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...that the consumer is spending more freely." Adds Richard D. McRae Jr., executive vice president of the twelve-store McRae's department-store chain based in Jackson, Miss.: "We have seen a big improvement in sales in the past three to seven weeks. There has been an across-the-board increase of 20% in apparel, which is about 80% of our business...
...national level, though, a commitment to diversity implies more. Any nationwide program that denies funds across-the-board to people who do not meet an external standard--or whose chances of making a "public contribution" are not deemed satisfactory--undermines the initiative's basic thrust. The federal government should strive to break down the barriers imposed on society's poorer members early on; it should not be making what are fundamentally admissions decisions at the aid level...
Several of Hart's allies have turned with similar zeal to the mishandling of America's economic problems. Bradley and Wirth, for example, are in the forefront of the move toward targeted tax cuts--as opposed to President Reagan's across-the-board reduction, which they view as inflationary and fiscally irresponsible. Selective cuts, they argue convincingly, will benefit ailing industrial cities in the Northeast and Midwest by encouraging the development of software, communications, and energy businesses...
...number of speakers argued that Reagan's across-the-board cuts in federal programs fail to distinguish between those that are ineffective and those that work well to meet the minimal needs of the poor. Republican Mayor William Hudnut of Indianapolis endorsed the trend toward decentralization of government, but warned: "You cannot dismiss the poor. It's like saying 'Let them eat cake' when they don't even have bread." Protested Cleveland's Republican Mayor George Voinovich: "If you're going to cut programs it should be done with a scalpel...
Local 195, the largest city workers' union which represents public works, clerical, and non-professional hospital personnel, has accepted the city's offer of an across-the-board $1000 increase, effective last July 1, and the police officers' union has ratified a 6.1-percent wage increase. Healy said...