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...problem," meanwhile, was working at his usual feverish pace last week. Badly shaken and somewhat moody in the days following his "woodshed" session with Reagan two weeks ago, Stockman is now committed to salvaging his credibility-and his job. Ignoring the advice of aides, he is embarking this week on a four-day swing through the Midwest and West to speak at fund raisers for G.O.P. Congressmen. "If the President has suffered from Dave's indiscretions, and Dave thinks he has, then he's determined to make it up to him, one Congressman at a time," said...
...Stockman stays in his job, it may be thanks to Allen, whose problems have pushed the OMB Director's woes off the front pages. As one White House adviser who favors axing Allen put it: "I think we can make our point by only one head rolling...
...with their hundreds of equations, do not seem able to predict economic activity with reliability any more. Indeed, in recent months more and more companies have begun to pay less attention to the once highly regarded forecasts. Someone else recalled a comment by Reagan's Budget Director David Stockman that no one in the Administration really understands what is going on in the economy. Concluded Urban Affairs Specialist Thomas Fletcher: "People aren't as intelligent as the systems they're managing." There were no final solutions or quick answers at the end of the meeting...
...David Stockman survives in the Reagan Administration, it probably won't be because of the damage-limiting support he got from two conservative newspaper columnists. On David Brinkley's new ABC show, George F. Will predicted that "Stockman will come out of this as an enhanced asset" because the man who could testify one way to Congress and talk another way to a journalist friend who quoted him in the Atlantic Monthly had shown himself "open to evidence." Try telling that to a Congressman whose vote turned on believing Stockman's knowing deceptions the first time around...
Whether or not Stockman keeps his job, the press's role in his troubles shouldn't get lost. Much is made-in movies, books and preening editorials-about the press's "adversary relationship" with government and arm's length distance from sources. But a surprising amount of the news, like the Stockman story, comes from deals cut between consenting adults. The press finds these transactions awkward to talk about because they smack of collusion. Stockman wanted attention called to how brilliantly he slashed the budget; William Greider of the Washington Post wanted and got a good...