Page 10-Friday, May 8, 1981-The Michigan Daily Japan s Suzuki warmly welcomed 4 From AP and UPI WASHINGTON-With particular praise for Japan's "strong measures-. .. to penalize the Soviet Union," President Reagan received Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki yesterday with the administration's most elaborate welcome yet for a foreign guest. It was the first meeting between the two 70-year-old leaders and they apparently hit it off, pledging them- selves to increased cooperation at a time when the U.S.-Japanese relationship has been troubled. An administration spokesman said the leaders discussed Japan's decision to cut back the number of Japanese-built cars exported to the United States; the "tragic" hit-and-run collision of a U.S. nuclear submarine with a Japanese freighter; regional problems in Asia; and the U.S. lifting of the grain embargo. REAGAN PRAISED Japan as "a harmonious and loyal ally whose people understand that free societies must bear the responsibility of freedom together." "We in America are grateful for the strong measures that you have taken to penalize the Soviet Union for its violent aggression in Afghanistan," Reagan said. "You have come to the aid of countries resisting Soviet expansion. You have rescued refugees, imposed sanctions against tyrants, and of- fered economic assistance to the oppressed." Not since Richard M. Nixon was president has a huge flag of a visiting dignitary's nation flown alongside the U.S. flag from the front of the Old Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House. TRUMPETERS ON a balcony overlooking the White House South Lawn blared out a more elaborate fanfare than previously accorded a visiting dignitary and cannons fired a 19-gun salute. And, for the first time in longer than veteran White House personnel could remember, a fife, drum, and bugle corps attired in powdered wigs, three-cornered hats and red coats paraded for the president and his guest while playing "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Following Reagan's formal welcoming remarks, Suzuki responded in Japanese by expressing "my heartfelt thankfulness for your truly remarkable recovery from that unfortunate incident"-the Mar- ch 30 assassination attempt. 4 0 More defense spending to head toward Frostbelt WASHINGTON (UPI)-Frostbelt members of Congress. yesterday claimed their first budget victory, win- ning the administration's approval for continuation of a program that aims $3.4 billion in Pentagon spending to areas with high unemployment. "The president understands that the Northeast and Midwest are struggling with high unemployment, abandoned businesses and low investment," said'* Rep. Carl Pursell (R-Mich.), a leader of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition. "AND HE HAS responded favorably to our belief that the targeted procurement program, which does not require new federal outlays or a new bureaucracy in Washington, deserves a chance to create jobs in areas of high unemployment." Under the program, up to $3.4 billion of the Defense Logistic Agency's pur- chases of goods and services are made in areas the Labor Department defines as having a "labor surplus"-unem- ployment 20 percent above the national average. It does not include purchase of weapons systems, fuel or any other purchase considered vital for national defense. THE LABOR Department's 1980 tally of labor surplus areas listed 589 in the South and West, the so-called Sunbelt, and 470 in the Northeast and Midwest. In a letter to Pursell, budget director David Stockman said the program, originally slated to be killed this year, will be extended through fiscal 1982. Pursell said the administration's decision is-a "major boost" in its fight to save the program in Congress. The Northeast-Midwest coalition has maintained President Reagan's budget proposals are unfair. to the region, singling out defense spending as a primary culprit in the shift of federal spending to the Sunbelt. "The budget director's announ- cement shows that the president and the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition have begun to establish what we hope will be an ongoing dialogue on the severe problems of the economically declining North," Pursell said. I LOOKING GREAT, BLOOMER GIRL! MISS J, HERE'S A ONE-PIECE SPLIT WITH PERSONALITY. Above is bare; below, the flare. It's the new bloomer look and it'll thrive the summer thru! Polyester/cotton top is strapless and striped in red/white; white polyester pant ties just below the knee. By Tracy in sizes 3-11, $47. Jacobsons OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNTIL 9.