Reagan dumps welfare on states
WASHINGTON - Pres Ronald
Reagan asked Congress Tuesday night
to join in "a single, bold stroke" by
transferring $47 billion worth of federal
social programs — and the taxes to pay
for them — from Washington to state and
local governments
He said his plan, including the gradual
shift over the next decade of the welfare
and food-stamp programs, is designed
"to make government again accountable
to the people, to make our system of
federalism work again.”
It was the centerpiece proposal in a
State of the Union message that
promised better times, "much better,” if
the nation continues on his course of
budget and ta* reductions as the cure for
recession and inflation.
Reagan declared he will "seek no tax
increases this year and I have no inten
tion of retreating from our basic program
of tax relief."
"I will not ask you to try to balance the
budget on the backs of the American
taxpayers," he said in the speech,
scheduled for delivery at for 9 p.m. EST.
He vowed to the joint session of Con
gress and a nationwide broadcast
audience to "put the economy out of its
slump and put us on the road to pros
perity.”
Reagan said that the fiscal 1983
federal budget deficit will be less than
$100 billion and that "the policies we
have in place will reduce the deficit
steadily, surely and, in time, completely."
Reagan, describing his program as "a
bold and spirited initiative that I believe
can change the face of American
government,” outlined a second-year
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economic program in which his goal of
turning many federal chores over to the
states plays a central role.
At the same time, Reagan defended his
decision not to try to stem a ballooning
federal deficit by increasing taxes.
"Higher taxes would not mean lower
deficits,” Reagan said. "Raising taxes
won’t balance the budget.”
Reagan said that a "grassroots trust
fund,” filled by federal revenues, would
distribute $28 billion a year to the 50
states to pay for the additional respon
sibilities handed over to them.
“The economy will face difficult
moments in the months ahead,” Reagan
stated. "But, the program for economic
recovery that is in place will pull the
economy out of its slump and put us on
the road to prosperity and stable growth
by the latter half of this year ”
Reagan said that his program would
continue with two priorities: "a strong
national defense. . and a reliable safety
net of social programs for those who
have contributed and those who are in
need.”
Wednesday, January 27, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 87
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Photo by David Coray
Mime, Seattle style
When is a mime not a mime?
That's the question the Seattle Mime
Theater evokes from their audience
"If there are any rules, we break them
consistently," says Elizabeth Roth, one
of four members of the company who
gave an afternoon workshop and even
ing performance at the University Tues
day.
When the troupe formed five years ago
they adopted the classical mime style —
the white-face of Marcel Marceau — but
Roth says they found this too limiting
•'You were forced to wear the same
mask for an entire performance." says
Roth The "more sophisticated" modern
audiences were no longer "immediately
charmed by the white face and the illu
sion," Roth added
SMT now incorporates props, sounds
and even dialogue to add greater
dimensions to their performance
The SMT performed Tuesday evening
in the EMU.
ASUO proposes
slash in funding
By Dane Claussen
Ot tha Emerald
The ASUO Executive committee is
recommending decreases in two-thirds
of the ASUO-funded student groups that
were a target in preliminary budget
recommendations made on Monday.
Recommendations were also made to
discontinue funding for another ten
groups.
The average cut in funding is
34-percent, according to a memo from
Alan Contreras, acting vice president of
program administration. Cuts of that
size, combined with a recommended
average allocation of $245 to new groups
and a proposed 50-cent per term per
student increase in incidental fees next
year would compensate for a loss of
incidental fees amounting to $50,000.
Incidental fee income is tied directly to
the number of students enrolled, and the
estimated enrollment for next fall — used
as a base enrollment for the year — is
15,500 Fall term enrollment this year
was 17,400
“There will be program reductions.
There is no reason why students
shouldn't expect program reductions,”
Contreras says.
Some groups will be able to adapt to
r
cuts better than others, he says. For
example, the Drug Information Center
"will probably have problems," while the
Native American Student Union, with
much of its money tied up solely in ac
tivities, will be able to adapt relatively
easily, Contreras says.
The 10 organizations that the commit
tee recommended eliminating funds for,
are: the EMU Board, the English
Graduate Student Advisory Council, the
Ethnic Women s Alliance, the Geron
tology Association, the Hawaii Club, the
Muslim Student Association, the Phy
sically Limited Union of Students,
the Student Travel Center, University
Veterans, and Women in Science.
Only EGSAC and PLUS filed budget
requests for the 1982-83 year.
New groups the ASUO Executive bud
get staff recommended not funding are
the American Chemical Society and the
Cuba Study Group.
The Executive committee recom
mended funding 20 percent of the
requested amount for the campus
American Civil Liberties Union, the Un
dergraudate Economics Association, the
International Studies Association, Mor
tar Board, Students for a Nuclear Free
Future, Tabard Inn, and the Teacher
Education Graduate Student Organiza
tion
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Library ranks 84 of 101
The University Library ranks 84th
out of 101 research libraries, accord
ing to figures released in the most
recent edition of the Chronicle of
Higher Education. The ranking in
University has been increasing the
amount spent on material every year
The University ranks 94th in mater
ials expenditures, with a current bud
get of $1,274,319
Of the nine ranked schools in the
Pac-10, the University came in ninth in
overall si*e. Oregon State University
is not listed because it is not a
member of the Association of Re
search Libraries, Smith said that OSU
would * probably be ranked below
Oregon.”
Harvard is ranked first and Yale
second. The next three - all members
of the Pac-1