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pilot told the audience that his main concern is the deplorable state of the nation’s finances. He distributed copies a speech given by Senator Charles S. Robb last December which points out that this year the national debt has risen to $240 billion. Servicing that debt, Mr. Frazier added, is the government’s third largest outlay. “I don’t understand what’s going on with our nation’s finances.”
Speaking of the legacy of the 1980s, including Mr. Slaughter and President Ronald Reagan, Mr. Frazier said “I like the movies -- and in .some ways I like Ronald Reagan. But this make-believe cowboy has led us down the road - and it’s time to come out of the movies.
“There just aren’t enough dollars to go around,” he told the group. Spending priorities must be established, including defense expenditures. Although he supports reductions in some programs, Mr. Frazier cautioned that he does not advocate cutting our defense programs and readiness “to the point of vulnerability to a sneak attack or inability to strike targets swiftly on a global basis.”
Of the race against Mr. Slaughter, he said, “We’ve got a job to do, to educate the electorate.”
David Smith of Winchester, a businessman and ordained Methodist minister, is the son of Delegate Alson Smith, one of the most influential members of the Virginia House.
“I hope,” he told the group, “that the words Mr. Smith goes to Washington will ring true in November.”
He said he too feels that Congressman Slaughter’s support in the district is “soft. The issues are there - he doesn’t represent the Seventh District.”
Mr. Smith said he favors a strong
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