TREASURY'S BAKER SEES REAGAN OPPOSING OIL TAX

  Treasury Secretary James Baker told
  the House Appropriations Committee that he believes the
  president remains opposed to an oil import fee.
      He said Reagan last year rejected the idea and he added:
      "In my personal view he is not likely to change his thinking
  on that."
      He said Reagan last year opposed the idea because the
  energy industry was divided on the issue, a tax would require a
  new bureacracy to administer and the resulting higher energy
  prices would harm U.S. competitiveness.
  

