TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1981
Transcript of the President's Commencetiient 'Address at U.S Military Acdenly:
Following is a transcript of President Reagan's commencement address yes-
rday at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., as recorded by
e New York Times through the facilities of ABC News: 1
General Goodpaster, reverend
? 'Clergy, General Means, the Members
of the United States Senate and House
of Representatives who are here, the
officers on the platform, you, the fami-
lies, the friends, the Corps and, above
all, this graduating class:
4, Nancy and I consider it a great pleas-
ure to be here today to congratulate
you, who have successfully completed
your education and training at the
Onited States Military Academy.
I'm a little self-conscious being intro-
duced as yOur commander, when I
began my military career as a second
lieutenant in the cavalry ? the horse
pavalry, that is. I have threatened on
occasion that that was the reason I got
this job was so that I could reinstitute
that horse cavalry.
. But we honor you for the responsibil-
ity that you are willing to accept.
Today you become officers in the
armed forces of the United States
guardians of freedom, protectors of our
4- heritage. But, More than that, you be-
come the keepers of the peace. Those
shrill voices that would have us believe
the defendert of our nation are some-
how the enemies of peace are as false
? as they are shrill.
A Chinese philosopher, Sun Tzu, 2,500
^ years ago said winning a hundred vic-
tories in a hundred battles is not the
acme of skill; to subdue the enemy
without fighting is the acme of skill. A
truly successful army is one that, be-
cause of its strength and ability and
dedication, will not be called upon to
fight because no one will dare to pro-
voke it.
^ There have been four Wars in my life-
time; none of them came about be-
cause the United States was too strong.
At the end of World War, II, we alone
were at the peak of our military
_strength; our great industrial capacity
was untouched by war's destruction,
and it was then that ? in those dark
days ? that Pope Pius XII said,
:"America has a great genius for great
and unselfish deeds. Into the hands of
?America God has placed an afflicted
mankind."
? ? Different Drum Beat
We set out to restore the war-rav-
aged lands of our erstwhile enemies as
well as our friends. We prevented what
,could have been a retreat into the Dark
Ages. Unfortunately, another great
power in the world was marching to a
different drain beat, creating a society
ip which everything that isn't compul-
? 'tory is prohibited. The citizens of that
society have little more to say about
their government than a prison inmate
hs to,say abOut the prison administra-
About 10 days ago, I addressed the
graduating class at the University of
,Notre Dame. Young men and women of
your generation were facing a future in
which they wonder what jobs will be
available and who their employers will
_be. You don't have that problem. You
.?'Innow what your job will be and your
,
linployers will be ?.7 theae Notre Loathe
graduates as well as the rest of your
fellow citizens. Now, of course, they
_won't be directly and personally in
:,Charge ? that's left to those of us who
iave chosen to represent them, Secre-
.,l'
airy Marsh who is here, Secretary of
the Army.
But speaking on behalf of all of the
people ? those employers of yours ?
may I say that we intend that you shall
find better working conditions, tools
? 'Adequate to the task you are expected
ti) perform, and pay somewhat more
r'tommensurate with the responsibil-
ities you assume than has been the case
In recent years.
? Now you may have heard rumors to
the effect that increasing government
:Spending is not something I'm prone to
do, and to tell the truth, there's a cer-
,:tain substance to those rumors. At the
same time, I accept without question
the words of George Washington: To be
'prepared for war is one of the most ef-
fectual means of preserving the peace.
Now, in spite of some things you may
have heard, he didn't tell me that per-
sonally. Still, I'm in full agreement and
believe that he did say it. But let me
seriously speak about your employers.
We've been through a period in which it
eemed that we, the people, had forgot-
en that government is a convenience
of, for and by the people. And while we
Were busy with our own affairs, gov-
ernment began to grow beyond the con-
sent of the governed. Its growth was
nourished by an ever-larger share of
the peoples' earnings that it took by
taxation which became more and more
confiscatory.
Neglect of National Security
At the same time, government ne-
glected one of its prime responsibil-
ities, national security, as it engaged
more and more in social experimenta-
tion. Our margin of safety in an in-
creasingly hostile world was allowed to
diminish; and, for a time, it seemed
that there was an erosion of respect for
the honorable profession that you have
chosen.
All of this has led to an economic
crisis ? deficit spending, an almost
trillion -dollar debt resulted in runaway
inflation, lowered productivity and
great unemployment. And the tools of
your trade were given a very low pri-
ority.
Well I'm happy to tell you that the
people of America have recovered
from what can only be called a tempo-
rary aberratiOn. There is a spiritual re-
vival going on in this country, a hunger
op the part of the people to once again
be proud of America, all that it is and
all that it can be.
Now, the first step in restoring our
margin of safety must be the rejuvena-
tion of our economy. A vibrant and ex-
panding economy is necessary if we!re
to have the research, the technology
and the industry and capacity to pro-
vide you with what you need to practice
your profession.
Reflecting the will of the people, the
Government has returned to our long-
time tradition of bipartisanship ? not
only where national security is con-
cerned but with regard to the economic
? needs of our people. In recent weeks,
one could say there were no Democrats
or Republicans in Congress ? just
Americans.
Yes, there are and will be disagree-
ments. But they are legitimate differ-
ences of opinion on how best to reduce
government costs, what tax changes
will provide incentive to increase pro-
ductivity, and how best to restore our
defense capability. Already the Con-
gress has voted the greatest reduction
in the budget ever attempted, and at
the same time has mightily increased
the spending for the military.
The argument, if there is any, will be
over which weapons, not whether we
should foresake weaponry for treaties
and agreements. My good friend Lau-
rence Beilenson, authored a book a few
years ago called "The Treaty Trap." It
was the result of years of research and
it makes plain that no nation that
placed its faith in parchment or paper,
while at the same time it gave up its
protective hardware, ever lasted long
enough to write many pages in history.
Peace Through Strength
Now this is not to say that we should-
n't seek treaties and understandings
and even mutual reductions of strate-
, Inc weapens. ?gearnk, Jur, peRce
must go on, but , we have'" a better
chance of finding it if we maintain our
strength while we're searching.
Mr. Beilenson has recently authored
a new thought-provoking book called
"Survival and Peace in the Nuclear
Age." But weaponry alone does not
mean security.
Gen. George Patton said, "Wars may
be fought with weapons, but they are
won by men." It is the spirit of the men
who follow and of the man who leads
that gains the victory. Now today we
seek only to make one change in that
statement: it is "the men and women
who follow" and "the men and women
who lead."
Now I meant to ask the general be-
fore I got up here, and I forgot to do it,
because I've been given two figures. I
know that there are either 58 or 68
women in this graduating class, and I
do know that women constitute more
than 9 percent of the Army today.
The indispensible factor for protec-
tion for all that we hold dear is leader-
ship ? a leadership of you and young
men and women like you that you offer
? to this nation. You will be the individu-
als who most inspire and lead those
who are called upon to do the hard, and
sometimes, thankless job.
There is a writer, James Warner Bel-
lah, sometimes called our Rudyard
Kipling because of his stories of our
Army on the frontier as we pushed
The New York Times/Sara Krulwich
At end of graduation Ceremonies, cadets threw their hats into the air in celebration
westward, and in one of his stories he !! graduate are trained people who un-
described a poignant scene: A coin- - 'fderstand their duty and who do it."
mending officer lay dying on the field Six of the astronauts were graduates
of battle. As he passed the command to of West Point, among them the first
a younger officer, he said, "There may inan to walk in space, Col. Edward
be only one time in your life when your ; 'White who then lost his life in 1967 in a
country will call upon you and you will ( tragic fire that swept ,the Apollo space-
be the only one who can do the nasty job;'craft.
that has to be done. Do it or forever But let us look ahead to the force of
after there will be the taste of ashes in ',which you will be an important and sig-
your mouth." nificant part. I doubt there will be
A torch of leadership is being handed ',many surprises because, in a way,
to you in this commencement cere- You've been "Army" for the last four
mony today, a ceremony that in all this years. There's little chance that you'll
land is duplicated only in the several ' be like that recruit in World War II,
other service academies. F
who asked in some bewilderment why
I know that you've learned the princi- the Army did certain things in the way
ples of leadership here in this historic that it did. A longtime regular Army
place. You know that it requires one to ? ?.sergeant said, "Well, let me explain it
command respect of those who follow to you, son. If you were in charge of a
by deserving that respect. By decliCa- I ? brand new country and in creating an
tion and total commitment to the de. 4 army for that country you finally got a ,
fense of our country and all that it rep- division organized, what would you call
resents, you've had an excellent exam.' it?" And the recruit said, "Well, I
ple to follgw , General? Goodpaster, ., I .gtiess I'd calj it the First Division."
who is; as I know, an honorary Member Well, he said, "In the United States
of your graduating class now.
Tribute to Goodpaster
He arrived as Superintendent almost
at the same time as you enrolled as
plebes, and he retires now as you
graduate. He served his country well,
retired as a four-star general, but was
willing to leave retirement and give up
a star to return to West Point.
You're part of a great tradition. It's
over-used, I know, but the term "the
long gray line" is descriptive of the
tradition of which you are now a part.
In that line have been men who turned
defeat into victory, who stood in the
breach til citizen armies could be
raised.
For a time, West Point was the na-
tion's principal source of professionally
trained engineers. The West was ex-
plored and mapped by members of the
long gray line. A West Point graduate
helped design the Panama Canal and
the Holland Tunnel. Two were Presi-
dents. Two are presently Cabinet mem-
bers in this Administration. Others
have been giants of commerce and in-
dustry ? Henry du Pont, class of 1833;
Robert E. Wood, class of 1900.
Dwight Eisenhower said, "Even in
the event of a complete disarmament
there is a role for West Point. EV"n if
we just turned our graduates back into
the body politic, it would be good. The
Reagan Aide's Son Hailed by the Chief
By JAMES FERON
Special to The New York Times '
;:WEST POINT; N.Y., May 27 ?
Edwin Meese 3d, President Reagan's
eeunselor and one of his closest aides,
does not often accompany his chief on
trips such as the one made today to the
United States Military Aacademy, but
this one was different.
?Mr. Meese's son, Michael, was
graduating from West Point, and with
honors. The tall, blond cadet finished
?,8th in 1981's class of 906 cadets and
Was, therefore, among the top 5 percent
ef the class of 1981 who were handed
their diplomas by their Commander in
Chief.
The 21-year-old graduate whose
grandfather, Col. Charles C. Herrick,
was in the class of 1915, took the di-
ploma and a handshake from the Presi-
dent. And then there was another hand
to shake, his father's.
Second Lieut. Michael Meese said
later that it was "just outstanding to
get a diploma from the President and
to have him to speak to us," rather than
rfiake a major foreign policy state-
ment. Mr. Reagan's speech was laced
? with references to the need for a strong
nation, but it was directed toward the
chdets.
. Did the Meese connection influence
Mr. Reagan's choice of military acade-
mies to address? "Well, I kept asking
my father if he was coming,' Lieuten-
ant Meese said, "but I think it was be-
cause the Superintendent was leav-
ing." He was referring to Lieut. Gen.
Andrew J. Goodpaster's return to re-
tirement after four years at West
Point.
I The President's counselor, now min-
gling with other farnily members in the
glow of graduation, was asked if he
thought his White House position had
made life more difficult for his son. "I
don't think they knew about it until
today," he said.
?
If Michael Meese was near the top of
his class, Christopher J. O'Connell was
at the bottom, and the richer for it.
Tradition holds that the goat, the cadet
with the lowest grade point average?
receives $1 from each classmate.
A few years ago West Point officials
sought to eliminate this distinction, but
the identity of the goat is always known
to classmates. Cadet O'Connell took his
turn on the stage, like the others in al-
phabetical order, but when he got his
diploma, the class of 1981 roared and
gave him a standing ovation.
?
A separate seeder' of 26 chairs was
placed to the side of the front row of
graduates for wives and other family
members of guests on the platform,
and by a special visitor, the actor
James Cagney, who arrived walking
slowly, with assistance, as the ceremo-
nies began.
Mr. Cagney, who iz 81 years old, lives
on an 800-acre farm in Millbrook, N.Y.,
in Dutchess County, about an hour
away. He has known Mr. Reagan 40
years. He appeared with the President-
to-be in "Boy Meets Girl" in 1938 and in
"The West Point Story," in which Mr.
Cagney starred. Both actors have been
presidents of the Screen Writers Guild.
Mr. Reagan invited Mr. Cagney to
the Inauguration, according to a White
House aide, but the actor was too ill to
attend. The reunion today was ar-
ranged by a friend, and Mr. Cagney sat
.
through it all, standing and sitting as
many times as ritual required.
Finally, leaning heavily on his cane
and the arm of a Cadet, he left as the
President was leaving. They met at the
side of the platform. Nancy Reagan
embraced the white-haired actor. He
chatted briefly with the President and ,
they had their picture taken.
?
The class of 1981 included twins, Me-
linda and Melissa Miles, who were re-
cruited by West Point from the basket-
ball courts of Indiana, according to
their father, William Miles, a publisher
in,Bloomfield.
"I think the people here were inter-
ested in building a women's basketball
team, and so they did," he said. "The
girls had no idea of coming here, and I
think their mother had other hopes."
, Mr. Miles, who served with the 45th
Division in Europe in World War 2, said
the experience was a good one, "but I
don't they are ready for combat; after
all, they're girls."
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?
Mr. Reagan said he felt self-con-
scious about being introduced "as your
commander" because "I began my
military career as a second lieutenant
in the cavalry, the horse cavalry, that
is," he said, to the appreciative hoots of
those once assigned to that branch.
He recalled his recent address to the'
graduating class at Notre Dame, where
young 'nen and women were wondering
"what jobs will be available and who
their employers will be." Then, after a
pause, he said, "You don't have that
problem," a reference to the commit-
ment of each West Point graduate for
five years of service.
Army when they did that, they called it
the Second Division." And he said,
"When you understand that, you'll
know everything about the Army and
why it does things."
Tradition of Civilian Volunteers
But our country has a unique tradi-
tion among the nations. Unlike the
other powers with armies of conscripts,
our military was always composed of
citizen volunteers. In times past, the
standing army was a skeleton force
that expanded in wartime to absorb the
draftees, the conscripts. We also
counted on a National Guard, a trained
reserve to bridge the period when the
draftees were undergoing basic train-
ing. We must still have that reserve,
and we're taking steps to upgrade it to
a state of immediate readiness. -
We once had the luxury of time pro-
vided by the two great oceans, a luxury
we no longer have. At the end of World
War II, we continued the draft into
peacetime even though the peacetime
draft was counter to American tradi-
tion. We had always believed that only
in the most severe national emergency
did a government have a claim to
'mandatory service of its younger citi-
zens.
But we returned to that tradition in
1973, a volunteer military. Some pro-
claimed it a failure from the start. I'm
not going to take your time by reciting
the pros and cons of a debate which still
goes on, except to say that some ex-
press the, belief that patriotism alone
should because enough to serve.
? Well, George Washington ? to quote
him again ? once said of patriotism,
"It must be aided by a prospective in-
terest or some reward. For a time, it
may of itself push men to action, to
bear much, to encounter difficulties.
But it will not endure unassisted by in-
terest."
, Now it's true that patriotism can't be
Reagan's Son Accuses
Press of Harassing Him
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 27 (UPI) ---
President Reagan's son Michael says
he quit his job with a small southern
California military, contractor last
week because, "with the press investi-
gating every contract they got, they
would have gone bankrupt.'
Mr. Reagan resigned as vice presi-
dent of Dana Ingalls Profiles after n
letter that he wrote to military bases
soliciting Government contracts, in
\ which he mentioned his father, became
'v The President's 36-year-old son, in an
interview yesterday with The Register
in Orange County in California, said re-
porters exaggerated the importance of
the letter.
"My God," he said, "I was repre-
senting a 35-man machine shop and
they acted as if I was soliciting busi-
ness for Boeing Aircraft."
Mr. Reagan, who kept his other job
as vice president of Southern Pacific
Title in Santa Ana, said the furor over
the letter had forced him to resign.
"I had to resign from Ingalls," he
said. "If I had stayed, with the press in-
vestigating every contract they got,
they would have gone bankrupt.'
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bought; neither can it be coerced. You
here today are living proof of that. Ob-
viously, you did not choose this profes- ,
sion with the thought of making a for-
tune. Samuel Johnson, 200 years ago
said, "An officer is much more re-
spected than any other man who has so
little money."
Young men end women volunteered
for duty in our armed forces and then
found that too much of their reward
was expected to be patriotism. And in
recent years, even here they were
shortchanged. In much of the 70's,
there was a widespread lack of respect
for the uniform born perhaps of what
has been called the Vietnam syndrome.
The result was inevitable: the falloff of
enlistments, but even worse, a drop in
re-enlistment resulting in a great loss
of experienced noncommissioned offi-
cers. A cry for a draft arose to a cre-
scendo. Well, I still believe there is an-
other way, one more in keeping with
our system of rewarding those who,
work and serve. On a scale commensu-
rate with what we ask of them.
The Price of Sacrifice
I don't suppose we could put an exact
price on the sacrifice that we ask of
those who guarantee our safety, but
one thing is certain: They deserve bet-
ter than a bare subsistence level.
I have asked Secretary of Defense
Weinberger to form a Defense Man-
power Task Force to review the entire
military manpower question and to
make proposals which will increase tli
effectiveness of the active and reserve
all-volunteer forces.
Last year's pay increase was a step
in the right direction, but we're asking
for another one in the fiscal year that
begins Oct. 1. We seek to channel pay
increases and bonuses to those in the
most needed skill areas. We're study-
ing proposals for a merit pay system
and increased flexibility in personnel
practices.
A few years ago, the G.I. Bill was
eliminated and replaced with a pro-
gram having fewer benefits. At the
same time, we were expanding Federal
aid to college students. The Federal
Government, in effect, provided more
benefits to those who were not serving
their country and reduced them for
those who were. The Defense Man-
power Task Force will be studying
ways in which we can make enlistment
more attractive for the kind of young
people we need in our military forces.
Already enlistments are up and go
are re-enlistments. And, surprisingly
? or maybe we shouldn't be surprised
? many who have already left the ser!'-
ice are now returning. There has also
been a decided rise in quality as me4-
ured by intellectual and testing attain-
ment.
Something other than pay and bene-
fits contributed to this. I mentioned
earlier the new spirit that is abroad in
outland.
The era of self-doubt is over. We've
stopped looking at our warts and redis-
covered how much there is to love in
this blessed land. All of us together,
and you very definitely in the posts you
go to, can help restore the sense Of
pride our men and women are entitled
to have in wearing the uniform.
Let friend and foe alike be made
aware of the spirit that is sweeping
across our land, because it means we
will meet our responsibilities to the
free, world. Very much a part of OAS'
new spirit is patriotism, and with that',
goes a heartfelt appreciation for the,?
sacrifices of those in uniform. ?.
Heritage at West Point ,
You are a prime ingredient that
keeps us free, that protects all we cher-;
ish and hold dear. You can transmit the
historic heritage which is in the very:
air of West Point. The first Purple-
Heart medal was awarded here. It was:',
the first decoration ever given to an en-
listed man. At Trophy Point, I'm told-
there are links of a great chain that was',
forged and stretched across the Hudsoii.
to prevent the British fleet from pene-
trating further into the valley:
Today, you are that chain, fielding
back an evil force that would extip-:
guish the light we've been tending for.
6,000 years.
Now before! finish, there is one thine
that! should say in behalf of you direct-
ly, and that is, in keeping with what I'
understand is a tradition, I have asked
the Superintendent to grant an amnes-
ty. I knew I should have saved that for
the last, but seriously, I wanted to close
with some other remarks.
Almost two decades ago, fin the sun-
set of his life, a West Point graduate,
Douglas MacArthur, returned to this,
place to-address the cadet corps. No
one who ever heard him that 'day CO'
ever forget his call to duty, honor,'
country. Nor his declaration that so,
long as there was breath in his body he
would he the words, "The Corps, the'
Corpi, the Ceips."
Do your duty. Keep untarnished your
honor, and you of the corps will prh-'
serve this country for Yourselves, for
all of us, for your children, and fer your!
children's children. God bless you and:
keep you.
Reagan Promises Defense Buildup,
Stating 'Era of Self-Doubt Is Ovee
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day, Mr. Reagan followed tradition by re-
minding the corps of 4,109 cadets in white
caps and gray tunics that they stand in
"the long gray line" of military leaders
trained here. Then the President referred
to perhaps the most famous speech ever
delivered at West Point ? Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's farewell to the corps.
"No one who ever heard him that day
can ever forget his call to duty, honor,
country," the President said. 'Nor his
declaration that so long as there was
breath in his body he would hear the
words: 'the corps, the corps, the corps.'"
"Do your duty," Mr. Reagan charged
the graduating class that included 58
women. "Keep untarnished your honor
and you of the corps will preserve this
country for yourselves, for all of us, for
your children and for your children's chil-
dren."
At the end of the ceremony, the gradu-
ates, as newly commissioned second lieu-
tenants, followed tradition, too, by throw-
ing their white saucer-shaped cadet caps
high into the air. At this signal, scores of
small children swarmed onto the athletic
field to claim the discarded caps as
souvenirs.
As in his 1980 stump speeches, Mr. Rea-
gan softened the hawkish sound of his call
for rearmament by saying that such a
rearmament would be used in a defensive
way to provide a "margin of safety."
Campaign Line Echoed
"Those shrill voices that would have us
believe the defenders of our nation are
somehow the enemies of 'peace are as
false as they are shrill. There have been
four wars in my lifetime," Mr. Reagan
concluded, echoing exactly a line from
his standard campaign speech, "and
none of them came ,about because we
were too strong."
The President cited the shifting of
funds from the G.I. Bill to aid civilian col-
lege students as contributing to the mili-
tary pay squeeze that he says has driven
qualified career people out of the armed
forces.
A White House aide said that today's
announcement of the Weinberger task
force had made official an Administra-
tion review of military pay that has been
going on for some time. Mr. Reagan has
already recommended a pay rise for the
fiscal year 1982.
In asserting his intention not to forsake
weapons for treaties, Mr. Reagan praised
two books by "my good friend Laurence
Beilenson," a Los Angeles attorney who
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has written for the conservative journal;
National Review. Mr. Reagan said that
one of those books, "The Treaty Trap,''
"makes plain that no nation that placed
its faith in parchment or paper, while at
the same time it gave up its protect-Ye
hardware, ever lasted long enough tO
write many pages in history." Since talt:
ing office, Mr. Reagan has declined tore-
-sume negotiations for a strategic arms
limitation treaty with the Russians.
Goodpaster Is Honored
After his speech, the President
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal, first oak leaf cluster, to Lieut:
Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, the acadei
my's 51st superintendent. General Good-
paster came out of retirement four years
ago to assume command of the institution
at a time when it had suffered a series of
cheating scandals.
Vice President George Bush echoed the
President's emphasis On militar3t
strength in an address to the graduates at
the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., aS
did Secretary of Defense Weinberger in
speaking to the graduates at the 'Ali
Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
Mr. Bush asserted that the Navy was
"an irreplaceable force in demonstrating
America's determination to defend its
vital interests" but that the fleet had
fallen behind that of the Soviet Union in
recent years.
"Let me assure you, however, that out
Administration is determined to' reverse
that trend so that the United States Navy
takes its proper place as second to none
on the face of the earth," the Vice Presi-
dent said.
Warning by Weinberger
Mr. Weinberger observed that "the
fragile, national consensus" for more
military strength could be lost "if we dq
anything to lose the people's confidence.
He said that that might happen "if we are,
perceived as wasteful or unreceptive to
new ideas of strategy or tactics." ?
The Defense Secretary told the Air
Force graduates that the United Staten
"must realign our sights to the new geog-
raphy of conflict while not losing our abil-
ity to deter and to defend in more tradi-
tional theaters." The first alluded to the
Persian Gulf, the second to Europe.
"As a result of these changes," Mr.
Weinberger said, "many of you will
spend a considerable portion of your pro-
fessional careers thinking about, and
even serving in, parts of the world that
once seemed remote and irrelevant to
most Americans."
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CoOgress.:Natrows
C?? a. TAX Bill
Continued From Page Al
deduction, both cited by Mr. Rosten-
kowski weeks ago as among his prefer-
ences.
Mr. Rostenkowski made a special
Point of saying that House Democrats
could not accept a three-year bill with
income tax cuts of 10 percent a year,
which has been a Reagan conditihn. In
February, Mr. Reagan proposed a bill
to cut individual tax rates from top to
bottom hy 10 percent a year for three
years. .
Mr. Dile suggested that the differ-
ences between him and Mr. Rosten-
kowski, both veterans of many House-
Senate tax conferences, were less sig-
nificant than the differenCei between
the ,HOuse Democratic leadership, in-
cluding Mr. Rostenkowski, and the
White House. t, "
"I don't speak for the White House,"
Mr. Dole said. Moments later he added,
"If it's left up to us; I think we can prob-
ably work out an agreement."
Mr. Dole and Mr. Rostenkowski, it
was authoritatively reported, wOuld -
if they could - agree on a two-year bill
rather than the three-year measure
proposed by the Administration. They
' are in general agreement, it is under-
stood, on more generous depreciation
nrite-offs for hilliness, a reduction in
one stroke of the top rate paid by indi-
viduals to 50 percent from 70 pevent,
?, an easing of estate and gift taxeR big-
ger tax breaks for Americans working
abroad, an easing of the "marriage
"Venally" paid by sometwo-earner con, .
pie easeili..ige investment tax credit
continuation? and beyond
its scheduled 118 expiration of the -
present exclusion of $200 of dividends
. and interest for individuals ($400 for
? couples).
Image of Earnest Cooperation
- Standing shqinder-to-shoulder with
Mr. Rostenkowski in a narrow corridor
of the Rayburn House Office Building,
Mr. Dole evoked an image of Congres-
sional Democrats and Republicans in
both chambers working amicably to-
o.' 4
4 ward a common' goal. This was in con- ?
tratt to a more threatening line Mr.
4 Dole took eight hours earlier at a press
? breakfast.
? "I know for a fact the Administfation
believes this is a 'Critical Week," Mr.
le said :at the; breakfast meeting.
"Time is running, out. It's time to fish
or cut it. billion.
4
House deo not come to terms, Senator
Dole added, the Administration would
"have to go to work the way they did on
the budget." That was a reference to
the alliance the White House forged
with conservative Democrats on the
budget issue, an alliance that might de-
feat Mr. Rostenkowski on the House
floor.
Whether the White House could mus-
ter such a coalition again on a tax bill is
in doubt-certainly in more doubt than
it was earlier this month on the budget
resolution. Still, Mr. Rostenkowski's
apparent willingness to negotiate be-
fore the bill-drafting process has begun
in Committee is widely interpreted as a
sign that the Illinois Democrat fears
such a coalition could beat him his first
major floor fight as Ways and, Means
chairman. '
A Hint of Senate Impatience
At the press breakfast, Mr. Dole also
raised the possibility that the Senate
Finance Committee might begin draft-
ing a tax-relief bill next week if there is
no accord, rather than wait in the usual
way for a House-passed bill to reach
the Senate. That, too, was a threat to
Mr. Rostenkowsld because it coUld por-
tend a bitter, knock-down House-Sen-
ate conference, with the Administra-
tion backing the Itepublicanfontrolled
Senate.
Mr. Dole outlined this morning a bill
that was similar to one discussed by
Southern Democratic Representatives
and Secretary Regan at a White house
meeting last week and is generally ac-
ceptable to the Administration. It con-
templates a rate cut of 5 percent across
the board on Oct. 1, 1981, followed by
cuts of 10 percent on July 1, 1982, and
July 1, 1983.
The bill would also, in its first year,
reduce the maximum rate paid by indi-
viduals to 50 percent from 70 percent
now. It would also speed up deprecia-
tion, abate the "marriage penalty," en-
Courage savings, reduce estate and gift
taxes and, lower the maximum tax on
-capital gains to 15 percent from 28 per-
cent now.
Mr. Dole said this bill Would cost the
Treasury $38.7 billion in the fiscal year
1982, which starts Oct. 1, less than the
m
$54 billiestimate for the Administra-
tion bill. The Kansas Republican said
this bill would cost $92 billion in the fis-
cal year 1983, as against $103 billion for
the Administration bill, and $149 billion
in the fiscal year 1984, a against $151.5
If House Democrats and the White
orporate Earnings
Fer periods shown. (N) indicates
stock Is listed on the New YOrk Stock
.01 Exchange, (A) the American Stock
Exchange end (o) over-the-counter.
tog ADVANCED SYSTEMS ". ?
Qtr to Aprif 30 - 1981 1980
Revenues S 6,929,000' 5,723,000
r Net Income - 606,000 549,000',
Share earnings - .27 a
kmo revs 13,749,000 10,903,000
Net income .. 1,115,000 922,0001 ?
Share earnings '.45? 37
/ ? t;
? AMES DEPT STORES (N)
Qtr toMay.2 . 1981 ? .1980.
'7.- sew S" 82,100,000 70,200,000
. Net income 1,366,000 1,123,000
? - Shareearnings ? .59 .42
HARNISCHFEGER CORP. (N)
Or to Apri130 1981 1980
Shipments $ :165,623,000 171,369,000
Net income ? b3,590,000 0,039,000
Share earnings ? .37 ?_ .46
6-mo ship 330,003,030 328,932,000
Net income b6,039,000 c3,265,000
Share earnings .63 .37
b-Including foreign currency trans-
lation gains of $1.1 million for the
quarter and $2.5 million for the 6
months,
c-including foreign,currency t Bans-
teflon gains of $3.3 million for the
quarter and $31 million for the 6
months.
- year-ago results have been re-
stated to reflect a change to the LIFO
accounting method.
'HO-RESPONSE INC (0) HELIX TECHNOLOGY ,(0)
Gft0 March 31 ' 1981 ? 1980
Net lest - S. ? 163,648 184,589
? CEA
te,,Qtr.to April 10 -, 198f ? ' 1980
tiRevenues, S.. 49,923, 36,590,080
tz, ? Net I come ? 1,529,"1,220,000
'.*"Shar earnings.- .?? .14
'';,? Shares outst 8,661,000 ? 407,000
ANCELL.OR ENERGY
:
QfrtOMar?ch3l . ?1981 ? 1980
Revenues $ 376,769 137,460
Net income - 53,149 b78,186
Shareearnings, .01
?kNet loss ,
,4?!,,CONSOLI DATED CANADIAN
re FARADAY
? Qtr te March 31 1981 1980
?*, Revenues $ 4,300,000 4,800,000
* Net income 1,394,000 1,708,000
*, Share earnings .39 / .48
?r/. .
,c),NTEXT INDUSTRIES (0) -
Qtr to March 31 1981 1980
t, Revenues S 8,751,000 9,002,000
Netincorrie ? 132,000. 447,000
? Shareearnings .03 .11
Sh.presoutst 3,692,831 3,604,863
to
-, DEERE & 4.0. (N) ?'"
Qtr to April 30 1981- - 1980
e Sales $ 1,466,977,000 1,540,606,000
NetIncome.90,654,000 , 92,875,000
t:
Shareearning's 1.38 ? 152
? 64o-sales 2,541,616,000 2,655,432,000
.1 Net income 128,583,000 155,623,000
* Shareearnings ? 1.98 ? 2.55
-
?t; DETECTION SYSTEMS (0) -
/*
yeer to March 31 - 1981 1980
Sales ? $ 9,247,196 - 6,575,113
,
. 1, Net income 1,060,219. 420,529
? tj, Share earnings ? ? .95 .40
? r
DRC-SOUNDSTREAM,
? Qtr to March 31 ? 1901 1980
1-Revenues $ , 172,940 b
Net loss 293,664 112,761
b-There were no revenues for the
? i'ear-ago quarter since the company
was formed in October 1980.
?
DUNKIN' DONUTS (0)
Qtr to AprIl 25 1081 1980
Revenues $ 16,791,000 15,421,000
Net income 1,530,000 1,238,000
Share earnings .72 .59
6-mo revs ,? 33,151,000 30,921,030
Net Income. 2,926,030 ? 2,403,000
Share earnings 1.39 ? 1.14
DYSAN CORP.. (0)- .
Qtr to May 2 1981 1910
Sales $' 25,640,000 17,361,OtO
Net Income 900,000 1,980,011
Share earnings j ? .06.
6-mosaics ? o,46,509,000- 29,433,0i
Net Income- 922,060 ' 2,792,0
Share earnings .07 28
_ -
ESTER,LINE CORP. (N)
Qtr to Aprli 30 1981 1080,
? Sales S 59,385,000 62,153,000
Net IncOme-, 4,841,000 4,990,000
Shergearnings ? .57, . 45
6-mosaics 116,657,000 121,124,000
- Net income 9,811,0013 9,575,000,
Share earnings 1.16 , 1.24
' Share earnings reflect a 3-for-2
stock split in December.
FIRST CONN SMALL BUS INV,'
Merch31 Wat 1980.,
poome S. - ? b1,384,741 ? . b926,629',
hereeer,ningv- a 1.42. .95
realized income after net
arealieed losses on investments of
/ $1 22,347 for the tides?' year and
1413 for the previous year. -
FtiETWOOD ENTERPR (N) ?
'Qtr to-April 26 ' 1981 1980
Sales $, 138,300,000 100,900,000'
Net income 2,200,02 b5,900,000
Share earnings
Year sales 427,600,009 472,100,000
Net income 2,400,000 0,500,000 ?
Share earnings .22 , ? -
loss. ? - ? ?
GREATWEST ,HOSPITALS (0)
Qtr to March 31: .? 1981 1980
Revenues S 10,531,000 5,846,000
Net income 488,000 379,000
Share earnings .49 .38
6-mo revs. 20,199,000 12,137,000
Net Income' 898,000 * 709,000
Share earnings .90 ..71
?
?
Qtr to March 31 1981 1980
Sales $ 4,621,069 5,331,525
Nelms ? 640,807 b68,377
Share earnings- .02,
b-Net income including S17,143, or 1
cent a share, net income from discon-
tinued operations.
JLO INDUSTRIES (0)
Qtr to Apr1130 1981
Sales ? S 16,200,000
Net income 393,159
Shareearnings .12
9-mo sales 47,500,000
Net Income 1,158,513
Shareearnings .37
1980
15,800,000
1,265,128
.44
43,900,000
3,153,285
.1.09
KING INTERNATIONAL (0)
Qtr to Jan. 31 1981 1980
Sales $ - 2,588,811 1,759,425
Net Income b374,217 c69,049
Share earnings .43 .07
9-mo sales 5,350,963 5,335,859 -
Net loss b405,399 cd182,054 .
Share earnings .21
b-After losses from discontinued
operations of $232,103 for the quarter
and 04,768 for the 9 months.
? c-After losses from discontinued
operations of $4,322 for the quarter
and $65,247 for the 9 months.
d-Net income.
LEVITZ FURNITURE (N)
Qtr to Apr1130 1991 - 1980
Sales $ 122,000,000 122,300,000
Net income 2,133,000 2,381,000
Share earnings .50 .56
LIQUI-BQX (0)
Qtr to March 31 1981
Sales 5 10,114,000
Net income 340,000
Share earnings .29
1980
10,409,000
324,000
.2a
LONGS DRUG STORES (N)
Qtr to April 30 / 1981 1980
Sales $ 226,841,000 202,230,000
Net income 6,133,000 5,347,000
Share earnings ? .58 .51
Year-ago results have been re-
stated to reflect an accounting
change.
LOWE'S COMPANIES (N)
Qtr to Apal 30 198111 1980
Sales $ 218,100,000 182,800,000
Net Income 2,175,000 1,970,000
Share earnings .17 .15
MARSHALL FIELD & CO. (N)
CdrtoMay2 1981 1980
Sales 258,212,000 197,170,000
Net loss 1, 869,000 1,275,000
MITCHELL ENERGY/DEV (A)
Qtr to April 30 1981 1980
Revenues $ 233,228,000 143,501,000
Net income 26,489,000 23,416,000
Share earnings .55 .49
Year-ago results have been re.
stated for an accounting change.
Year-ago share earnings reflect a
4-for-3 ;lock spilt declared in Febru-
ary.
ONEIDA LTD. (N)
Qtr to May 2 1981 1980
Sales $ 88,939,785 90,366,003
Net income 5,809,053 5,247,909
Share earnings .82 .75 ?
REDMAN INDUSTRIES (N)
Qtr to April 3 1981 1980
Sales $ 61,298,000 62,933,000
Net income 2,172,000 1,849,000
Share earnings .23 .20
Year sales ? 241,879,000 279,375,000
Net Income 7,195,900 12,350,000
Share earnings .76 1.32
REXNORD INC. (N)
Qtr toApr1130 1981 1980
Sales S 307,164,000 297,801,000
Net income 12,035,000 15,553,000
Shareearnings .60 ? .79
6-mo sales 564,989,000 547,342,000'
Net income 19,652,000 16,363,000 ,
S areearnings se 1.23
Year-ago results have been re-
stated to reflect adoption of the LIFO
accounting method.
The 1981 six months net income re-
flects 14 cents a share foreign cur-
rency translation loss.
RIPLEY CO. (0)
Year to Feb.28 1981
Sales 5 5,129,232
Net income 474,383
Shareearnings .82
b-Net loss.
1980
3,665,596
b69,061
-
SCOTTISH & YORK
Qtr fo March 31 1981 1980
Net loss $ 1,510,649 b2,330,366
. Share earnings _ , .29
, b-Net income.
SOUTH TEXAS DRILLING (0)
Qtr to March 31 1981 1980
Revenues a 2,519,427 b
Net income 532,573 b
Share earnings .29 b
b-There are no comparable year-
ago figures because of a switch from
fiscal year accounting to calendar
year accounting.
STERLING STORES (0)
Qtr to May 2 ' 1981 1080
Revenues $ 28,126,000 26,650,000
Net loss 796,000 b95,000
Share earnings - .09
b-Net income.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER (0)
Qtr to May2 1981 1980
Sales 5 84,807,044 79,007,912
Net income ? 84*98 712,294
Share earnings .39 .33
SUPE RMARKETS, GENE RAL (N)
QtrtoMay2 1981 ? 1980
Sales $ 705,065,000 610,986,000
Net income 1,980,000 . 4,368,000
Shareearnings .24 .53
SWEDLOW INC. (0)
Dir to March 29 1981 1980
Sales S 8,406,000 8,124,000
Net income 362,000 ? 287,000
Share earnings ? 44 .35
Year sales 32,594,000 26,006,000
Net income 1,131,000 b17,000
Shareearnings 1.37 -
b-Net loss after $128,000 tax credit.
TERRAMAR'CORP. (0)
Qtr to March 31 1981 1980
Net income $ b67,940 c37,339
Share earnings .05
13-Including 114,632, or 1 cent a
share, extraorlffnery gain.
c-Net loss.
TRANS-NATIONAL LEASING
Qtr to March 31 1981 1980
Revenues $ 1,770,195 1,294,870
Net income 174,448 79,450
Shareearnings .21 .09
9-mo revs 4,844,215 3,548,952
Net income- 422,161 ? 246,627
Share earnings .50 ? .29
TRANS-WESTERN EXPL (0)
Qtr to March 31 . 19$1 1980
Revenues 5 , 457,124 141,372
Net loss 158,914 77,206
Shares outst 6,863,248 4,621,134
dNICORP FINANCIAL
Qtr to March 31 1981 1980
Net loss S 655,000 ? 312,01))
?
UNIVERSAL, COMMUN SY0AA)
QtrtoAprll3O 1981 1980
Revenues S 8,187,985 7,189-460
Net Income 600,289 485,090
Share earnings .13 .12
Shares outst - 4,757,000 4,000,000
9-mo revs 24,536,048 18,847,318
Net income 1,712,531 877,660
ShareearnIngs .39 .22
UNIVERSAL-RUNDLE (A)
Qtr to April 30 1981 , 1980
Sales $ 28,291,000 ? 20,846,000
Net Income 779,000 ? b780,000
Share earnings .48
b-Net loss.
URS CORP. (A)
Qtr fo April 30 1981
Revenues $ 18,383,000
Net income 1,013,000
Share earnings .30
6-mo fors 33,840,000 32,965,000
Net income 1,775,000 1,163,000
Share earnings , .53 ? .42
1980
17,368,000
558,000
.20
WELDED TUBE OF AMER (A)
Qtr to Aeril 30 1981
Sales $ ? 18,194,000
Net income 1,149,00D
Share earnings .57
WESTERN BEEF (0)
Qti- to Apr1130 1981
Revenues $ 9,699,659
Net income ' 138,082
Share earnings .14
6-mo revs 17,117,400
Net income 276,589
Share earnings .28
b-Net loss.
1980
16,414,000
812,000
.40
1980
9,043,168
b715,978
22,364414
b913,956
. -
WIENER ENTERPRISES (0)
Qfr to March 31 1981 1903
Sales 5 14,593,000 13,598,000
Net income 23,000 b129,000
Share earnings .02 -
b-Net loss.
The ew York Times/George Tames
Representative Dan Rostenkowski, left, a Democrat and chairman of the
House Ways and Means Committee, yesterday in his office with Senator Bob
Dole, a Republican who heads the Senate Finance Committee.
Silver
Traders
Nervous
Continued From First Business Page
at Rudolf Wolff Commodity Brokers
Inc., who is close to the Hunt interests,
said yesterday:
"I. can assure you that the Hunts will
not sell their silver, come hell or high
water. The basic reason why silver
prices are down is that the market
never recovered from the forced liqui-
dation of futures imposed by Comex on
Jan. 21, 1980. Many speculators will not
go near that market.
"Another indication of the lingering
bias toward silver traders is in the fact
that silver speculators on Comex have
to put up more cash than those in the
gold futures market there." The mini-
mum speculative cash margin for buy-
ing or selling short a 5,000-ounce Cornea
silver contract is $3,500, while that for a
100-ounce gold contract, is $2,500, he.
noted.
Mr. Samoff added that the .Hunts
"strongly believe that the pricf ratio
between gold and silver will eventually
be 5 to 1, not the 45 to 1 that it is today,
or the 40 to 1 that it was on Silver Thurs-
day."
"In mid-1973," Mr. Levine of ACLI
noted, "gold shot to $120 an ounce from
$65 on the free markets overseas, but
silver was then under price control and
managed to move up from $2 to $3 an
ounce. At all events, we don't see the
ratio narrowing significantly in the
short term.'
The Comex spot June gold futures
closed yesterday at $469.70 an ounce,
up $4.20 on the day.
D19
Shipping/Mails
f
INCOMING
ARRIVI NG TOMORROW, May 29
ROTTERDAM (Holland America Line). Left Ber-
muda May27; due at 8 A.M. at West 55th Street.
ROYAL VIKING SKY (Royal Viking Line). Left Ft.
Lauderdale May 26; due at 8A.M. at West 55th Street.
OUTGOING
? SAILING TODAY
? Trans-Atlantic
GENERAL STANISLAW POLAWSKI (Polish Ocean
Lines). Rotterdam Junes 9, Bremmerhaven 10 and
Gdynia 12; sails from Port Newark, N.J.
? South America, %lest Indies, Etc.
BORINGUEN (PRMMI). San Juan June 1; sails from
Port Elizabeth, NJ.
CRAIGWOOD (Royal Netherlands Steamship). Ber-
muda May 31; sells from 38th Street, Brooklyn.
OLEANDER (Bermuda Conatiner Line-Norton Lilly).
Bermuda May 31, sails from Port Elizabeth, N.J.
SAILING TOMORROW
Trans-Atlantic
AL SHAMAN (United Arab Shipping) Jeddah June 15,
Dubai 22, Dammam 24 and Kuwait 26; sails from Port
Newark, N.J.
ROYAL VIKING SKY (Royal Viking Line). New Eng-
land & Canada Cruise; sails at 5 P.M. from West 55th
Street.
VERACRUZ (Bahama Cruise Line). Cruise to No-
where; sails at 4:30 P.M. from West 55th Street.
South America, West Indies, Etc.
AMBAR (Concorde Line-Norton Lilly). Halff June 3,
Kingston 4 and Santo Domingo 6; Hillstrom Global Ma-
rine Terminal, Port Jersey, NJ.
MENTOR (Royal Netherlands Steamship). Port-au-
Prince June 6, Aruba 10, LeGuaira 12 and Kingston 15;
sails from 38th Street, Brooklyn.
MORMACRIGEL (Moore McCormack Lines). Santos
June 10, Buenos Aires, 15, Montevideo 18 enctParana-
gua 20; sails from 23rd Street, Brooklyn.
ROTTERDAM (Holland America Line). Trans-Canal
Cruise; sails et 4P.M. from West 551h Street.
Far East , /-
ANDERS MAERSK (Meersk Line-Moller Steamship).
Hong Kong June 25, Manila 29, Singapore 29, Tokyo
July2 and Pusan 3; sails from Port Newark, N.J.
, 1
Petroleum Data Delayed
The weekly American Petroleum In-
stitute figures do not appear today be-
ceuse of a delay resulting from the Me-
Modal Day. holiday. The figures are ex-
pected tomorrow. '
THE FRESH AIR FUND: 187771981
Weather Forecasts and Records Meteorology by the National Weather Service
Metropolitan Forecast
A low pressure system will move in slowly from Ohio, bringing thunderstorms or heavy
showers to the New York metropolitan area early this morning. Humid southerly winds
will persist through tomorrow so that occasional showers and thObderstorms may be
expected both days. Temperatures will be warm today and tomorrow.
-
Regional Forecast
New York city
Today: "Mostly cloudy and humid
with occasional showers and thun-
derstorms. High: 70-79. Southerly
winds at 1D to 15 miles per hour.
Precipitation probability 60 per-
cent. Tonight Mostly cloudy and
humid with occasional thunder-
storms. Low: 60-65. Southerly
winds at 15 to 20 m.p.h. Tomor-
row: Mostly cloudy and humid with
occasional showers. High: 70-79.
Southerly winds at 10 to 15 m.p.h.
Long Island
Today: Mostly cloudy and humid
' with occasional showers and thun-
derstorms. High: 70-75. Southerly
winds at 10 to 15 m.p.h.Precipita-
tion profanity 60 percent. To.
night Mostly cloudy and humid
with occasional thunderstorms.
Low: 58-62. Southerly winds at 15
to 20 m.p.h, Tomorrow: Mostly
cloudy and humid with occasional
showers. High: 70-75. Southerly
winds at 10 to 15 mph.
New Jersey Recreational
Today: Mostly cloudy and humid Forecast
'with occasional showers and thun-
derstorms. High: 68-73. Southerly
winds at 10 to 15 m.p.h.Precipita-
Non probability 60 percent. To-
night Mostly cibudy and humid
with 'occasional thunderetorms.
Low: 58-62. Southerly winds at 15
to 20 m.p.h. Tomorroin Mostly
cloudy and humid with occasional
showers. High: 70-75. Southerly
winds at 10 to 15 m.p.h.
Connecticut
Today: Mostly cloudy and humid
with occasional showers and thun-
derstorms. High: 68-73. Southerly
winds at 10 to 15 m.p.1,1,,prjacipitaif,
tion probability 60 percent,: To-
night Mostly cloudy and humid
with occasional thunderstorms.
Low: 58-62. Southerly winds at 15
to 20 m.p.h. ToMorrow: Mostly
cloudy and humid with occasional
showers. High: 70-75. Southerly
winds at 10 to 15 M.p.h.
Westchester, Rockland Three-Day Forecast
Today: Mostly cloudy and humid
with occasional showers and thun-
derstorms. High: 70-75. Southerly
winds at 10 te 15 m.p.h.Precipita-
tion probability 60 percent. To-
night: Mostly cloudy and humid
with occasional thunderstorms.
Low: 58-62. Southerly winds at 15
to 20 m.p.h. Tomorrow: Mostly
cloudy and humid with occasional
showers. High: 70-75. Southerly
winds at 10 to 1 5 m.p.h.
Saturday:
Partly cloudy.
Sunday:
Showers likely.
Monday:
Mostly fair.
Temperatures: *time highs will
average in the mid 70's to low 80's
while overnight lows will average
in the low 50's throughout the
period.
Boating
Winds: Southerly at 10 to 20
knots. Visibility: 3 to 5 miles in
light fog. Wave heights: Ito 3 feet
on the ocean, 1 to 2 feet on the
sound.
High Tides
endyHook
fort Jefferson
Shinnecock Inlet
Fire Island
Montauk Point
3:33 A.M.
7:06 A.M.
2:43 AM.
2:54 A.M.
4:05 A.M.
4:14P.M.
7:38P.M.
3:24,P.M.
3:35P.M.
4;42 P.M.
Gardening Guide
? t
Fruit trees: Apply flower petal fall
spray to control fungus diseases.
Crabapples: Spray once again
with fungicide to prevent scab. Im-
patiens: Plant for color in cool
shady nooks. Mints: Transplant
where soil is moist, but use metal
barriers to control root spread.
Melons; Plant where vines have
room to sprawl.
Satellite Photograph
Yesterday's weather all P.M.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/UPI
Shower and thunderstorm clouds cover,the North, Middle and South Atlantic States, the
Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and portions of the Gulf States. Thunderstorm clouds also
cover the Northern and Central Plains States, and other clouds are scattered across the
Southwest, the Great Basin and the Central Roc)cies.
Almanac I By the National Weather Service aral the Hayden Planetarium
Temperature
(19-hour period ended 7 P.M.)
Lowest: 73, 4:45 A.M.
Highest 87, 2:45 P.M.
Mean: 80.
Mean May 27 last year: 65.
Normal yesterday: 66.
Above normal this month: 68.
Above normal this year: 226.
Record low May1627: 41, 1961.
Record high May 27:98, 1880.
Degree-days' yesterday: 0.
Degree-days this month: 77.
Degree-days this season: 4,886.
Normal to yesterday: 4,841.
Degree-days last season: 4,446:
Low barometer 29.95,1 A.M. '
High barometer: 30.01, 9 A.M.
*The degree-day figure, an index
of fuel consumption, indicates how
far the day's mean teniperature fell
below 65.
Precipitation
(17-hour period ended 5 P.M.)
. Total yesterday: 0.0.
Total this month: 3.10.
Total this year: 14.33.
Normal thie month: 3.47.
Least this month: 0.30, 1903.
Most this month: 9.15, 1078.
Sun, Moon and Planets
Sun rises today 5:28 A.M.. sets 8:18
P.M., will rise tomorrow 5:28 A.M.
Moon rises today 2:40 A.M., sets 2:32
P.M., will rise tomorrow 3:13 A.M. .
New First Qtr. Full ? Last Qtr.
June 2 JutieP June 17 June 24
'1Q4 AM
Venus will rise tomorrow at 6:19 A.M.
and set at 9:26 P.M. Mare will rise at
4:47 A.M. and set at 7:12 P.M. Jupiter
will rise at 2:23 P.M. and set at 2:41
A.M. Saturn will rise at 2:34 P.M. and
set at 2:52 A.M.
Reservoirs I By the New York City arul. NeW,Jersei y Departments of Environmental Protection
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New York and Westchester Northern New Jersey
Water level on May 27: 65.3%.
Last year on May 27:100%
Consumption on May 21:1.306 billion gallons.
Water levet on ay 27: 93.7%.
Consumption: 295.8 million gallons.
Difference in consumption from last year: -22.8%.
Natibnal Forecast
Thundershowers will spread across the the North and Middle Mantic States with oc-
casional showers over the South Atlantic States. Some thunderstorms will develop '
over the upper Mississippi Valley, the Central Rockies and the Northern Plains States.
The rest of the country will be sunny with mild temperatures prevailing.
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Travelers' Forecast
The following forecast for today shows
the projected weather conditions and
the expected range of temperatures,
from the afternoon high to the evening
low.
Atlanta:
Mostly cloudy. 77-61.
Boston:
Partly cloudy. 84-66.
Chicago:
Partly cloudy. 73-56.
Cleveland:
Thunderstorms likely. 71-52.
Dallas:
Perth; cloudy. 93-70.
Denver:
Thunderstorms likely. 75-53.
Houston:
Mostly fair. 94-70.
Kansas City:
Partly 'cloudy. 81-61.
Las Vegas:
Thunderstorms likely. 85-66. '
Los Angeles:
Partly cloudy. 78-63.
Miami:
Thunderstorms likely. 85-74.
Minneapolis:
Mostly cloudy. 69-54.
New Orleans:
Partly clod. 92-72.
Philadelphia:
Mostly cloudy. 84-66.
Phoenbei
Partly cloudy. 95-72.
Pittsburgh: ,
Rain likely. 70-57.
St Louis:
Partly cloudy. 7E1-62.
San Francisco:
Mostly fair. 70-53.
Seattle: ?
Mostly fair. 72-50.
Toronto:
Showers likely. 63-52.
Washington:
Thunderstorms likely. 80-68.
Foreign and U.S. Cities
Abroad
Following are the temperatures
and weather conditions in foreign
cities yesterday at the local time
indicated:
Amsterdam ? 1 P.M. 63 Moldy.
Ankara 2 P.M. 70 Pt.cldy.
Athens ? 2P.M. 73 Clear
Auckland Mdnt 52 Clear
Beirut 2 P.M- 72 Clear
Berlin 1 P.M. 63 Rain
Bonn 1 P.M. 57 Cloudy
Brussels 1 P.M. 59 Cloudy
Buenos Aires 9A.M. 54 Clear
Cairo .......... , 2 P.M. 88 Clear
Casablanca Noon 68 Clear
Copenhagen 1 P.M. 54 Rain
Dakar Noon 77 Clear
Dublin Noon 55 Cloudy
Geneva 1 P.M. 52 Cloudy
Ho Chi Minh City BP.M. 84 Clear
Hong Kong 8 P.M. 82 Cloudy
Jerusalem 3 P.M. 75 Clear
Lima 7 A.M. 61 Daus
? Lisbon Noon 63 PLcIdy.
? London Noon 67 Pt.cldy.
Madrid 1 P.M. ea Clear
ji, Manila 8 P.M. N.A.
V Montreal 2P.M. 66 Showers
Moscow 3 P.M. 79 Moldy.
New Delhi 5 P.M. 100 Clear
Nice I- 1 P.M. 68 Cloudy
Oslo ? 1 P.M. 68 Cloudy
Paris 1 P.M. 57 PLcIdy.
Peking BP.M. 68 Clear
Pretoria 2 P.M. 70 Ptcidy.
Rio de Janeiro 9 A.M. 72 Clear
Riyadh 3 P.M. 108 Clear
Rome 19.Ft 66 moldy.
Seoul 9 P.M. 68 Cloudy
Stockholm 1 P.M. 66 Cloudy
Sydney 10 P.M. NA
Taipei B P.M. N.A.
Teheran 3 P.M. N.A.
Tokyo 9 P.M. 63 Clo.dy
Toronto 2 P.M. 63 Showers
Vienna 1 P.M. 75 Ptokly.
Warsaw 1 P.M. 81 moldy.
Winnipeg 2 P.M. 64 Showers
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Following are the lowest arid high-
est temperatures and conditions
for the 12-hour period ended 2
P.M. (E.D.T.) yesterday.
Acapulco 75 91 Sunny
Barbados 79 88 Sunny
Bermuda 67 74 Sunny
Freeporl 75 88 Cloudy
Guadalittra 59 88 moldy.
Havana r75 94 Cloudy
Kingston 79 88 Sunny
Merida 77 100 Cloudy
Mexico City 54 81 Cloudy
Montego Bay 75 88 Sunny
Monterrey 75 98 Sunny
Nassaii .... ............... 73 BO Cloudy
SL Kitts 78 87 PLcidy.
United States
Following are the temperatures
and weather conditions through-
out the nation yesterday at 2 P.M.
(E.D.T.):
Albany ea Haze ,
Anchorage 51 ' , Rain'
. Atlanta 73 ?Plc*.
Birmingham 72 Cloudy
Biamarck 60 Cloudy
Boise 64 moldy.
Boston 88 Ptoldy.
Buffalo 70 ShoWere
Casper 61 Cloudy
Charleston, S.C. 80 Showers
Chattarlecoa ea Rain
Chicago 65 Ptcldy.
,
Cincinnati " 69 Fog .
Cleveland 68 Haze
Denver 71 Fair
Des Moines 73 Fair
Detroit 62 Rain
Fairbanks 58 Cloudy
Fort Worth 80 etoldy.
Great Falls 65 moldy.
Hatteras ? NA
Honolulu 71 Fair
Indianapolis 67 Cloudy
Jacksonville ........ . . 88 Ptcidy.
Kansas City 72 moldy.
Key West 85 moldy.
Knoxville 68 Rain
Las Vegas 62 Showers
Little Rock 80 moldy.
Los Angeles 60 moldy.
Louisville 71 Cloudy
Macon 83 Fair
Medford 61 Fair
Memphis 77 Ptcidy.
, Miami 75 , Rain
Minnpla-8t Paul 63 Ptcidi.
Nashville 73 Haze
New Orleans 84 Cloudy
Oklahoma City N.A.
Omaha 75 Cloudy
Pendleton 63 Fair
Philadelphia 83 Moldy.
Phoent , 87 Pic*.
Pittsburgh, ?
Portland, Me 77 moldy.
Portland, Ore. 59 Moldy.
Rapid City 68 Moldy.
Richmond 81 Haze
%Louie 74 Fair
SaltLake City59 ... /
PLcIdy.
San Antonio 83
San Mee 88 Cloudy
San Francisco 83 Fair
San Juan NA.
Sault Ste, Marie SO Pt.cidy.
Spokane 81 Fair
Tampa 13.1 moldy.
Washington., 82 Cloudy