national Battalion/Page 10 -1 April 9,1982 • Reagan policies stop progress, official says United Press International HOUSTON — A former Treasury official who says the country’s economic problems go back at least two decades con tends the Reagan administra tion’s current policies are setting progress back even further. C. Fred Bergstfcrn, a former assistant secretary of treasury under President Carter, Wednesday called for the annul- * *3 MANOR EAST MALL MANOR EAST 3 823-8300 Midnight Movie — thurs.-Fri. & Sat. ment of President Reagan’s tax cuts and the implementation of a tax increase that would reduce the deficit and “put the country back on the road to economic stability.” “We cannot blame the cur rent administration,” Bergstern told members of the Center for International Business, “but the current policy is setting back our progress, both at the domestic and global levels.” he said. “It looks rather grim. It is more se rious than people realize.” The former government of f i cial’s statements were a direct contradiction of predictions by the Reagan administration. Under-Secretary of the Treasury Beryl W. Sprinkel, who spoke Tuesday to the group of international businessmen attending the conference, said the recession is coming to an end and will be over by mid-June. “We’ll look back on the second quarter (of 1982) as the beginning of recovery,” Sprink el said. Bergsten said he agrees with some points made by Sprinkel, such as a noted decrease in in na tion and a decline in farm and energy prices. But, he said, the United States must get its own domestic economy in shape be fore it attempts to tackle the problems of the world economy. SCHULMAN 6 THEATRES 2002 E. 29th 775-2463 775-2468 MON-FRI 7:20-9:40 SAT-SUN 2:30-4:50-7:35-9:55 _ BBKjomcnnKimH'irtna MON-FRI 7:35-9:55 SAT-SUN 2:30-4:50-7:35-9:55 BEST ACTOR-HENRV FONDA BEST ACTRESS-KATHER1NE MON-FRI 7:;;5-9:35 SAT-SUN 2:40-4:35-7:25-9:35 PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP RIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND ASSOCIATED FILM DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION [PGp^ 0*902 COLUMBIA PiCTURfSif MIITHI MON-FRI 7:35-9:55 AT-SUN 2:30-4:50-7:35-9:55 Julie Andrews & James Garner in 'i Blake Edwards MON-FRI 7:25-9:35 SAT-SUN 2:40-4:55-7:25-9:35 WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS’ R9B1NH0OD TECHNICOLORS «* '»'M«»