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Show 8 A ; : The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday. March H, Reagan Rejects Benefit Freeze Right-Win- g GtRAPFITf Thomas H. Gorey Tribune Washington Bureau By By Terence Hunt Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The Reagan administration Saturday shot down a congressional proposal to r freeze on Social Security clamp a payments as way of reducing big budget deficits. j "In the presidents view," said White House 'spokesman David Gergen. "Social Security is off the agenda for 1982." I Gergen said Reagan pledged not to make any c hanges in Social Security until a report comes in late .'this year from a bipartisan commission that was established to find ways to shore up the financially troubled system. "There are no plans here to pursue any changes in Social Security until the commission reports," Gergen said. Among List of Options freeze is among a list of options being The two-yediscussed by senior Republican senators working on what they hope will be a bipartisan revision of budget. Reagan's heavy-deficOther major ingredients include higher taxes and , cuts in military spending. Gergen refused to discuss the various options t, but singled out Social Security as an area that the administration considers out of bounds. Reagan has argued that defense spending and tax Icuts enacted last year should not lie cut. but administration officials have said there might be ,'room for negotiations in those two areas. Expects No Consideration ' s indicated the administration expects Gergen won't consider a freeze on Social Security benefits this year. I "As long as they know what his view is, we assume I they'll take that into account," Gergen said. WASHINGTON conservative, i it point-by-poin- ! Con-gres- Gergen went out of his way to put some distance between the White House and the Senate GOP effort to rewrite the presidents budget and scale down Jdeficits. He said Senate Republican leaders are keeping the of developments through a j White House informed ("very informal notification process." A private-foundatio- n linked to Sen. Jesse Helms, paid for tw'o trips to the Bahamas taken by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, in 19H0 as part of an official Judiciary Committee probe. The use of the private funds was first reported in the current issue of Congressional Quarterly. Sen. Hatch took the cost-of-livi- two-yea- Group Paid for Hatch Bahamas Trips 1982 Judge Spends Day in Jail MIAMI fUPI) I.S. District Judge William Hoeveler spent Friday behind bars. The federal judge, one of three assigned to a class-actiosuit seeking to eliminate overcrowding in the Dade County Jail, decided to see for himself what life is like there n The prisoners w ere only too happy to tell him. As Hoeveler walked through the jail, which housed 1.208 inmates Friday, a third too many according to an population cup imposed in 1977 by a judge, word of his presence traveled fast. e One inmate insisted, "I was entrapped." The judge just smiled. Others jumped atop tables, shouting their verdict on prison life: "Itsbad! It'sbad!" During his tour, Hoeveler sloshed through puddles from faulty air conditioners, dodged dangling wires, and talked with jail officials about the inmate population. But in the end, he kept his opinions to himself, promising to issue comments from the bench within 10 days. Attorneys for the inmates and county officials have been battling for years over conditions at the jail. While certain reforms have been agreed upon by jailers in the past, overcrowding continues. trips to interview fugitive financier Robert Vesco, who told the Utah Republican that he allegedly had helped to arrange a Libyan government payment of $220,000 to former President Carters brother, Billy. That information was disclosed just prior to the is Helms legislative aide John E. Carbaugh, picked up the tab for Sen. Hatch on both trips. The centre also paid for the expenses of Mrs. Hatch, who accompanied the senator on the first trip. Sen. Dennis DeConcini, accompanied Sen. Hatch on his second trip, and two Judiciary Committee aides went with him on both trips. Sen. DeConcini and the aides all traveled at committee expense. "The government was perfectly willing to fund my way over there." Sen. Hatch said, "and I could have used federal government funds, but my personal choice was to not go at taxpayers me to follow up on the Sen. Vesco matter. Hatch added. "Now 1 may change my attitude about that in the future, because it's very difficult to raise the private funds ex- pense, even though this was a direction by the Judiciary Committee to Dennis DeConcini and to make necessary foreign trips." Democratic National Convention, and proved embarrassing to Mr. Carter during his campaign. Denies Influence But Sen. Hatch, in an interview, denied that the private funds had influenced his findings on the trip, saying it was a bipartisan investigation of Mr. Vesco's allegations. In fact. Sen. Hatch said, many charges that would have been embarrassing to President Carter were never revealed because they could not be substantiated. Redecorate for spring Save now on a wide assortment of instock and special order upholstery on every fabrics. Also save 25 custom drapery order. Just in time for spring redecorating. Call for a free, presentation and estin imate your home by one of our proe consultants fessional Sen. 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