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fc nacT ri7rTTr. 1 QTQ Dem Strongholds Failed Flaherty; Showing Weak in County, rftila. 39 al snpndinc- 46 nercent said that stand gathered in 58 percent of the black vote Thornburgh 1st Gallup Rail Gallup Wl ELECTION Flaherty 1 Gallup Poll I 2rtGallup Poll ELECTION (a reflection oi coolness wwaru unci ij in the black communities of Pittsburgh and the antagonism of blacks against Mayor Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia); 62 percent of the Jewish vote and 65 percent of the votes cast by German-Americans, the largest ethnic minority in the state. The AP-NBC poll showed that Flaherty took a thin majority among people earning less than $10,000 a year and that Thornburgh won in every other income category. Pennsylvanians told the post-vote pollsters that inflation is the worst national problem.

Their solution: cut feder 10 20 30 PERCENT Breakdown of Vote in County For Gubernatorial Election Thornburgh's Win Follows Poll Prediction By ALVIN ROSENSWEET Post-Gnettt SMff WrHcr Richard Thornburgh's victory over Pete Flaherty bore out results of a Gallup poll specially commissioned by the Post-Gazette and KDKA-TV which indicated he was gaining in the race and could News defeat the former Pittsburgh mayor in 'w Analysis the gubernatorial election. Thornburgh won with 53 percent of the total vote to 47 pere-nt for Flaherty, with Tuesday's results disclosing how he had climbed steadily to overcome his earlier disadvantage. The first poll, taken between Sept. 21-27. showed Flaherty ahead 51 to 39 but disclosed that support for Flaherty was soft and that events during the closing month of the campaign could bring about a change in voting attitudes.

That first poll also showed that Thornburgh surprisingly trailed in the Philadelphia area's so-called bedroom counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery despite a GOP registration advantage. In Southwest Pennsylvania, where Flaherty is best-known, he held a handy 62-34 edge over Thornburgh in both polls. By the time the second sampling took place between Oct. 17-22 there were strong indications that the tide had turned in Thornburgh's favor. During week the poll gave Flaherty 49 and Thornburgh 45 percent, reducing Flaherty's edge from a big 12 points statewide to four.

Most of the change between the first 'and second polls took place in the eastern counties, showing that Thornburgh Jiad overcome differences generated in a primary race against three major opponents from that area. By that time Thornburgh was cam- 52.8J 1 51 3 1 49 47. 40 50 6C 32 but by the second sampling he had wiped out that 17-point deficit to take a 53 to 42 lead over Flaherty. In the election Thornburgh swamped Flaherty by almost 63 to 37 percent in the four eastern counties. MaYor Frank Rizzo's push to change Philadelphia's city charter to remove a two-term limit and permit him to run for a third term failed just as the PG-KDKA poll said it would.

The first poll disclsosed that 59 percent of Philadelphia's electorate opposed the change and only 27 percent favored it In the second poll Rizzo was shown to be a 67-23 loser. Thus it was no surprise that when the final returns were compiled the charter change was defeated by close to 66 percent with only 34 percent of Philadel-phias voters favoring it The poll appeared incorrect, however, in one respect. While voters who were sampled felt that corruption in the Shapp administration was the most important issue in the campaign, both Flaherty and Thornburgh were even in positive ratings on that issue. That indicated that Shapp administration corruption would not rub off on Flaherty. But Election Day results strongly indicated that the voters wanted a complete change and brought it about by putting a Republican in the governor's chair for the first time in eight years.

he won't run again. His treasury ended up short of cash needed for a media blitz to gain the advantage over Moorhead. Bailey's victory in the 21st came about despite a sharp division in Democratic ranks. Miller lost his second race. In 1976 he polled 43 percent of the vote in Rep.

John H. Dent's last race. The Ligonier Democrat last year decided to retire voluntarily after ill health at age 70. Bailey however held to traditional Democratic strength in Monessen, winning three to one in the steel mill town. Bailey also won in Greensburg and surrounding Hempfield Twp.

where the GOP usually rules. Miller's aides blamed the poor showing there on a possible reaction to support his campaign received from Gene Cerilli after the conviction of the former PennDOT chief in federal court on kickback charges. The solid six Democratic seats in the Pittsburgh area saved Pennsylvania Democratic delegations from further losses. In the next Congress, there will be 15 Democrats and 10 Republicans, changed from 17 Democrats and eight Republicans. Losing were veteran Democrats Fred Rooney of Allentown, Joshua Eilberg of Philadelphia and freshman Democrat Joseph Ammerman of Curwensville.

Eilberg lost to Republican Staten Sen. Charles Dougherty. Philadelphia has not had a GOP member of the House since Hugh Scott entered the U.S. Senate in 1958. Eilberg yesterday blamed his defeat on the newspaper coverage of his indictment on conflict of interest charges in Philadelphia shortly before the election.

Here is how Allegheny County communities voted in the governor race: Flaherty Thornburgh Aleppo 168 167 Aspinwall 588 771 Avalon 1.016 1,296 Baldwin 4,891 3.896 Baldwin Twp 557 577 Bell Acres 226 255 Bellevue .....1.613 1,925 Ben Avon 566 Ben Avon.Hghts 45 172 Bethel Park 5,546 7,081 Blawnox 433 298 Brackenridge 999 436 Braddock 520 Braddock Hills 569 338 Bradford Woods 185 316 Brentwood 2,375 2,331 Bridgeville 1,006 860 Carnegie 1,745 1,408 Castle Shannon 1,940 1,692 Chalfant 207 162 Cheswick 542 436 Churchill 654 1,569 Clairton 2,623 1,320 Collier 910 573 Coraopolis 1.430 888 Crafton 1,256 1,331 Crescent 503 245 Dormont 2,085 2,263 Dravosburg ....666 449 Duquesne 2,146 1,433 East Deer 548 134 East McKeesport 586 383 East Pittsburgh 643 239 Edgewood 624 1,245 Edgeworth. .163 644 Elizabeth 407 255 Elizabeth Twp 3,201 1,985 Emsworth 519 542 Etna 1,098 821 Fawn 505 226 Findlay 737 473 Forest Hills 1,640 2,025 Forward i 883 373 Fox Chapel 401 2,035 Franklin Park 756 1,355 Frazer 309 158 Glassport 1,738 637 Glenfield 54 38 Green Tree 1.040 1.400 Hampton 2.314 2,726 Harmar 762 339 Harrison 2.876 1,514 Haysville 17 16 Heidelberg 362 210 Homestead 1,312 637 Indiana 982 875 780 787 Jefferson 1,590 1,054 Kennedy- 1,888 1,265 Kilbuck 156 261 306 222 Leetsdale 330 196 814 412 Lincoln 290 124 Dems Hold District U.S. House Seats paigning hard in eastern Pennsylvania and spending heavily on Philadelphia-area television to influence voters who hardly recognized his name when the campaign began. The effects of the second poll evoked predictable comments from the contend-ers. Thornburgh observed-and he proved to be right-that "a galloping momentum is going to push us over the top on Nov.

7." Flaherty said he had anticipated some shrinkage in his edge but added, "we have only begun the fight." Thornburgh, at the time results of the second poll were announced, felt that his surge was based on two factors: that voters wanted a complete change in Harris-burg and that skepticism was growing about Flaherty's claims concerning his record as Pittsburgh mayor. Thornburgh also made gains and Flaherty suffered losses in Southwestern Pennsylvania between the time the polls were taken and Tuesday's election. Flaherty took 58 percent of the total vote in six Southwestern counties-Allegheny, Beaver, Butler. Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland-41 percent for Thornburgh. But both polls in this part of the state showed Flaherty ahead by 62 to 34 so that while Thornburgh was advancing by seven points Flaherty was dropping four.

Thornburgh's rise was even more notable in the bedroom counties of the east In the first poll he trailed Flaherty 49 to trict seat vacated by Kep. Gary A. Myers, Butler, vanished with the narrow victory of Eugene Atkinson, Beaver County, over Tim Shaffer of Butler. Shaffer, down 6,000 votes in the district, saw two independent Republicans grab 12,000 votes total, possibly a winning margin. Myers, however, had disputed the theory that the GOP lost because of the independents on the ticket Myers believed the independents drew as many Democratic votes away from Atkinson as they did Republican votes from Shaffer.

Atkinson workers were disappointed in the winning while candidate's cliff-hanging victory, while Pete Flaherty was carrying the district by a 2-1 margin. Two main races in Allegheny County, in the 14th and 18th District, also spelled downward trends for Democratic winners. Rep. William S. Moorhead, Downtown, defeated Republican Stan Thomas, 67,592 to 49,900, his closest contest in his 20-year House career.

Rep. Doug Walgren, D-Scott outpolled Republican Ted Jacob in the 18th District but the votes were fewer. In 1978, only 154,000 of the district's 246,000 registered voters went to the polls. In 1976, a presidential election year, 190,000 voted, a 77 percent turnout. Walgren's campaign, managed by year-old Glenn Miller of Corapolis, weathered inroads by Jacob in Mt.

Lebanon, McKees Rocks and Scott Twp. For two Republicans the '78 election may not be repeated. Stan Thomas has indicated that at 59 By FRANK M. MATTHEWS Post-Gaittte Politic Writer The prospect of a Flaherty dynasty of maverick politics in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County appeared shattered yesterday in the aftermath of Democrat Pete Flaherty's defeat for governor. Flaherty was downed by a 213,000 majority that favored Republican Dick Thornburgh in the unofficial tabulation of statewide voting.

The cause was lack of Democratic support in this city, this county and Philadelphia. Flaherty carried the city by only 9,500 votes and the remainder of the county by another 9,042. That was a county total of 51.8 percent for Flaherty to 48.2 percent for Thornburgh. Just four years ago, the Flaherty majority over Republican S. Sen.

Richard Schweiker in their race for the Senate was, in the county, 59.6 to 40.4. That considerable drop came as brother Jim Flaherty, chairman of the Allegheny County commissioners, has to decide whether to seek another term next year. Since Jim has worked with Republican Commissioner Robert N. Peirce to maintain a majority that has excluded Democratic Commissioner Tom Foer-ster, Jim is no darling of the Democratic organization. In the Northside, where Foerster is the dominant Democratic figure, Pete Flaherty lost the 22nd Ward by a slight margin and slipped in the remainder from the totals that he ran up in 1974.

This was not peculiar to the North-side, however. He also lost eight other wards among the city's 32 and slipped in almost all of them; very big in the 14th Ward, where the vote was 9,954 for Thornburgh to 5,596 for Flaherty. In the statewide voting, Thornburgh carried 51 counties to 16 for Flaherty. All of the latter's were in the west except Philadelphia, where the huge Democratic majority gave him an advantage of only 36,881. In Philadelphia, Democratic majorities of 300,000 are not uncommon.

The western counties that Flaherty carried were Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Jefferson, Lawrence, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland. Thornburgh's county wins in the west were Bedford, Blair, Crawford, Erie, McKean, Mercer, Venango amd Warren. The statewide vote count, tabulated unofficially, was was: 1,946,700 Flaherty 1,733,700 The total in Allegheny county was: Flaherty 255,995 Thornburgh 237,871 City of Pittsburgh totals were: Flaherty 73,256 Thornburgh 63,756 An Associated Press-NBC poll of 2,800 Pennsylvanians as they left the polls demonstrated that Thornburgh cut heavily into the traditional Democratic coalitions put together in the 1930s by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thornburgh won 58 percent of the independents and 54 percent of those who labled themselves as moderates.

He Ward-byWard Totals in City For Gov. Race Here is how Pittsburgh wards voted in the governor race: Flaherty Thornburgh 1 359 325 2 340 441 3 465 514 4 2 165 2,765 5 2,106 2,158 6 1.332 708 7 3.544 2,259 1,880 9 2,576 1,427 10 4,187 3,130 11 2,504 3.080 12 2.468 1.757 13. 2.223 2.289 14. 5,596 9.954 15 4,172 2,511 16 2,766 1,142 17 2,075 938 18 2.188 1,557 19 7.649 5,701 3,862 3000 21 404 22 .518 536 23 739 535 24 1,370 751 25 935 741 26 2.789 2.511 27 3.205 2.821 28 2.325 1,924 29 3.065 1,915 30. 1,097 633 31 1.457 848 32 1.796 1.314 Totals 73.256 63,756 Aide Selection To Be Lengthy (Continued from Page 1) Thornburgh said he will seek a PennDOT secretary that is top-caliber in management and knows the construction business.

PennDOT must be totally restructured, but there is no quick fix, it's going to take time, he said. In the meantime, the Thornburgh team must first address itself to the transition of government from the Shapp administration. "I talked to Gov. Shapp this morning on the phone, and he expressed a sincere desire to make the transition a smooth one, offering us all the help from his people we need," said Thornburgh. The news conference was a mixture of humor, hard-nosed philosophy and emotion.

He introduced his wife Ginny and their four sons, U.S. Sen. H. John Heinz, R-Fox Chapel, and the lieutenant governor-elect, William W. Scranton.

And he thanked all his staff and the people who worked for him during the trying times. And he called defeated rival Pete Flaherty a friend who will remain a friend, both to him personally and to his family. "There's always a little heat generated in any campaign, but there was never any personal animosity between us," Thornburgh said. ing is so bad that people should refuse to pay their taxes until cuts are made. Another 62 percent said that they favor reductions in spending even if they would mean cuts in federal services that they like.

The post-vote poll showed that in Pennsylvania, where a budget deficit is in the making, 50 percent believe it can be avoided by a reduction in state government spending; 5 percent recommended higher state taxes; 3 percent picked a sales tax; 34 percent chose a combination of all three efforts and 18 percent did not have any idea what should be done. Marshall. 480 469 McCandless 3,502 5,928 McDonald 96 27 McKeesport 6,448 3,686 McKees Rocks 1,889 1,020 Millvale 913 706 Monroeville 4,961 5,154 Moon 2.874 2.649 Mt. Lebanon 4,586 11,443 Mount Oliver 995 498 Munhall 3.628 2,293 Neville 417 217 North Braddock 2,060 977 North Fayette 1,130 735 North Versailles 2,743 1,629 417 309 Oakmont 1,117 1,596 OHara 1,543 2,182 Ohio 355 413 Osborne 61 153 Penn Hills 9,714 9,743 Pennsbury 154 237 Pine 675 825 Pitcairn 711 476 Pittsburgh 73,256 63,756 Pleasant Hills 1,668 2,212 Plum 4,261 2,842 Port Vue 1,357 562 Rankin 666 355 Reserve 881 778 Richland 1,162 1.511 Robinson 1,815 1,227 Ross 5,696 7,968 Rosslyn Farms 58 251 Scott 3,373 3,672 Sewickley 616 932 Sewickley Hgts 52 318 Sewickley Hills 56 61 Shaler 6.283 6,776 Sharpsburg 1,063 534 South Fayette 1,253 843 South Park 2,038 1,425 South Versailles 84 53 Springdale 972 502 Springdale Twp. 429 175 Stowe 2.613 1,314 Swissvale 2.464 1,866 Tarentum 1,025 608 Thornburg 54 215 Trafford 23 9 Turtle Creek 1,504 803 Upper St.

Clair 2.044 5,436 Verona 544 331 Versailles 472 180 Wall 185 76 West Deer 1,015 West Elizabeth 140 76 West Homestead 958 405 West Mifflin 6.187 3,465 West View 1,416 1,471 Whitaker 443 182 Whitehall 2,626 3,809 White Oak 2,032 1,796 Wilkins 1,570 1,709 Wilkinsburg 2,697 Wilmerding 615 331 Totals 258,969 240,427 zer's demands as "predictable." His antagonist of eight years standing termed Shapp's response as "predictable." The lower Democratic majority in the Senate means it will be easier for Republican Gov. Thornburgh to have vetoes sustained. Thirty four votes are required for override. Similarly, the slim division in the House whichever way it ultimately goes strengthens the governor's veto weapon. There, 134 votes are required for.

override. The balloting on Tuesday left Allegheny County's House delegation at its present 20 Democrats and 8 Republican division. Pecora's victory give the GOP its first county senator since Wayne Ewing, of Mt. Lebanon, was beaten by Michael Schaefer in 1976. Rebounding from their Watergate-enforced exile, the GOP recaputred five seats in Delaware County near Philadel-phi and picked up traditionally Republican seats in Blair, Cambria and Centre Counties.

Democratic casualties also included Harry Englehart of Ebensburg, who as caucus chiarman was number three in the party caucus hierarchy, and James Prendergast of Lehigh, the caucus, secretary. Legislative Winners at a Glance The Strategy That Led Thornburgh to Victory STATE SENATOR Ronald Goebel, R. 38th District 30th District Leonard Bodack, D. Richard Cessar, R. 40th District 31st District Edward M.

Early, D. Brian Clark, D. 42nd District 32nd District Eugene F. Scanlon, D. Phyllis Kernick, D.

44th District 33rd District Frank Pecora, R. Roger Duffy, D. STATE REPRESENTATIVE 34th District 17th District Ronald D- Thomas J. Murphy, D. 35th District 19th District Tora Michlovic, D.

K. Leroy Irvis, D. 36th District 20th District Kn'gnt' D- Stephen Grabowski, D. 37th District 21st District Erail Mrkonic, D. Frank Pistella, D.

38th District 22nd District Bernard Novak, D. Steve Seventy, D. 39th District 23rd District Robb Austin. Ivan Itkin, D. 40th District 24th District D- Michael Fisher, R.

Joseph Rhodes D. 41st District 25th District JosePh Zord Jr-. R- Lee Taddonio, r. 42nd District 26th District Terrv McVerry, R. Michael Dawida, D.

43rd District 27th District James w- Knepper Jr, R. Rick Chess, D. 44th District 28th District Ron Gamble, D. George Pott 45th District 29th District Fred Trello, D. By MILTON JAQUES Posl-GneHe Washington Correspondent For all their winning ways, Pittsburgh area Democrats shuddered through the 1978 congressional elections with Repub-Ifcans nipping at their heels.

Two new Democratic House members Were elected in nearby districts. Don Bailey, 33, Greensburg attorney, won 53 percent of the vote in the 21st Congressional District. His 73,837 votes defeated Republican Bob Miller, Greens-jnirg economist and businessman, 39, tyho garnered 65,539 votes. Miller actually out-polled Bailey in the small eastern portion of Allegheny County embracing fenn Hills, Plum, Verona and Oakmont. Ironically, Bailey's winning margin in Allegheny County in the spring cratic primary won him the congressional nomination.

"Republican hopes to hold the 25th dis- How Counties Voted in Race For Governor Here is bow Pennsylvania'! counties voted in the governor race: Flaherty Thombargb Adams 6.038 10,382 Allegheny 255,995 237,871 Armstrong 14.497 9.825 Beaver 44,013 21.886 Bedford 5,526 8.166 Berks 36.415 43,286 Blair 18,315 20,401 Bradford 3,634 10,652 Backs 53.394 74.446 Butler 23,028 16.910 Cambria 37,780 22,548 Cameron 982 1,377 Carbon 7.164 8,857 11.349 18,331 Chester 25.012 58.364 Clarion 6,833 5,674 Clearfield 12.627 11,032 Clinton 3.693 5.565 Columbia 8.176 10,974 Crawford 10,183 13.212 Cumberland 14.780 35.296 Dauphin 21,172 42.200 Delaware 79.357 124.683 Elk 6,898 4.895 Erie .35.899 41,470 Fayette ...28,200 13,872 Forest 972 974 Franklin 17,224 Fulton 1.48 1,832 Greene 7,536 4.029 4.224 6,781 Indiana 11,915 11,989 Jefferson 7,238 6.839 Juniata 2,430 3.855 35,504 43,727 Lancaster 21.767 59.416 Lawrence. 21.051 11.870 Lebanon 9.066 16.651 Lehigh 28,663 40.453 Luzerne 56,049 Lycoming 11.868 19.310 McKean 3.577 7,080 Mercer 16.984 16,907 Mifflin 4.399 6,257 Monroe 6.398 9.100 Montgomery 69,663 132.314 Montour 1,783 2.870 N. Hampton 25,109 31,024 12.608 18,218 Perry; 3,200 7.120 Philadelphia 369.274 332.493 1.754 3.416 Potter 1.904 3.391 Schuylkill 24,033 23.823 Snyder 2.039 6,325 Somerset 14,721 10,527 Sullivan 936 1.482 Susquehanna 3.763 8.054 .2.868 8.464 1,942 6.027 Venango 8.479 8,514 Warren 4.675 7,553 Washington 44.446 22,540 Waynt 2.580 7.006 Westmoreland 76.032 39,453 Wyoming 2.108 5.388 York 28,567 44,736 Shooting Holds Man William Webster Bey, 31, of 7221 Frankstown Homewood, was ordered held on a charge of criminal homicide in the street corner shooting of Wendell Byrd, 51, of 6827 Franks-town Homewood, a well known area musician. Byrd was shot during an argument last Thursday outside a Homewood tavern. State House Control Undecided (Continued from Page 1) in one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't situations.

He did not want to associate with the Democratic organization there, he opposed a proposed change in the city charter that would have allowed Mayor Frank Rizzo to run for a third term next year and he didn't like the idea of currying favor from the wards. Waldman said that the Thornburgh camp simply paid more attention to Philadelphia. Thornburgh himself at a news conference yesterday alluded to that attention. "Somebody in Pittsburgh asked me the day before election 'where have you They found out last night," Thornburgh said. From the outset, Waldman and his advisers decided they had a chance against the registration odds if they kept Flaherty's Philadelphia margin under 100,000.

And, ironically, Waldman said one of his hardest strategy decisions was whether Thornburgh should take a position on the proposed charter change and Rizzo. "I had my doubts and did a lot of thinking about that, but we finally decided to come out against it," he said. The decision apparently didn't hurt. But perhaps the most critical decision in the Thornburgh camp was Waldman's belief that corruption, not taxes and the Proposition 13 syndrome, was the key issue. "It didn't take a brain surgeon to figure Pete's pitch and his strength would be that of a tax cutter in the Proposition 13 era," Waldman said.

"What we had to do was offer a Republican with a proven record of cleaning up corruption. Dick has that record. It's a proven record and even Flaherty said he was a good prosecutor. "What we were faced with was two candidates. Dick was a good prosec-tor, Pete was a good mayor, and the latter, of course, was more relevant in the early going." ft But two Gallup Polls, commissioned by the Post-Gazette and KDKA-TV, and Thornburgh's own pollster, showed corruption was the No.

1 issue. So, the Waldman strategy was to have Thornburgh hit the corruption issue and his own record as a corruption buster, then challenge Flaherty's image as a tax cutter by bringing up his city council votes for higher taxes and increasing the mayor's salary. "We forced Pete to react," Waldman said. "He responded to our ads challenging his tax- cutter image, but he could not challenge Thornburgh's image as a prosecutor or as a man who went after corruption and cleaned it up." "Simply put, Pete was a helluva of a U.S. attorney, and nobody ever doubted it" But what Thornburgh's commercials apparently did do was create doubt about Flaherty's tax-cutter Image.

"We didn't want to go on the defensive, but we started to feel the slippage," Curson said. "We had to do something, People where questioning his record. The Thornburgh people were creating a perception in the people's minds that was not true." Flaherty, questioned a week ago about why he went on the attack instead of staying positive, said he was "too much of a fighter, had too much of a competitive spirit, to allow anyone to misrepresent his record," as he claimed Thornburgh had. But it was Waldman's concept that prevailed. Perhaps it was former Auditor General Robert P.

Casey of Scranton, defeated by Flaherty in the Democratic primary, who summed it up best. "Thornburgh managed to force the Proposition 13 popularity to the backseat and pushed corruption to the forefront of concern among the Pennsylvania voters," Casey said. "The people voted for Thornburgh because of his record against crime and corruption." (Continued from Page I) K- icing the current presiding officer, K. roy Irvis of Oakland. Seltzer, who attributed the resurgent GOP's to "the best Republican candidates I've ever seen," admitted he would be delighted to accept the highest office in the Whatever the outcome, there are rumors of a deep feud between Irvis and Majority Leader James Manderino of Monessen both re-elected, Irvis without opposition.

Some speculation suggests that if the Democrats lose their majority Irvis will not automatically be named to be the caucus leader with the title of minority leader. Irvis, soon to begin his 11th two-year term, was named as Speaker in in May of 1977 following the resignation of Herbert Fineman, D-Philadelphia, who was convicted in an influence peddling scandal. Irvis previously had been majority leader. Yesterday, Seltzer, in his first postelection muscle flexing, sent a letter to Gov. Shapp demanding a hold-the-line spending program for the remainder of his term to help avert, Seltzer said, an anticipated $200 million budget deficit.

Shapp said he is already operating a tight fiscal ship abd characterized Selt.