spectrum of appetites assails the un
wary reader via the coffee-savoring,
bare-feet-in-wet-pasture sensualism of
Boll's latest novel,"The Safety Net",
("Fursorgliche Belagerung").
But behind this sensualism looms the
voraciously self-consuming, cancerous
engine of industrial society, whose en
ergy demands have strip-mined the
Tolm family out of one idyllic Rhine
land village already, gnawing the very
earth in quest of bituminous "brown
gold." Against this backdrop, kindly
Fritz Tolm, newly elected president of a
massive newspaper concern, contem
plates his life's slow deterioration; the
elaborate security measures intended
to protect him and his family from a
nameless but malevolent "them" ham
per and constrict their lives until even a
simple bike ride on a country road
becomes an involuntary parade with
one car in front, two cops on motorcy
cles, and a helicopter over head.
Worse yet, this bastion of upper-mid
dle class , respectability, this Fritz
Tolm, suspects his own colleagues of
maneuvering him to the top so that he
will be shot dead by a terrorist's bullet;
after all, his son once engaged in sub
Jane and Henry Fonda
Thayer's estranged daughter in "On
Golden Pond." But she added: "I
know that he is very, very honored
and very happy and very surprised.
And I know he is probably saying
`Hey, ain't I lucky!' as though luck
had anything to do with it."
Fonda, who received an honorary
Oscar last year, was nominated for
the Oscar twice before as best actor,
for "The Grapes of Wrath" and
"Twelve Angry Men." In "On Golden
Pond," he played an aging professor
terrified by the prospect of death.
"On Golden Pond" was produced by
Jane Fonda's company, and it
marked Fonda's first film appear
ance with his daughter and his first
performance and first meeting with
Miss Hepburn.
In accepting the award for her fa
ther, Miss Fonda said, "I know he has
tremendous respect for the other ac
tors that were nominated and has
always felt a little strange about these
things, these competitions, because
it's like comparing apples and
oranges. He feels proud to have been
among such a wonderful group.
"I know he feels that he would never
have won this if it hadn't been for
Katharine Hepburn. And if 'On Gold
en Pond' is one of the highlights of his
life, one of the main reasons is be
cause of her having a chance to
work with her and become her
friend."
versive activities, while his ex-daugh
ter-in-law, her son •and her lover are
clearly plotting his assasination from
somewhere in the heart of Palestine.
However, unravelling Boll's typically
complex narrative is beside the point.
True to his Faulknernish tendencies, he
tells one-and-a-half days of plot while
incorporating 30 years of recent Ger
man history, employing his time hon
ored technique of starting each chapter
with an internal monologue while leav
ing the speaker unidentified. This may
well awaken a certain minimal curiosi
ty on the reader's part, but interest?
Unfortunately, even the denouement
falls far short of deserving the descrip
tion "gripping." Oddly, this very lack
of suspense may well be a conscious
attempt on Boll's part to alienate the
reader from the action so that he gets
the message instead, a la Brecht. But
the occasionally crude compilation of
memories and impressions which
forms the sinew of "The Safety Net" is
at best flabby, lacking the immediacy,
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'Raiders,' Reds' and Right Guard
By FRED ROTHENBERG
AP Television Writer
Nr,W YORK (AP) Monday night's Academy
award contestants for best picture will be tomorrow's
fractured films on free television. How will they
eventually translate to the small screen? Can art and
deodorant commercials mix?
At best, the theatrical film industry and TV co-exist
uneasily. Their inherent incompatibility is bridged
only because people from both media want to make
money and reach wide audiences.
Filmmakers fear TV won't do justice to their work,
interrupting building tension with a station break, or
lessening dramatic impact with a message from our
sponsor.
To an extent, TV executives are interested in the
film's integrity, too, but also whether it will have
mass appeal and too much (or too little) sex and
violence.
"Reds," "Ori Golden Pond," "Chariots of Fire,"
and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" all are sated PG. Only
"Atlantic City" is R-rated.
"As a group, these five pictures will be relatively
problem-free for the standards and practice depart
ment," said Josh Kane, an NBC vice president for
programs, among whose responsibilities is the eval
uation of feature films. "It's an incredibly strong
field."
'Working Class Dog' is now a rich pooch
"SUCCESS HASN'T SPOILED ME
YET," RICK SPRINGFIELD, RCA
AFSI-4125
The "Working Class Dog" has re
turned on the cover of Rick Spring
field's latest album, Success Hasn't
Spoiled Me Yet.
The cover shot, originally intended
for the reverse photo, shows that
white-collar dog living in style. He is
complete with two lovely poodles, a
bottle of the best champagne on ice
and a chauffered limousine.
Success has come fast for Rick
Springfield, too. A year ago he was
struggling to get by. Today, following
the tangible quality of personal experi
ence of which 801 l is capable.
This existential/historical montage is
one of Boll's fortes, requiring the read
er constantly to place the mundane,
minute details into an at least genera
tional context. Tolm himself explains
that as a jounalist he understood the
emphasis on "jour," one day at a time,
and all that. But he could never "drop
his academic diffuseness and thorough
ness." And it is true, in "The Safety
Net," one rarely misses the forest for
the trees. Perhaps that, if any, is the
crassly oversimiplified message of
Boll's latest novel: recognize the con
text of all your actions.
Nariratively, 801 l has overcome much
of the ponderous, almost chaotic com
plexity of his last novel, "Group Por
trait with Lady," yet the entire
pantheon of stereotypes persists left
ist intellectual drop-outs, heroic wom
en, vampirish capitalists. They all find
their place in and around the essential
ly idyllic, familial focus of the book. But
that's to be expected. Ever since "De
fense of the Back Kitchen," 801 l has
insisted that only in such places, where
people live, eat, love and eliminate can
a truly "human" novel take place.
Finding correlations between Boll's
various works, however, hardly demon
strates their effectiveness, but rather,
their monotony. "The Safety Net"
again unvails the same old calumny
against the Catholic church, its hollow
rituals, and sexually perverted priests.
On the whole the book strikes a predom
inantly minor chord, a keening note of
depravity, dispair and moral decay.
What then is the answer? Is it the
Marxist drop-out, the silent, well-edu
cated father of illegitimate children
who lives with his chosen companion in
the tiny cottage behind some provincial
church? Or is it the terrorist who lurks
Can TV do justice to the year's best flicks?
his platinum album "Working Class
Dog," a no. 1 and Grammy award
winning single "Jessie's Girl" and his
role as Dr. Noah Drake on "General
Hospital," Springfield says success
hasn't spoiled him yet.
But on listen of his latest album,
it is apparent that Springfield has
taken a step in the wrong direction.
"Success" is full of adolescence, heart
breaks and lust.
"How Do You. Talk To Girls" is
about a gang of boys that hangs out on
the corner waiting for that beautiful
girl to walk by. "Calling All Girls" is
an invitation for any girl to soothe a
lonely heart. "Just One Kiss" is a
in the book's shadows (shades of Tom
Robbins' mad bomber), calculating
when to strike at self-satisfied western
society with exploding bicycles and
self-detonating leisure suits.?
Aside from the recurring slogan
"Some form of Socialism must pre
vail," 801 l leaves us, as always, dan
gling, dynamite in one hand, teacup in
the other. So, if it's a definitive answer
you desire, read "True Grit." Boll's
"academic diffuseness and throrough
ness" preclude such oversimplicity.
Humorist drafts fan
mail to the famous
"MODEST PROPOSALS: THE OFFI
CIAL CORRESPONDESNCE OF RAN
DY COHEN," St. Martin's Press, New
York, 3.95, 122 pages.
By CHRISTINE CURCIO
Collegian Staff Writer
Ever harbor desires to write a fan
letter to a favorite rock star (you know,
Bobby Sherman, Shaun Cassidy) or to
send a note to the President giving him
a piece of your mind? This book will
show that somebody lived out those
fantasies and has made a hobby out of
writing to famous people.
Randy Cohen, author of "Easy An
swers to Hard Questions" and "Why
Didn't I Think of That," sends his
outlandish helpful hints and ideas to
Pope John Paul H, former President
Jimmy Carter, New York mayor Ed
Koch and others.
To the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority of New York, he writes that
since the number of subway riders is
declining, he has a suggestion that
could attract more people. "Why not
add a bar car to certain lines? Since the
The following is Kane's assessment of how well the
nominees will move to commercial TV, after their
cable run of course, and their relative.strength as
future audience attractions.
• "Chariots of Fire," about two runners in the 1924
Olympics: "Probably at a disadvantage because it's
a period, setting piece . . . Has fine foreign cast, but
basically unknown to American audiences . . . Beau
tiful, well-told human drama, but picture owes part of
its success to strong visual, sound and music. These
are less reliable elements on the home screen . . .
Clearly not strongest of the five in coming to TV."
• "Atlantic City," about aging numbers runner
(Burt Lancaster) who is desperately holding on to his
youth in a deteriorating city: "In the same limited
potential category as 'Chariots' . . . Not a reflection
on the quality, but it's a small-scale Movie . . . Well
told. Creates an atmosphere and mood. Throwback to
another era . . . Lancaster's films have had varied
impact on TV . . . Movie with the most adult themes,
language and sexuality . . . With judicious editing,
can maintain its emotion, mood and impact."
• "Reds," Warren Beatty's film about an Ameri
can communist caught in the philosophical and
historical turbulence of the Russian Revolution:
"Overcomes the foreign and period-piece disadvan
tages of 'Chariots' because it has a major American
cast and is a sweeping, epic love story. The 'Gone
a
It
typical boy's eyes meet girl's eyes
across the dance floor story. Take a
few variations on these themes and
they comprise the entire album.
There is no substance here, no hard
edges. Whatever beginnings of rock
Springfield hinted at on "Working
Class Dog" have disappeared. This is
not the same Springfield who won a
Grammy award for Best Male Rock
Performance. This Springfield is more
likely to be seen hosting "Solid Gold."
"Success" does have some good
points though. The current. single,
"Don't Talk To Strangers" is an excel
lent upbeat tune with some very
average trip on the subway is a brief
one, the drinks provided should be very
small, perhaps in miniature paper
cups. Food could be served too, begin
ning with cocktail franks served on tiny
buns."
Cohen wrote a fan letter of sorts to
Ambassador Andrew Young after he
was quoted calling Patty Hearst a polit
ical prisoner, saying, "Society discrim
inates radically against the poor, but
also against the super rich."
Cohen writes, "You said it! Society
hands the rich a raw deal! For exam
ple, I went over to the Grand Union, and
you think they had any good caviar on
the shelves? No way! What do they care
about the rich! And just suppose you
need to hire a servant: good luck to you
Mr. Big Bucks! Nobody wants to do that
stuff any more. It's not a bit like Up
stairs Downstairs. At least in England,
the rich get a little respect, even if
they're fat."
King reeks havoc
with rabid canine
"CUJO," by Stephen King, Viking,
$10.95, 309 pages.
By E.C: LESZCYNSKI
Jor the Collegian
If your imagination takes hold on you,
a monster doesn't have to be a 30-feet
tall dragon or a being that has 40 eyes
and breathes fire. It can be a 200 lb. St.
Bernard that has gone rabid it can be
Cujo.
Stephen King's "Cujo" is a superbly
written novel set in Castle Rock, Me.
Castle Rock has barely recovered from
the days of mass murderer Frank Dodd
when bizarre things again begin to
happen in this little town.
The Daily Collegian
Wednesday, March 31
With the Wind' of the 1980 s . . . Star quality in Beatty
and (Diane) Keaton . . . Important for films to
demonstrate female appeal, particularly if they're
scheduled against 'Monday Night Football'.. .
"Longest film, but it's so nicely done that it would
be hard to cut. I see it as a four-hour movie over two
nights. The intermisson in the theatres came at a
logical point, with a cliff-hanger element."
• "Raiders of the Lost Ark," director Steven
Spielberg's action-adventure thriller: "This will be
major TV success. But it's really a big-screen movie.
Some scope, size and sound will be lost . . . Obviously,
Spielberg made it larger than life for the theaters. TV
viewers will feel less emotionally involved and ex
hausted . . . 'Raiders' will be hurt most by commer
cial interruptions. It was made without lulls."
• "On Golden Pond," Henry Fonda and Katharine
Hepburn as elderly couple coming to terms with life
and death. "Near-perfect picture in any medium, by
virtue of scope, story, cast, universality, sensitivity
. . . Appeals to women and people of all ages . . .
Three- major, proven stars (including Jane Fonda),
as well as brightest young newcomer in years (Doug
McKeon) . . . Loses least in translation to TV."
Kane expects all five films on TV within 18 months
to four years, with Monday night's winner gaining
promotional and resale value. "There can only be one
best picture of the year," he said.
catchy hooks, and "The American
Girl" starts with a solo guitar intro
that stops short of slamming into a full
fledged rock anthem.
Some classy lyrics such as "love
hurt's when only one's in love" from
"Don't Talk To Strangers" and "love
is full of intrigue and full of Bogart
mystique" from "The American Girl"
are contained here, but a few good
lines fail to carry the entire album.
Maybe Springfield has been plagued
by the "follow-up that falls short"
syndrome. But if it isn't success that
has gone to Springfield's head, it must
be the soap bubbles.
hen
Dodd was a Castle Rock police officer
during the day, but a savage murderer
at night. After five years of terror,
Dodd killed him'self. But the town still
fearfully carries the memories of him.
And now a new monster is on the loose.
The monster is Cujo.
Cujo is a 5-year-old St. Bernard
owned by the Camber family. He is the
perfect pet until he chases a rabbit ipto
a cave and is bitten by a rabid bat. This
horrid disease, rabies, slowly takes
control of Cujo. As the disease festers in
his brain, he is turned into an unfeeling
killing machine. He attacks his owners
and everyone that comes in Contact
with him. No one in Castle Rock is safe.
King's masterful writing ability tran
scends "Cujo" from the horror novel
genre to the mainstream of fiction. He
accomplishes this not only by detailing
a suspenseful story, but also by weav
ing in many minor conflicts that en
hance the major thrust of the story
Cujo's murderous rampage.
One conflict is in the Cambers' house
hold which lies seven miles from town.
Joe Camber, an awnry, independent
auto repairman, works out of a large
garage near his house. His wife, Char
ity, grapples with making a debision
between sending their son, Brett, to
college or letting him become another
Joe Camber.
Meanwhile, Vic Trenton struggles to
revive his failing advertising company
and deal with his wife Donna's infideli
ty. Donna tries to hold onto Vic after he
finds out about her affair with Steve
Kemp. And Tadder Trenton, 4, fears
that the monster in his closet will come
out one night and eat him.
When Vic goes out of town on busi
ness, Donna has to take her ailing Pinto
to Joe Camber's for repairs. What
happens out at the Camber's is more
horrifying than Tadder's worst fears.
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Regan: Recession not over
By ROBERT FURLOW
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) A key government forecasting gauge
indicated yesterday that the recession, though probably slow
ing, is not yet over. Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan
conceded as much, telling Congress that "the economy contin
ues in the grip of the second recession in two years."
Regan spoke confidently of recovery this summer. And
private economists generally echo that forecast, though with
less apparent confidence.
But a 0.3 percent February decline in the government's Index
of Leading Indicators, a report designed to show future eco
nomic
trends, seemed to indicate recovery was hardly at hand.
The February \ decline, the 10th straight monthly drop, was
considerably smaller than the 0.8 percent and 1.2 percent drops
in December and January. And that seemed to be a good sign
that the recession is slowing, as administration officials have
recently contended.
But Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige implied that
February's index will 'probably be revised downward when
later figures are available.
Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported yesterday
that February orders for new manufactured goods rose 0.9
perpent to a seasonally adjusted $18.6 billion, the first gain
since November. However, the report noted that nearly all of
the growth was concentrated in orders for military hardware
rather than being scattered among various ine - stties.
The department also said total shipments of manufactured
goods increased 1.7 percent in February to a seasonally
adjuSted $159.7 billion. It was the first increase since last June.
Regan, testifying before the House Banking Committee, said
the overall economy would turn up slightly in the 4ril-Jnne
quarter although still remaining "not very strong."
He said that July-September growth —as measured by
inflation-adjusted gross national' product should be at a
Biologist says toxins
€ from Asia 'not natural'
By JAY PERKINS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) A biologist told
a congressional hearing on chemical
warfare yesterday that samples suppos
edly taken from areas in Southeast Asia
where the Soviets and their allies are
operating contained fungal toxins "not of
natural origin."
"The high concentrations and the di-
verse mixture found do not suggest a
I .;` natural origin," said C. J. Mirocha, a
University of Minnesota professor, who
examined samples given him for analy
sis by the State Department.
However, another expert in the field
testified that the evidence so far is in-
complete and said State Department
W .' allegations "concerning the nature of
yellow rain are premature and perhaps
incorrect."
Dr. Daniel Cullen, of the University of
Wisconsin, said the predominant agent
found in one sample had "acute toxicity
properties comparable to table salt" and
questioned why a technologically ad
vanced nation such as the Soviet Union
would "resort to an apparently ineffec
tive weapon."
He_ also said the fungal toxins suppos
edly being used were so weak that "hun
dreds of pounds would be required to
produce lethal effects within an area
with a 100-yard radius.",
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Labatt's is first in Canada.
The State Department has contended
that evidence strongly suggests that the
Soviet Union and its allies are using
biological and chemical weapons in
Southeast Asia and Afghanistan.
A team of U.S. specialists currently is
touring major world capitals in an at
tempt to convince other nations of this
and enlist their support in forcing a halt
to the use of such weapons.
The use of chemical and biological
weapons is banned under international
law. The United States, which used irri
tant gases and herbicides in Vietnam,
contends that the ban does not apply to
non-lethal chemicals which have only a
short-term effect but argues the chemi
cal agents which the Soviets are alleged
to be using do not fall in that category.
Most nations contend all chemical and
biological weapons are banned.
Mirocha told two subcommittees of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee that
fungal toxins found in the samples occur
naturally and are associated with field
and storage diseases of cereal grains.
But he said the concentrations found in
the samples and their combinations "are
not normally found in nature and it would
appear that these mycotoxins found their
way into the environment by the inter
vention of man."
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Otto Eckstein, who heads Data Resources Inc. in Lexington,
Mass., said business officials are becoming increasingly
gloomy about recovery prospects. "People really are beginning
to write off 1982," he said.
Still, he said he is forecasting at least some recovery after the
July 1 tax-rate cut takes effect, putting more money in
consumers' pockets.
"That better work," he said, noting that such tactics normal
ly have in the past.
Many economists, including those in the administration,
believe that increased consumer spending, spurred by the tax
cut, will encourage businesses to lift production above current
ly depressed levels and to hire • back at least some of the
workers laid off during the recession.
Eckstein said he expects "nothing really very positive before
then."
February's leading indicators index would have been a
positive rather than negative number except that Commerce
officials deleted the figure for Americans' average workweek
for the second month in a row.
They Laid unusually severe January weather kept the work
week number so low in that month that it would have distorted
the overall index for both months —making January's about 1.5
percentage points lower than reported and February's 1.5
percentage points higher after the workweek rebounded.
The new report also substantially lowered the overall figures
reported earlier for December and January. December's
index, originally reported as a slight gain, was changed last
month to a 0.3 percent decline and was revised Tuesday to a 0.8
percent drop. January's, originally reported to be a 0.6 percent
decline, now is estimated to be a 1.2 percent drop.
A drop in businesses' total liquid assets was the biggest
contributor, to the February decline, the leading indicators
report said.
Budget Committee predicts $lOO billion deficit
By DAVID ESPO
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) The Republican-domi
nated Senate Budget Committee repudiated Presi
dent Reagan's economic forecast yesterday as too
optimistic and adopted a revised outlook that pre
dicts budget deficits of over $lOO billion a year into
the future.
The panel, taking the first step toward redrafting
the president's unpopular 1983 budget, said this
year's recovery from recession will be less robust
than the, president is predicting. It said inflation,
unemployment and interest rates will generally be
higher. than Reagan's forecasts for the next three
years.
The committee said that even if Congress grants
Reagan all the spending cuts he wants, the deficit will
grow from $122 billion in 1983 to $143.4 billion i 1 1985.
In contrast, Reagan's predictions are for a deficit of
$96.5 billion in 1983, declining to about $72 billion in
1985.
Several members of the committee are hoping to
spur greater economic growth by reducing the defi
cits with a package of tax increases and spending
cuts.
The vote to reject Reagan's own forecast was 13-1,
with only Sen. Robert Kasten, R-Wis., dissenting.
Kasten said it would be a mistake for the committee
to begin its work by rejecting the president's fore
cast.
But Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M., the commit
tee's chaiiman, said afterwards. the vote should
indicate the committee is' determined to draft a
"credible plan" to reduce the deficits with a package
of tax increases and spending cuts.
Treasury Secretary Donald Regan arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday to testify before the House Banking Committee with a large
employment chart in the background. Regan told the committee that "the economy continues in the grip of the second recession in
two years."
"I think it's obvious the White House should get
something from this," he said. Reagan has so far
rejected any major changes in his proposed budget.
The vote came a few hours after Republicans and
Democrats alike made it clear they intend to rewrite
Reagan's budget, which contains deficits they fear
may choke off any economic recovery.
"It's absolutely urgent we move and move with
dispatch," said Domenici, who favors much higher
taxes than Reagan wants, less spending on defense
and a cap on cost-of-living increases for Social
security and other benefit programs.
Some of the committee's Democrats coupled their
criticism of Reagan's proposal with a message that
they don't intend to vote for "political kamikaze"
budget cuts unless Reagan endorses them first.
"The president needs to get on line," said Sen. J.
Bennett Johnston, D-La. "I don't think this Congress
ought to be asked to make the political sacrifices
unless we know what the president wants to do."
Domenici and other Senate officials said they
doubted the panel would complete its work before
Congress begins its Easter recess at the end of the
week.
Reagan says the deficit will fall from $96.5 billion
this year to about $72 billion in 1985. Congressional
analysts, whose views are accepted by members of
both parties, say the actual red ink will total $122
billion in 1983 and jump to $143.4 billion in 1985, even if
Congress accepts all of Reagan's proposed cuts.
Reagan has maintained a hard line against major
changes in his budget. Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, D-
Mass., told reporters, "As far as I can ,see, he's
(Reagan) still glued" to his original proposal.
O'Neill's statement seemed to indicate that private
talks between White House Chief of Staff James A.
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Baker 111 and senior House Democrats have pro
duced little progress on a compromise budget.
Baker made a trip to the Senate during the day, and
was reported to have told Domenici, Majority Leader
Howard Baker, R-Tenn., and other Republicans that
be believes progress is being made. He also met
separately with the top Democrat on the tax-writing
Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Russell B. Long of
Louisiana.
Baker also met privately with Sen. Ernest Hollings,
D-S.C., the top democrat on the Budget Committee
and author of an alternative to reagan's spending
plan. Hollings said later that Baker had told him he
was reviewing the proposal
These developments occurred as the full Senate
began work on a stopgap funding resolution to keep
the departments of Health and Human Services;
Justice; Labor, Treasury, Commespending plan.
Hollings said later that Baker had told him he was
reviewing the proposal
Reagan says the deficit will fall from $96.5 billion
this year to about $72 billion in 1985. Congressional
analysts, whose views are accepted by members of
both parties, say the actual red ink will total $122
billion in 1983 and jump to $143.4 billion in 1985, even if
Congress accepts all of Reagan's proposed cuts.
Existing legislation expires at midnight tonight,
and the House already has passed a measure to keep
money available for the final six months of the fiscal
year.
Reagan's budget has provoked consternation in
Congress, where Republicans and Democrats alike
fear that big deficits will keep interest rates high and
choke off an economic recovery.
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