mr. hilliard? mr. hilliard: yes. governor reagan, blacks and other non-whites are increasing in numbers in our cities. many of them feel that they are facing a hostility from whites that prevents them from joining the economic mainstream of our society. there is racial confrontation in the schools, on jobs, and in housing, as non-whites seek to reap the benefits of a free society. what do you think is the nation's future as a multi-racial society? gov. reagan: i believe in it. i am eternally optimistic, and i happen to believe that we've made great progress from the days when i was young and when this country didn't even know it had a racial problem. i know those things can grow out of despair in an inner city, when there's hopelessness at home, lack of work, and so forth. but i believe that all of us together, and i believe the presidency is what teddy roosevelt said it was. it's a bully pulpit. and i think that something can be done from there, because a goal for all of us should be that one day, things will be don

mr. hilliard: yes. president carter, wage earners in this country, especially the young, are supporting a social security system that continues to affect their income drastically. the system is fostering a struggle between young and old and is drifting the country toward a polarization of these two groups. how much longer can the young wage earner expect to bear the ever-increasing burden of the social security system? mr. carter: as long as there is a democratic president in the white house, we will have a strong and viable social security system, free of the threat of bankruptcy. although governor reagan has changed his position lately, on four different occasions, he has advocated making social security a voluntary system, which would, in effect, very quickly bankrupt it. i noticed also in the "wall street journal" early this week, that a preliminary report of his task force advocates making social security more sound by reducing the adjustment in social security for the retired people to compensate