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■ The Republicans have found themselves a big issue and they plan to hit it hard: thrift v. big spending. Starting Sept. 20, their top team will hit seven cities in support of across-the-board income tax cuts over a three-year period (the Kemp-Roth bill). Among the speakers: former President Jerry Ford, Ronald Reagan, Bill Simon, Howard Baker, John Rhodes, Bill Brock, Robert Dole, Charles Percy—yes, you heard it right—and Jack Kemp. The cities they will hit: New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles. . . . Footnote: Although Kemp-Roth was voted down in the House a fortnight ago, the Republicans supported it 140 to 3. . . . On another front, two conservative Republicans, Sen. Carl Curtis and House Minority Leader John Rhodes are urging state legislatures to place referendums on their November ballots asking voters to choose between a balanced federal budget and continued deficit spending. This, they say, could make candidates more responsive to the wants of their constituents. . . . The most recent Harris shows Americans favor the cuts on the capital gains tax now moving through Congress, by 66 to 28 per cent. … In California Jerry Brown has certainly gotten the message. “We’re facing a second American revolution,” he says, “unless there is tax relief.”

■ U.S. News reports that White House political strategists are no longer as scared of a Jerry Brown primary blitz in 1980 as they once were. Reason could be that despite his successful flimflam on Proposition 13, Brown is not doing so well these days in his race against Republican gubernatorial candidate Evelle Younger. Mervin Field has Brown only five points ahead of Younger, and a Los Angeles Times poll shows the number one, two, three choices of California voters for Democratic presidential candidate next time to be: Kennedy (48), Carter (25), Brown (17). . . . On the Republican side, the Christian Science Monitor reports that Phil Crane—the first candidate officially in the 1980 race on either side—is not yet a household word, but that Crane has raised at least $5,000 in each of twenty states, which means he will be eligible for matching federal funds. . . . Ronald Reagan may be older than some of the others, but no less energetic. He’s scheduled 75 speeches in 25 states in the months of September and October. . . . Friends of Robert Dole are letting it be known that Jerry Ford’s preferences, if he decides against another presidential try, are—Robert Dole, or George Bush.

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■ The Republicans have found themselves a big issue and they plan to hit it hard: thrift v. big spending. Starting Sept. 20, their top team will hit seven cities in support of across-the-board income tax cuts over a three-year period (the Kemp-Roth bill). Among the speakers: former President Jerry Ford, Ronald Reagan, Bill Simon, Howard Baker, John Rhodes, Bill Brock, Robert Dole, Charles Percy—yes, you heard it right—and Jack Kemp. The cities they will hit: New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles. . . . Footnote: Although Kemp-Roth was voted down in the House a fortnight ago, the Republicans supported it 140 to 3. . . . On another front, two conservative Republicans, Sen. Carl Curtis and House Minority Leader John Rhodes are urging state legislatures to place referendums on their November ballots asking voters to choose between a balanced federal budget and continued deficit spending. This, they say, could make candidates more responsive to the wants of their constituents. . . . The most recent Harris shows Americans favor the cuts on the capital gains tax now moving through Congress, by 66 to 28 per cent. … In California Jerry Brown has certainly gotten the message. “We’re facing a second American revolution,” he says, “unless there is tax relief.”

■ U.S. News reports that White House political strategists are no longer as scared of a Jerry Brown primary blitz in 1980 as they once were. Reason could be that despite his successful flimflam on Proposition 13, Brown is not doing so well these days in his race against Republican gubernatorial candidate Evelle Younger. Mervin Field has Brown only five points ahead of Younger, and a Los Angeles Times poll shows the number one, two, three choices of California voters for Democratic presidential candidate next time to be: Kennedy (48), Carter (25), Brown (17). . . . On the Republican side, the Christian Science Monitor reports that Phil Crane—the first candidate officially in the 1980 race on either side—is not yet a household word, but that Crane has raised at least $5,000 in each of twenty states, which means he will be eligible for matching federal funds. . . . Ronald Reagan may be older than some of the others, but no less energetic. He’s scheduled 75 speeches in 25 states in the months of September and October. . . . Friends of Robert Dole are letting it be known that Jerry Ford’s preferences, if he decides against another presidential try, are—Robert Dole, or George Bush.