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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1981)
President axes wage council WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres. Reagan, saying there has to be "a change in direction” in the country, announced Thursday he is abolishing the Council on Wage and Price Stability and prohibiting federal agencies from implementing new regula tions for 60 days. In an opening statement at his first news conference since taking office, Reagan said the Council on Wage and Price Stability, which administered the Carter administration's anti inflation program “has been to tally ineffective in controlling inflation and has imposed un cecessary burdens on labor and business.” As for budget cuts, Reagan said no area of government will be exempt and he added that "the time has come where there has to be a change in direction in this country." "We have lived beyond our means," he said. "We must gain control of this inflationary mon ster." On Iran, Reagan said "I’m certainly not thinking of revenge." The president said he expects the United States will honor the agreements that led to release of the U S. hostages. A day after his secretary of state sounded a new hard line toward the Soviet Union, Reagan said that “so far, de tente has been a one way street that the Soviet Union has used for its own ends." As for his own view of Soviet intent, Reagan said, “I know of no leader of the Soviet Union since the revolution, including the present leadership, that has not repeated more than once ... that their goal must be world domination." Announcing the freeze on pending federal regulations, the new president said the action would give his administration time "to start a new regulatory oversight process and also prevents certain last-minute regulatory decisions of the previous administration — the so-called ‘midnight regulations’ — from taking effect without proper review and approval.” Abolition of the Council on Wage and Price Stability would cut 120 persons from the federal payroll. He said he will ask Con gress to rescind its budget of $1.5 million. Reagan refutes revenge motive WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres. Reagan said Thursday he is “certainly not thinking of revenge" against Iran for the ordeal suffered by hostage Americans, but neither does he see a reconciliation with the revolutionary government in Tehran. “What good would just revenge do and what form would that take?” Reagan asked. “I don’t think revenge is worthy of us. On the other hand, I don't think we should act as if this never happened." In his first nationally broad cast news conference since taking office 10 days ago, the president said he wouid not en courage American business to resume trade with the Persian Gulf nation "at this point" and cautioned anyone against traveling there. Though his administration has not finished reviewing the hostage settlement negotiated by the Carter administration, Reagan said, the United States probably would honor the agreement. 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