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T News Digest NdSaskan ^ ^ ^ w w ^ Cl Monday, November 28,1988 Public names deficit as Bush priority NEW YORK — Americans far and away say reducing the budget deficit should be George Bush’s top priority as president, and most favor a tax crackdown and defense cuts to accomplish it, a Media General-As sociated Press survey has found. Respondents to the national poll firmly opposed most new or higher taxes to address the deficit, and most also opposed cuts in domestic pro grams such as welfare or a freeze in Social Security benefits. Strong majorities, however, did r-" ■« i support higher federal taxes on ciga rettes and alcohol, and a narrow ma jority, 52 percent, favored reductions in defense spending to cut the deficit. The survey also found overwhelm ing support for an Internal Revenue Service crackdown to collect taxes, an approach urged by Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in the presidential campaign but ridiculed by Bush. The 1,084 adults polled were asked: “What do you think should be George Bush’s No. 1 priority once he I takes office?” Thirty-four percent said the deficit, an unusually high rate of agreement in an open-ended ques tion. No other category drew a response rate in the double digits. Seven per cent cited other economic matters, 5 percent said poverty or homelessness, 5 percent said defense and the rest were scattered over a range of issues. Only 3 percent said drugs, an issue that ranked far higher in importance in pre-election polls during the sum mer but then faded in the fall as con cern about the deficit rose. On drugs, the poll found support for drug testing of all federal workers, for military drug patrols at the nation’s borders and for a crackdown on drug users. The survey also found broad sup port lor aggressive measures to ad dress the trade deficit, including higher import taxes and quotas. It found some support for restrictions on foreign investments in the United Stales, but not if that investment cre ates jobs. Arab League pushes to move Arafat session UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Arab League ambassador said Sunday he has enough votes to move a General Assembly session to Geneva so PLO chief Yasser Arafat can address the world body on the Palestinian issue. Jordan and Egypt agreed to spearhead the effort to reconvene the world body in the Swiss capital, Jordan’s official news agency re ported. They urged the unprecedented protest after the United States denied Arafat a visa Saturday to address the body in New York. In Kuwait, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization official said the U.S decision was “an open call for extremism.” Egyptian Foreign Minister Esmal Abdci Meguid and his Jordanian counter part, Taher Masri, said they had scrapped plans to visit New York in protest. Reaction to the U.S. decision came quickly. Israeli leaders praised it, but Algeria, Egypt, France and Norway were among nations which protested the deci sion. Clovis Maksoud, the Arab League’s U.N. ambassador, said Arab nations felt “deep anger and outrage” over the U.S. decision and will ask the General Assembly to condemn it. Arafat wanted to enter the United States to address the U.N. body in New York on Thursday, when debate is scheduled on the Palestinian problem. A nearly 1 ycar-old Palestinian uprising in Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has left at least 316 Palestinians and 11 Israelis dead. However, the State Department rejected his visa Saturday, and said the leader of the PLO “knows of, condones and lends support to” ter rorist attacks. “The issue of terrorism is a red herring used by the State Depart ment, because the State Depart ment knows very well that resis tance to Israeli occupation does not under any stretch of he imagination fall under the rubric of terrorism,'' Maksoud said. Arafat has not commented on the decision. Approval to move the U.N. body to Geneva would require a simple majority of the 159 mem bers. The members have regularly approved Palestinian-backed reso lutions by an overwhelming major ity. “I really don’t see any problem (of passage) if the resolution is proposed in a reasonable manner,” Maksoud said. “Tomorrow (Monday) the rec ommendation will be made at a mecti ng of the A rab group” of U. N. member states, Maksoud said. “Also we will ask the General Assembly to condemn this deci sion. This is the thrust of our think ing.” “I think that also the people in the non-aligned countries and the European countries realize what a dangerous precedent” the U.S. action is, he said. 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