O’Neill Calls MX ‘Wrong Stuff’

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O’Neill Jr. refusing to concede President Reagan a victory on the MX missile, said today that the weapon is the “wrong stuff,” a $41-billion military spending program that would make the nation weaker, not stronger.

“The big question is whether members of Congress will spend $41 billion on a weapon that does not add a cent to our security,” O’Neill (D-Mass.) told reporters. “That is the $41-billion question.”