Squaring off The fight begins over 'New Federalism' WASHINGTON - President Reagan and key members of his administration continued their lob- bying blitz yesterday for the President's New Federalism program, while Democratic leaders unleashed their attack upon his plan. Both sides focused their efforts yesterday on win- ning the backing of the nation's mayors, who were gathered in Washington for the winter meeting of the U.S Conference of Mayors: REAGAN, MOVING quickly to counter criticism of his. New Federalism program, met with three Republican mayors yesterday and won their backing for his contention that there would be neither winners nor losers among the states. * White House aid'es passed out charts purporting to show that the shift of programs and funds between the federal government and the states would be balanced in every case. They emphasized that the figures they used might well change, but that the balance they illustrated would not. "All states would be held harmless," said White House spokesman David Gergen. BUT, SPEAKING at the meeting of the Conference of Mayors, Democratic House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill called the program to transfer welfare, food stamps, and about 40 other social programs "a disguised attempt to balance the budget on the backs of state and local governments." But he said Congress responds to the will of the people and if the people want it, Congress will pass it. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Samuel Pierce, and Energy Secretary James Ed- Swards, however, also appeared before committee sessions of the mayors to lobby in favor of Reagan's programs -but had few details. PIERCE SAID he is "very bullish" on the proposal tp create enterprise zones for distressed areas. "It will not be a panacea,'"-he sai'd, but it should bring in PRESIDENT REAG'AN has squared off with Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Tip O'Neill, over the President's New Federalism program. Reagan speaks before the American Association of Independent Television Stations (above) to rally support for his plan, while O'Neill (right) blasted the program yesterday before the nation's mayors. funds without costing more than minimal ad- ministrative costs. Richard Schweiker, secretary of Health and Human. Services and the cabinet member most affec- ted by the proposal, urged the mayors to reserve their judgment until they have a chance to help the administration iron out their concerns. 6 The mayors themselves were divided over whether Reagan's plan to transfer more responsibility from Washington to their own local governments would be beneficial. MAYOR HELEN Boosalis of Lincoln, Neb., president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, opened the conference's two-day winter meeting by saying: "It has never been clearer that the national policy being pursued in this country today is one which calls Witness links Williams toavictim From AP and UPI ATLANTA - A witness testified yesterday that she saw one of the city's young black slaying victims slumped over with his eyes shut in a car driven by Wayne Williams, and that the youth failed to respond when she called his name. Nellie Trammell told jurors at Williams' murder trial that she saw 21- year-old Larry Rogers, a neighbor, with the defendant i% a green station wagon on March 30, 1981, the day Rogers disappeared. He was found dead 10 days later. - "I SAID, 'LARRY?' He didn't say anything,' she said. Her testimony was the fourth time prosecution wit- nesses have placed Williams with one of the 28 young blacks whose deaths during a 22-month period have been in- vestigated by a police task force. Trammell said the car Williams was driving had cut in front of her car last * March 30 and then turned around slowly enough for her to try to talk to Rogers. - During cross-examination, Trammel said she was not concerned about seeing Rogers under those conditions because, "I thought he was trying to hide, he didn't want anyone to see him because he was with a newsman." WILLIAMS, a 23-year-old black free- lance photographer and aspiring music promoter is charged with murdering Nathaniel Cater, 27 and Jimmy Ray Payne, two of those blacks on the task force list. No arrests have been made in the 26. other deaths, but prosecutors claim they can link Williams to 10 other slaying victims - including Rogers and eight others on the task force list. The judge has allowed testimony on the other 10 victims for the limited pur- pose of showing a pattern that might fit the Cater and Payne slayings. Williams has denied knowing any of the 28 victims, but prosecutors have presented seven witnesses who said they saw him with Rogers and three other victims. TRAMMELL testified she recognized Williams as a "newsman" she had seen carrying a camera March 20 at the Techwood Homes housing project, where residents set up security patrols because of the killings. He was driving a white station wagon that day, she said. Attorney Jim Kitchens, a Mississippi lawyer who just joined the defense team, asked Trammell if she had ever identified Williams' photograph in a police file. She responded that she had, last April. Kitchens then pointed out that Williams did not become a suspect in the, case until last May 22. "Cool Breeze" - Tilbert Baynham, a former heroin addict - told a ram- bling, disjointed story of seeing Itogers with Williams three times in one day on March 27. But he also admitted he was high on marijuana he smoked with his coffee before coming to the courthouse. Milk Jobs ma be *,-ll9130 E in M A PLE VI It AQ E S H PG CTR BARGAIN SHOWS $2.50 Before 6 Pm Mon-Fri Before 3 PM Sat.Sun THE REAL TRICK IS 3:051 getting tight VICNTHTREE STAYING ALIVE 1:00 1::30-3:20-5:15R:00 Y rv e I>> . a "Thu.dS7:.15 3032-15 - ti uesouc l u (Continued from Page 2). shifting its focus to research, and the department is urging more students to obtain a master's degree. Natural resources Prof. Stewart Marquis suggested that to combat decreasing job opportunities, students become "more flexible" in professional abilities and goals. 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