European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes february Reagan urges billion spending cuts continued from Page i they dont demand but they do expect us to Barking Back to his firm belief in american Reagan said to a there is nothing wrong with America that we together cant if the program would abruptly slow the growth of Federal spending from its recent 16 percent rate to 6 it would slow but not reverse the Rise in taxes that since i960 has doubled the percentage of income individuals pay the Federal govern it would make the first Broad Effort to Check the growth in social programs since he new among pub Lic service food child extended unemployment Trade adjustment assistance and student it would As previous presidents have tried attempt to reduce and untangle the Federal regulatory it would consolidate nearly 100 specific purpose Federal Grant giving the Money instead in Block Grants to states to use for health and social pro it would reduce Federal subsidies for syn thetic fuel the Export import the postal service and Dairy Farmers and stretch out funds for air sewage treatment plants and water business groups such As the National association of manufacturers and the chamber of Commerce quickly endorsed reagans even though it would Cut some business Falcio president Lane Kirkland called an emergency meeting of his organizations economic policy committee to Issue a formal Senate democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia said democrats would sup port a tax but not the 10 percent per year across Leboard version Reagan we feel it is an inflationary tax Byrd we dont think it is equitable and fair across the it favors the Edward said there Are major budget cuts he can and will but i am not prepared to see the social Progress of a generation swept aside Reagan will boost defense spending by additional 169 billion through 86 Washington a giving a military buildup overriding presi Dent Reagan intends to boost defense spending by billion through this was shown wednesday in a report devoted mainly to spelling out his intention to Cut no defense outlays Pentagon officials declined to provide de tails of increased weapons procurement proposals pending final Reagan approval of a 19x11982 package to be unwrapped next but it is known that the Reagan administration plans to move into a must billion Dollar development of an advanced Lake two battleships and an old aircraft car Rier out of build a new nuclear super Carrier and other advanced warships and buy More Xii tanks and Oiler modern the administration is expected to launch its program to rebuild the nations inadequate defense capacities by asking con Gress for substantial increases Over former president Jimmy Carters budget recommendations for this year and defense sources said Reagan probably will Call for about billion More than car ters projected total of billion in Bud gel authority for the current year and an additional billion Over Carters aviation Pioneer John Northrop Dies los Angeles up aviation Pioneer John Knudsen one of the founders of the Lockheed aircraft and the founder of the company bearing his died of natural causes at a Hospital Here at the age of Northrop was Best known As the designer of the flying lie also designed the Lockheed the Douglas a17 for the the by dive bomber for the the p61 Black the first plane Ever designed specifically for night and the b35 and b49 among he began his aviation career in 1916 As a craftsman Engineer for the Long head the original spelling of Lockheed Brothers who were building a Hying Tower arrives in will go to Munich Friday Bonn up John r chairman of the Senate armed serv ices arrived in Bonn thursday and was to meet Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and foreign minister Hans i Etrich Genscher a firm supporter of president reagans move to boost defense will then go to Munich for a weekend de sense which will also be attended by the new Deputy Secretary of Frank billion proposal for fiscal which be gins these boosts in budget if voted by will set in motion a Bow wave of actual spending increases that will Start then Rise steeply and Crest in the mid1980s As the new gear is major weapons especially ships and take years to spend As defense officials describe the according to reagans he expects actual defense spending in 1981 to Rise by Only about billion in 1981 and billion in his Chart he anticipates defense spending jumping by billion in by cafes to test time buying of of Issue items Munich Safe Europe military clothing sales facilities will begin a six month test on March 1 allowing install ment payment for air Force Issue uni form since such payment already is authorized for commercially branded air Force cloth ing and this Means All uniform items for that Branch of service May now be bought through an instalment under this a minimum Purchase of will be required to qualify for install ment regardless of the amount a Down payment will be re with subsequent monthly install ments until the Purchase has been All ranks Are eligible to and patrons will be permitted to mix Issue and commercially branded uniform Pur an cafes spokesperson no interest will be charged for military clothing instalment patrons contracting for this service will be required to have enough Active duty time remaining in the theater to cover full pay ment of the All purchases will become the property of the customer upon initial the spokesperson this program is not to be confused with the cafes deferred payment plan which allows Low instalment Purchase for most Exchange but has other contract it also is separate from cafes which permits instalment payment but does not allow merchandise Possession until final the test will not apply to army defense personnel support Center disc uni forms and instalment payment already is Autho red for commercial uniform items pro cured by cafes for army billion in by billion in 1985 and by billion in when the spending total Likely will hit Well Over defense analysts said the Reagan in creases Are based on the final Carter administration revised with a lower inflation projection for this and future according to Pentagon who asked not to be final decisions have not yet been made on a number of pro but the following Are just about set about billion in fiscal 1982 Bud get authority for development of a new Long Range bomber to replace the More f16 fighters for the air Force and revival of a10 Clos support War whose production would have been halted by the Carter some million for advanced procurement of Materiel for a new nuclear powered aircraft million in fiscal 198182 to re store the Carrier Oriskany to Active service and thus expand the navys resources for projecting air Power in crisis areas such As the Indian million in the same two year period to upgrade the battleship new Jer which saw Brief service in the Vietnam and nearly million to bring the battleship Iowa out of million in fiscal 1982 for an additional Cruiser armed with the Aegis air defense missile which the Navy says is essential to guard aircraft carriers from hostile million for two nearly million for one More no Clear powered attack about billion More in 19811982 for xm1 tanks for the the administration also is Likely to seek additional hundreds of millions of dollars for increasing stockpiles of ammunition and at the same he said part of the new defense growth will be financed by savings that result from increased efficiency and reductions of travel and other marginal Reagan anticipates about million in such savings this year and billion in fiscal mostly from shaving a proposed civilian pay increase from the percent that Carter proposed to Central Europe forecast for Friday mostly Cloudy skies with occasion Al Light Snow or Brief periods of partly highs 28 to 34 lows 20 to 26 1521 in he Sunset Friday Sunrise saturday Outlook for saturday Little with tempera Tures slightly temperatures recorded thursday 4am 4pm m m m s s m m m p m m m 46 61 32 34 41 46 38 38 28 28 28 32 30 30 p m 4am 4pm 28 32 36 38 34 48 23 27 34 32 41 48 25 28 Snow mostly Cloudy Pearlly Del weather so in a few Short most republicans embraced the promo As a matter of i would be willing to support More expenditure cuts than he is asking said Senate banking commit tee chairman Jake the program had four main components spending cuts totalling billion in fiscal which begins in Addi Reagan proposed billion savings by making Barge airlines and others pay for Federal facilities they and billion in additional savings for total savings of individual tax cuts totalling roughly 30 percent Over three years beginning july the tax Bill of a typical family of four with a income would drop by by business would get tax cuts retroactive to 1 in the form of faster write offs for reduction of unnecessarily Strin gent and intrusive which the administration said will require Ameri cans to spend billion hours filling out forms this fewer regulators will necessarily result in fewer regulations and less harassment of the an Appeal to the Federal Reserve Board to Cut the growth of Money in half by 1986 to curb Reagan said the administration will consult frequently with the while recognizing its individual tax cuts in the package would total billion in business tax cuts All of this would add up to a 1982 budget deficit of compared to billion projected by president Carter for Stockman told reporters Carters Fig ure was based on unrealistic economic assumptions and really would have been More than the Only maj for increase in the program was a billion addition to defense spend Reagan put the goal of balancing the budget off until Carter had called for billion in 1982 the administration said under its economic assumptions the Carter budget actually would Cost it Cut from ending up with a total of administration officials said if their proposals Are enacted promptly and the program would reduce inflation from an estimated 10 percent this year to 4 percent by and create by that year 13 million jobs 3 million they than pre sent policies would but they warned if the program is adopted piecemeal if Congress enacts Only the politically palatable sections the result will be no better than past eco nomic the budget package would preserve a social safety net of established programs social Security retirement Basic unemployment benefits Cash payments for de pendent the elderly and disabled and veterans but it would make sweeping cuts in these social programs eliminating Public service jobs under the comprehensive employment and training returning that program to its original purpose of training the hard Core unemployed and saving cutting billion from the food stamp program by limiting eligibility to a typical family of four with income under and saving billion by eliminating subsidized school lunches for Chil Dren whose parents earn More than cutting billion from the health program for the cutting billion from child nutria saving billion by changing the rules for extended unemployment benefits and halting unemployment benefits to those who will not take other another billion would be saved in Trade adjustment a program that aids people put out of work by Competition from by limiting it to those whose unemployment benefits have run