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The Mondale, Glenn, Askew, Cranston, Hart, Jackson, McGovern, Hollings Show in New Hampshire was a hit. Now it’s time for two Ronald Reagan Shows. Reagan will give State of the Union address January 25. He’s expected to ask for something long-sought by conservatives: line-item veto. Advisors believe this will help deflate Democratic attacks on deficits. Sen. Alan Dixon (D., Ill.) and Rep. Jack Kemp (R., N.Y.) have introduced constitutional amendment giving President power to make selective cuts from appropriation bills. . . . On January 29 Reagan will be on TV again—and is expected to make announcement GOP has been waiting for. Major polls —Gallup, Harris, Washington Post/ ABC, L.A. Times—all show RR ahead of both Mondale and Glenn. . . . Mondale campaign is riding high after TV debate. Their man Fritz says fight for Democratic nomination is “one of the sweetest primary fights in the party’s history.” Glenn camp is outraged over Post/ ABC poll that gave Mondale victory in debate. Glenn spokesman Mike McCurry said, “The sample size is so small and the methodology so foul, there is no way this poll can be fair.” . . . Poll by Des Moines Register shows Mondale has gained six points on Glenn in Iowa since December. Mondale now leads Glenn 49 to 20 per cent—and Cranston’s only four points behind Glenn.

. . . Report of bipartisan Kissinger Commission on Central America has drawn partisan reaction on Hill. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias (R., Md.) says “there will be strong support in Congress” for the commission’s recommendations. Speaking of commission’s call for $8 billion in economic aid for region, Mathias says, “The price tag, compared to the alternative, is going to look cheap.” But Rep. Clarence Long (D., Md.), chairman of Foreign Operations Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee, is already a stumbling block: “What will the money be for? No one can be sure it will get where it is supposed to.” . . . President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control—otherwise known as Grace Commission, after its head, J. Peter Grace of W. R. Grace & Co. —puts much of blame on Congress for record deficits. Now Congressional Budget Office and General Accounting Office are conducting joint study of Grace findings to try to find “fat” Grace found. . . . Donald J. Devine, director of Reagan’s Office of Personnel Management, says Federal Government has equivalent of 71,177 fewer full-time employees than at end of Carter Administration. Education Department is agency that has been cut most, down 27 per cent. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is agency that has grown most under Reagan, up 7.2 per cent. … In Massachusetts, decision by Sen. Paul Tsongas (D.) not to seek re-election in November has brought a herd of prospective candidates onto field. Rep. Edward Markey (D.) has already announced his candidacy, and Reps. Barney Frank (D.) and Janies Shannon (D.) are considering a run for it. Another possibility is former Gov. Edward J. King, a Democrat well to right of Markey, Frank, and Shannon. Only GOP candidate is businessman Raymond Shamie, who got 40 per *cent of vote against Ted Kennedy in 1982.

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The Mondale, Glenn, Askew, Cranston, Hart, Jackson, McGovern, Hollings Show in New Hampshire was a hit. Now it’s time for two Ronald Reagan Shows. Reagan will give State of the Union address January 25. He’s expected to ask for something long-sought by conservatives: line-item veto. Advisors believe this will help deflate Democratic attacks on deficits. Sen. Alan Dixon (D., Ill.) and Rep. Jack Kemp (R., N.Y.) have introduced constitutional amendment giving President power to make selective cuts from appropriation bills. . . . On January 29 Reagan will be on TV again—and is expected to make announcement GOP has been waiting for. Major polls —Gallup, Harris, Washington Post/ ABC, L.A. Times—all show RR ahead of both Mondale and Glenn. . . . Mondale campaign is riding high after TV debate. Their man Fritz says fight for Democratic nomination is “one of the sweetest primary fights in the party’s history.” Glenn camp is outraged over Post/ ABC poll that gave Mondale victory in debate. Glenn spokesman Mike McCurry said, “The sample size is so small and the methodology so foul, there is no way this poll can be fair.” . . . Poll by Des Moines Register shows Mondale has gained six points on Glenn in Iowa since December. Mondale now leads Glenn 49 to 20 per cent—and Cranston’s only four points behind Glenn.

. . . Report of bipartisan Kissinger Commission on Central America has drawn partisan reaction on Hill. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias (R., Md.) says “there will be strong support in Congress” for the commission’s recommendations. Speaking of commission’s call for $8 billion in economic aid for region, Mathias says, “The price tag, compared to the alternative, is going to look cheap.” But Rep. Clarence Long (D., Md.), chairman of Foreign Operations Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee, is already a stumbling block: “What will the money be for? No one can be sure it will get where it is supposed to.” . . . President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control—otherwise known as Grace Commission, after its head, J. Peter Grace of W. R. Grace & Co. —puts much of blame on Congress for record deficits. Now Congressional Budget Office and General Accounting Office are conducting joint study of Grace findings to try to find “fat” Grace found. . . . Donald J. Devine, director of Reagan’s Office of Personnel Management, says Federal Government has equivalent of 71,177 fewer full-time employees than at end of Carter Administration. Education Department is agency that has been cut most, down 27 per cent. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is agency that has grown most under Reagan, up 7.2 per cent. … In Massachusetts, decision by Sen. Paul Tsongas (D.) not to seek re-election in November has brought a herd of prospective candidates onto field. Rep. Edward Markey (D.) has already announced his candidacy, and Reps. Barney Frank (D.) and Janies Shannon (D.) are considering a run for it. Another possibility is former Gov. Edward J. King, a Democrat well to right of Markey, Frank, and Shannon. Only GOP candidate is businessman Raymond Shamie, who got 40 per *cent of vote against Ted Kennedy in 1982.