You suggest that the clash is "between Congressional Democrats who seek an activist commission and Administration supporters with disdain for correctives like affirmative action."

In part, the vote reflects the clash between Congressional Democrats who seek an activist commission and Administration supporters with disdain for correctives like affirmative action.

To some Administration supporters, Admiral Poindexter's behavior was both understandable and justified.

Mr. Cheney, though, is usually counted as an Administration supporter.

Mr. Hyde, a big, silver-haired man, is also considered an Administration supporter and then some.

Administration supporters worried that, with less than two years left in office, Mr. Reagan, like some of his predecessors, would have trouble attracting top-flight talent to assist him.

Administration supporters say this would cut farm program costs by $24 billion over the next three years.

The program included plans to "redirect federal funds to specific Administration supporters" and to "shape legal and regulatory action to enhance campaign goals.

I hope Representative Mack and other Administration supporters find these facts troubling.

Administration supporters either deny it has occurred or argue that it constitutes only a slight change in tactics, appropriate to a world already improved by the administration's earlier pugnacity.