But in recent weeks the Administration has backed away from this approach.
After signaling a change in its budget, the Administration backed the measure.
First, the Administration backed into leadership of the school-improvement movement.
Instead of trying to win over the Europeans, the Administration has repeatedly backed off the issue.
The Administration backed revisions of the unemployment insurance system so that the money could be used by the unemployed to set up new businesses.
He felt the Reagan-Bush administration was "backing this 100 percent."
Already in April, the administration backed a $10 billion emergency aid package to Turkey.
Of the board's eight members, only Mayor Koch, whose administration backed the plan, voted for it.
Early this year, the Administration nibbled at this proposal and then backed away.
His Administration has backed away from environmental programs in the face of opposition from the lumber, paper, mining and oil industries.