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Letters for Reagan push draw mixed reviews to ONeill
President Reagan’s televised speech spurred about 2,500 letters daily to House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. with roughly 200 to 300 supportive and 1,700 to 2,300 opposing. Readers from Alaska to Missouri urged him on Social Security, the budget, and cuts, while supporters called for unity against Reagan’s program.
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