Nation: Action on the Set

Surrounded by thrusting, omnipresent TV cameras and microphones, California reporters have lately opened some of Governor-elect Ronald Reagan's press conferences with a wry jab at his former profession: "O.K., everybody. Quiet on the set. We're rolling." Yet laugh as they may, ex-Actor Reagan is rolling on to his inauguration with as much professional style as if he had played the part a dozen times.

Immediately after the election, he installed a staff in Sacramento to prepare gradually for the change in government, has opened other offices in Los Angeles and Fresno, and is planning...

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