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Round two in the battle of the deficit. With tax increases ruled out by Reagan, congressional pencils are now trained on defense budget in effort to cut deficit. Reagan is expected to ask for large increase over this year’s defense budget. Rep. Charles Stenholm (D., Tex.), head of Democratic Conservative Forum, says, “Nothing is sacrosanct.” . . . Evans & Novak report all 16 freshman GOP senators have sent Reagan a letter offering support for higher defense spending “only at a rate that can be justified by meeting the most stringent test of serving undeniable national security needs.” . . . But Rep. Jack Kemp, chairman of the House Conference, says defense shouldn’t rise or fall on basis of budget estimates, especially estimates he thinks are too high. Kemp’s voice carries weight in Oval Office. Unlike OMB Director David Stockman and high White House aides James Baker III, Michael Deaver, and Ed Meese, Kemp always opposed tax increases, a boast only one White House insider can make: Ronald Reagan. . . . After year of searching, Administration still hasn’t found spot for man who headed Reagan’s defense transition team: William Van Cleave. Van Cleave, after several previous snubs, was nominated as chairman of General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, but White House withdrew nomination after vetoes from Baker, Deaver, and Meese. National Security Advisor William Clark reportedly went to bat for Van Cleave but struck out.

Sen. S. I. Hayakawa (R., Calif.) won’t seek re-election. Recent California poll had him finishing fourth in GOP primary race, behind Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr., San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson, and Rep. Paul (Pete) McClos-key. Also in race are Maureen Reagan, RR’s daughter, Rep. Robert K. Dornan, and State Sen. John Schmitz. . . . A year after his release from Iran, Bruce Laingen, chargé d’affaires in U.S. Embassy in Teheran when Iranian rebels moved in, is considering entering GOP primary race for U.S. Senate from Maryland. Lawrence J. Hogan, Prince George’s County Executive, has already announced his candidacy. Winner of GOP primary will take on incumbent Senator Paul Sarbanes. . . . Washington police estimate a crowd of 25,000 gathered in a bitterly cold capital January 22 for annual March for Life, to protest 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion-on-demand. Reagan met with broad spectrum of pro-life leaders and sent a message to marchers that he was “looking forward” to signing an anti-abortion measure “reaching my desk for action.”

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Round two in the battle of the deficit. With tax increases ruled out by Reagan, congressional pencils are now trained on defense budget in effort to cut deficit. Reagan is expected to ask for large increase over this year’s defense budget. Rep. Charles Stenholm (D., Tex.), head of Democratic Conservative Forum, says, “Nothing is sacrosanct.” . . . Evans & Novak report all 16 freshman GOP senators have sent Reagan a letter offering support for higher defense spending “only at a rate that can be justified by meeting the most stringent test of serving undeniable national security needs.” . . . But Rep. Jack Kemp, chairman of the House Conference, says defense shouldn’t rise or fall on basis of budget estimates, especially estimates he thinks are too high. Kemp’s voice carries weight in Oval Office. Unlike OMB Director David Stockman and high White House aides James Baker III, Michael Deaver, and Ed Meese, Kemp always opposed tax increases, a boast only one White House insider can make: Ronald Reagan. . . . After year of searching, Administration still hasn’t found spot for man who headed Reagan’s defense transition team: William Van Cleave. Van Cleave, after several previous snubs, was nominated as chairman of General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, but White House withdrew nomination after vetoes from Baker, Deaver, and Meese. National Security Advisor William Clark reportedly went to bat for Van Cleave but struck out.

Sen. S. I. Hayakawa (R., Calif.) won’t seek re-election. Recent California poll had him finishing fourth in GOP primary race, behind Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr., San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson, and Rep. Paul (Pete) McClos-key. Also in race are Maureen Reagan, RR’s daughter, Rep. Robert K. Dornan, and State Sen. John Schmitz. . . . A year after his release from Iran, Bruce Laingen, chargé d’affaires in U.S. Embassy in Teheran when Iranian rebels moved in, is considering entering GOP primary race for U.S. Senate from Maryland. Lawrence J. Hogan, Prince George’s County Executive, has already announced his candidacy. Winner of GOP primary will take on incumbent Senator Paul Sarbanes. . . . Washington police estimate a crowd of 25,000 gathered in a bitterly cold capital January 22 for annual March for Life, to protest 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion-on-demand. Reagan met with broad spectrum of pro-life leaders and sent a message to marchers that he was “looking forward” to signing an anti-abortion measure “reaching my desk for action.”