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■ Now that the bi-partisan budget negotiations have broken down, everyone on the Hill is getting into the act, coming up with other proposed budget packages. In the House, Minority Leader Bob Michel, credited with much of the adroit footwork that won Reagan his big victories last year, has blasted the Domenici Senate Budget Committee compromise. No way, says Michel: “You’ve got to take it [proposed Social Security cuts] off the table before you even start. You’ve got to give the guys who are running every two years some running room.” The compromise Michel is working on would leave Social Security out of it, be more on the supply side, and contain fewer tax hikes. . . . Evans & Novak report that in the final discussions that preceded the Domenici- Reagan pact, in which Reagan agreed to a tax-hike package, Treasury Secretary Don Regan and other supply-siders were frozen out by Janies Baker and David Stockman. . . . Meanwhile, Phil Gramm (D., Tex.)—an easy winner in Texas primary in which Democratic regulars tried to purge him—is working on his version of a budget. Gramm, a leader of the conservative Democratic Boll Weevils, has discussed the situation with Reagan. . . . The polls continue to show the people want spending cut, not taxes raised. Gallup: 4 per cent, raise taxes; 47 per cent, cut spending. Chamber of Commerce (in a poll of union members): 3 per cent, raise taxes; 50 per cent, cut spending. . . . Yet another poll (Gallup, commissioned by Chamber of Commerce) shows 48 per cent in favor of trimming cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients, 24 per cent opposed. . . . Bad news for the President: In annual U.S. News survey of opinion-molders, only 38 per cent thought the President was doing good to excellent job this year, as against 67 per cent a year ago. . . . Merit Re-port poll of people who think media reporting of Reagan Administration is biased shows that 33 per cent think it is “too negative,” only 17 per cent “too positive.”

Shailo, London Daily Telegraph Rothco

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■ Now that the bi-partisan budget negotiations have broken down, everyone on the Hill is getting into the act, coming up with other proposed budget packages. In the House, Minority Leader Bob Michel, credited with much of the adroit footwork that won Reagan his big victories last year, has blasted the Domenici Senate Budget Committee compromise. No way, says Michel: “You’ve got to take it [proposed Social Security cuts] off the table before you even start. You’ve got to give the guys who are running every two years some running room.” The compromise Michel is working on would leave Social Security out of it, be more on the supply side, and contain fewer tax hikes. . . . Evans & Novak report that in the final discussions that preceded the Domenici- Reagan pact, in which Reagan agreed to a tax-hike package, Treasury Secretary Don Regan and other supply-siders were frozen out by Janies Baker and David Stockman. . . . Meanwhile, Phil Gramm (D., Tex.)—an easy winner in Texas primary in which Democratic regulars tried to purge him—is working on his version of a budget. Gramm, a leader of the conservative Democratic Boll Weevils, has discussed the situation with Reagan. . . . The polls continue to show the people want spending cut, not taxes raised. Gallup: 4 per cent, raise taxes; 47 per cent, cut spending. Chamber of Commerce (in a poll of union members): 3 per cent, raise taxes; 50 per cent, cut spending. . . . Yet another poll (Gallup, commissioned by Chamber of Commerce) shows 48 per cent in favor of trimming cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients, 24 per cent opposed. . . . Bad news for the President: In annual U.S. News survey of opinion-molders, only 38 per cent thought the President was doing good to excellent job this year, as against 67 per cent a year ago. . . . Merit Re-port poll of people who think media reporting of Reagan Administration is biased shows that 33 per cent think it is “too negative,” only 17 per cent “too positive.”

Shailo, London Daily Telegraph Rothco