The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, May 18, 1982-Page 11 Will Ron run? It's in the beans O a Y i 1 i in /Z r , WASHINGTON (AP) - At a recent Washington cocktail party, each of the 70 guest$ was handed a red jellybean. and asked to deposit in in one of two glass jars. One jar was labeled "He Runs," the other, "He Runs Not." No one needed further explanation. For one of the hottest guessing games in town is whether Ronald Reagan will seek another term as president. ELECTION DAY is 2% years away, and chances are, even the president doesn't know for sure. The political and economic conditions that will prevail in 1984 are impossible to predict. But Washington without speculation would be like Reno without blackjack, so the guessing is fast and furious. The party guests included VIPs from the White House and Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats, political analysts and reporters. When their used. "I think he likes the job but wil jelly bean ballots were cast, the vote find four years enough." was 3-1 that Reagan will not seek "I DEFINITELY think he'll run, another term. though a lot can change in two years," "IT WAS apparent from early on in said Nancy Reynolds, a close friend of the evening which jar was filling up the Reagans and a vice president of The faster," said party host Marty Plissner, Bendix Corp. "The Reagans are set- who is political editor at CBS News in tling in, and if the president feels he has Washington. a job to finish, he will run." The "He Runs" camp generally Richard Williamson, White House argues that it is unlikely that the strategist for the "new federalism" president will accomplish his goals of program predicted that Reagan will not reshaping government in four years, make his decision for another 15 mon. that Reagan is a healthy man who will ths. stay until the job is done. These people "If his economic recovery plan is in are usually happy to be quoted by place and he has reasserted world name. The "He Runs Nots" people tend leadership and been successful with the to feel the opposite way. new federalism, if all is done in "I think the job is harder than he ex- fulfilling his dreams, he won't run pected," said a high-ranking White again," Williamson said. "He is more House official who claimed he would likely to run if he feels the job is un- lose his position if he allowed his name done." AP Photo JIMMY CARTER AND Tip O'Neill look-alikes chuckle over the reading of the Democratic Party's Last Will and Testament in a new GOP television ad. This and other anti-Democrat ads were revealed yesterday as part of the new GOP ad campaign. GOP unveils new ad campaign. Easy on the gifts warns White House WASHINGTON (AP)- People who have tried to make promotional use of gifts of President and Mrs. Reagan may get a letter from the White House telling them such activity is not ap- preciated, a presidential spokesman said yesterday. It was disclosed last week in a required financial statement that the Reagans accepted more than $31,000 in gifts last year, some from friends but others from manufacturers or in- dustry associations. Reagan said it never was suggested that a gift or contribution would in- fluence him or benefit the giver. Nonetheless, The Washington Post quoted some of those on the gift list as saying they thought giving things to the first family was good for business and that they used their gifts for promotional purposes. Deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes said yester- day he did not know whether any of those from whom the Reagans accep- ted gifts had been sent such letters. But he added, "It's been customary in the White House that if matters of this type are called to our attention they receive a very stern letter from the White House counsel indicating that we don't look with favor on using the president's name." Asked whether that would be the case this time, he said: "I don't know. We'll have to ask Fred (White House counsel Fred Fielding). I'm sure that we were not aware that these people were using the gifts to influence the president,': 4 -T-Rw - II.- WASHINGTON (UPI) - Republican leaders vowing to spend "whatever is necessary" to get their message across, yesterday unveiled an adver- tising campaign using Jimmy Carter and Thomas O'Neill look-alikes to blame Democrats for the recession. The GOP previewed its $1.7 million "first wave" of television commercials, which will be aired nationwide in the next few weeks in an attempt to link the nation's economic problems to Democrats. EMPHASIZING that inflation has dropped dramatically since President Reagan took office, the ads center on the theme, "Republicans are beginning to make things better.' In one, an attorney reading a will is flanked by actors who look like the for- mer president, flashing a toothy grin, and House Speaker O'Neill, Congress' top Democrat. "To Ronald Reagan we leave a recession" the lawyers says. "Inflation at 12.4 percent, gas prices sky high and government spending money like it was going out of style." THE SPOT closes with the lawyer saying the Republicans in Congress face the tough problem of solving the economic woes left by Democrats and the O'Neill look-alike chortles. The Carter look-alike says nothing during the advertisement. Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, (R-Mich.) chairman of the House Republican campaign committee said the "ads have a narrow and specific purpose - to show progress has been made on some specific fronts," particularly inflation. He said GOP survey data shows that two out of three Americans "identify the recession as Jimmy Carter's, not Ronald RHeagan's "but by the same ratio they believe inflation is running at a higher rate than a year ago when in fact it has come down. ON CAPI'TOL Hill, O'Nejl pbjected to, the ads'as "degrading the office of the presidency." And noting the Republican slogan talks about making things better, he said, "My question is better for whom?" "It's only better for the wealthy" he said. A second advertisement unveiled at a Republican Party news conference shows two couples happily embarking on a fishing trip in a camper they haven't been able to use for two years because of high prices. The advertisiements will be aired on local stations and on two of the three major networks - CBS refused to sell the Republicans time, saying it was too early in the season to begin political advertisements. Vander Jagt said the $1.7 million program was the "first wave" in a national television advertising cam- paign the Republicans will carry throughtbe election:.