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...uproar over Budget Boss David Stockman's indiscreet remarks could scarcely have come at a worse moment for the Reagan Administration. Time has just about run out for Congress and the White House to make tough economic choices. The legislators have until the end of this week, Nov. 20, to appropriate money to keep the Government running, and the President will have to decide whether to veto bills that pierce his budget ceilings. Worse, the decisions will be made in an atmosphere of confusion, worry and even gloom created by the deepening recession that had called the Administration...
...conflict between these views has split official Washington into two camps. The Republican leaders of the Senate and some Administration officials, notably Stockman, urge a drive to trim deficits by further spending cuts and some big tax increases-not, to be sure, in the just decreased income tax rates, but in excise (sales) taxes and some levies on business. House Republicans want no part of tax increases and are uncertain how far to push on additional budget cuts. Democrats and some moderate Republicans are even more reluctant to slash spending further...
...periodic eruptions of Secretary of State Alexander Haig against back-corridor White House grousing over his performance are, if nothing else, enervating and diverting. Budget Chief David Stockman's unusual excursion into journalistic confession raises a credibility cloud that may be no bigger than a man's hand but capable of yielding acid rain...
...requiring compliance. There has been built-in competition between the Secretary of State and the National Security Adviser in the White House since the days of John Kennedy. That conflict needs to be resolved structurally so that there is a clear voice, an established authority. The substance of David Stockman's confessionals was hardly spectacular. Professional economic critics had predicted it. Amateurs had sensed it and Reagan just a fortnight ago finally admitted it. Beneath the disappointment and embarrassment, however, lurks opportunity. Few successful programs emerge as Presidents plan them. Reagan stands at a point of departure, offered...
...David Stockman learns about reporters-the hard...