19—The Daily Collegian Friday, April 2, 1982 State dept. clarifies Reagan's statement on Soviets By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON ( AP) The State Department appeared yesterday to pull back somewhat from President Reagan's news conference statement Wednesday night that, "on balance the Soviet Union does have a definite margin of superiority" in nuclear weapons. The president meant only to emphasize that the Soviets have achieved a dangerous momentum and that long-term trends are now in their favor, not that the Soviets have achieved actual superiority, the officials said. The officials endorsed Reagan's statement that the Soviet Union has the capability of absorbing a U.S. retaliatory strike on Soviet land-based missiles and still launch a second missile attack on U.S. targets. Richard Burt, the under secretary of state for politico-mili tary affairs, was asked about Reagan's assertion on the CBS television morning news program. "I don't think there was a change," Burt said "What the president actually said was that the Soviets had a margin of superiority," he said, dropping Reagan's use of the word "definite." "And this is something I think presidents . . . have been 4, 4 , 40 , 46.40. 4 8040 440 4, 440•441. 0 40 10 41.40 0 44.411.4004040. to • Is GET 25 OFF ANY SUNDAE OR ROYAL TREAT: 2 ,A w w, c*. S , Banana Split • Fudge Brownie Delight V Double Delight Regular Parfait 144 • Peanut B us ter Parfait t •...,., I APRIL 3 and April 4 10 t II Dairy Queen is sponsoring a froltickerLlT ar for the National iziler ) Kidney Foundation WIIINIWWISIIIIII/11 . MI 1p MI 111-0111111 111/4111111L 10 sc 4 $ 0 40.41 4 4 0 .4bk 46 4 0 . 4164 W4045AMANN...410 1 410 0 0.41110 . 410.0 4 4110 11 41 0 IT Practice mental hygiene -read Collegian Sports! 'What the president actually said was that the Soviets had a margin of superiority.' Richard Burt, undersecretary of state for politico-military affairs saying for several years now," Burt said. "That the Soviets have the momentum in the strategic arms competition and we are worried about the trends." Reagan's comments appeared aimed at blunting a congres sional drive for an immediate nuclear arms freeze by saying it would leave the United States dangerously behind the Soviet Union. Reagan said he could support, at least as a step in the right direction, a competing move by Sens. John W. Warner, R-Va., and Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash., that would delay a freeze until the United States either reversed present trends in nuclear arms or reached an agreement with Moscow on substantial reductions. Rep. William Carney, a New York Republican who is circu lating that proposal in the House, said Friday he has gained 101 co-sponsors. He said the Warner-Jackson resolution in the Senate now has 60 signers. A rival resolution seeking an immediate freeze has some 180 co-sponsors in both chambers. Dean Fischer, the State Department's chief spokesman, also was asked about the president's statement. He said Reagan was expressing concern "about the devel opment of a large Soviet force of intermediate-range missiles, about the vulnerability of our land-based missile force, and about the long-time momentum of Soviet nuclear• weapons deployments." "The president's modernization program is designed to correct these deficiencies in order to sustain the credibility of our deterrent strategy," Fischer said. "The president's program is necessary not only to reverse Kremlin: Soviets ready for arms talks MOSCOW•LAP) The Kremlin said yesterday it is ready to discuss nuclear arms limitations with the United States, but that President Reagan's rejection of an immediate weapons freeze is de signed to secure U.S. military superiori ty. The official Tass news agency said Reagan, in a news conference Wednes day, proclaimed his willingness to nego tiate arms limitations as a tactic to defuse a growing anti-nuclear movement in the United States and Western Europe. "The president is being personally accused more and more often of laying preparations for war, but of not yet formulating a policy of preserving peace," Tass said. The report was read on the nationwide television evening news show. Reagan said strategic arms limitations talks could begin as early as this sum mer, but asserted that Moscow holds the nuclear edge over Washington. "The president," Tass said, "did not say anything about Soviet proposals which call upon the United States to sit down immediately at the negotiating table to discuss the limitation and reduc tion of strategic armaments, and to pre vent the disruption of the existing parity in this area." these unfavorable trends, but to provide incentives to the Soviet Union to negotiate seriously on significant and verifiable reductions to equal levels in the forces of both sides," Fischer said. Burt also stressed this point when he said the president's remarks have been misinterpreted as a call for a U.S. nuclear buildup followed by reductions. "That's not in fact the case," Burt said. "We are prepared, as we are negotiating right now in Geneva, to move right ahead and reduce. The point is our defense programs are essential in order to give the Soviet Union real incentives to negotiate." Burt was asked how the administration plans to answer advocates of a nuclear freeze who say it is madness to discuss retaliatory blows and second strikes when an immediate freeze might prevent wholesale destruction and death on a global scale. "I think the way we answer them is the way the president did," Burt said. "He agrees that the existing levels of nuclear capability are too high. He calls for a return to civilized behavior in interna tional relations. "That's why he has said a freeze is not good enough," Burt said. "We must have reductions but we have to be honest with ourselves." "The USSR consistently shows good will and desire for constructive cooper ation and solution of outstanding prob lems through negotiations based on the principles of equality and mutual securi ty. And it backs this by practical deeds, by its entire peace-loving policy." Tass rejected Reagan's restatement of his "zero option" proposal to cancel deployment of new medium-range mis siles in Western Europe if the Soviet Union dismantles similar weapons tar geted at NATO countries. "One must remember that this propo sal totally ignores the real state of affairs in the field of medium-range weapons, and is aimed at securing unilateral con cessions benefitting the United States and its allies," Tass said. Tass condemned Reagan's support of a proposed Senate resolution to freeze nu clear arms growth after the United States completes its current buildup. "In so far as the president's 'invitation' to the Soviet Union to join the United States is concerned, in order to 'substan tially reduce nuclear weapons and make an important breakthrough for lasting peace on earth,' it must be said that the Soviet Union is not the side that has to be convinced of the benefits of negotia tions," Tass said. YVESSAINII6URFNT DESIGNER NECKWEAR MICHAEL'S CLOTHING CO. 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Baker, White House congressional liaison Ken Duberstein and Republicans and Democrats from both the House and Senate. The White House initiated the discussions seve ral days ago after prodding from congressional Republicans, who were concerned about Rea gan's seeming intransigence on his budget. Rea gan's spending plan has little support in Congress, where members of both parties fear the deficits are too high to permit a sustained economic recovery. Sources said the participants in the talks have begun going into details on numerous individual , deeceeptiye 4elialCP 02 cfetaa,ndilt4 achievemeld 04(27tie1iftioced4. 96 can • Alcdace maaicalci amaid Atacree4 e(?leittlonab.ye 4olikied, lit menu/ca. yorti afealriti, rrr•iait y offi lege, c2e6/, jticireie 02 lelle4,ii29'. LION •ei • 114 EAST COLLEGE AVENUE DOWNTOWN. STATE COLLEGE CONTACT LENSES SOFT $9B HARD $65 INCLUDES: • EXAMINATION • CONTACT LENSES • ACCESSORIES • 50% 60-DAY SATISFACTION WARRANTY DR. ANDREW BLENDER OPTOMETRIST 242 Calder Way 234-1515 negotiators discuss delay Social Security increase Yourself 234-2153 steps that can reduce the deficits in Reagan's big deficit budget for 1983 including areas that the White House and some congressional Democrats have been extremely reluctant to consider. One area is Social Security, where Reagan has said repeatedly he wants no changes until a bipartisan study commission issues a year-end report. House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., D- , Mass., on the other hand, has told reporters he is willing to consider changing Social Security only if Reagan will propose something. Despite these public positions, sources said the negotiators are considering a plan to limit cost-of living increases this year for Social Security to 4 percent and to delay them by three months to Oct. 1. Normally, the increase , would be the same as the increase in the Consumer Price Index from the first quarter average for 1981 to the first quarter average for 1982, expected to be roughly 8 percent.. The same changes would be applied to other benefit programs, presumably including pen sions. Taken together, these changes would save roughly $ll billion, officials said. Officials said the discussions are continuing as White House aides concede privately their earlier estimate of the 1983 budget deficit is too low. Last February, Reagan said the deficit for 1983 would be about $146 billion without additional spending cuts and tax increases He proposed a series of steps to reduce the deficit to $91.5 billion, but since then, increased estimates for farm price support payments have kicked up the administration's official estimated deficit to about $96 billion. Some officials said the White House has pre pared a new deficit estimate of about $lBO billion without cuts. Other sources said that while the administration now believes the deficit will be higher than it predicted a few weeks ago, the $lBO billion figure is too high. In any event, Republican congressional sources said the increased deficit probably meant the deficit could not be held below $lOO billion in the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1. But to keep the red ink as close to that figure as _ possible, sources said the negotiators are consid ering the oil import fee as one of several proposals to increase revenues. Baker, at Reagan's direc tion, has ruled off-limits any changes in the three year personal income 'tax cut approved a year ago, sources said. In addition, proposals under consideration would cut pay increases for federal employees to 4 percent this year instead of 5 percent and delay them for three months; freeze spending on hun dreds of dothestic programs at 1982 levels at a savings of $6 billion to $7 billion and make other changes in benefit programs to pick up $5 billion. 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