The Nation : Governors Ask Arms Cuts

A report by the National Governors Assn. recommended cuts in military spending and tax increases if necessary to bring down the federal budget deficit. “We’re concerned that all the cuts are going to be made on the state and local level,” said Gov. Charles S. Robb (D-Va.). The governors open their winter meeting today in Washington. “We’re just here to tell the President and Congress that ‘we’ll help you take the heat’ ” . . . higher taxes would elicit from the public, Robb said. Gov. John Carlin (D-Kan.), chairman of the association, said: “We want them to know when they do cut (programs) . . . we’re either not going to pick up that responsibility or we’re going to go to the people and ask for a tax increase.”