October 14, 1982

''You can't solve unemployment without solving the things that caused it - the out-of-control government spending, the skyrocketing inflation and interest rates that led to unemployment in the first place.'' - President Reagan. (B14:1.)

The International Harvester Company announced today that all of its nearly 200 lenders had approved the latest modification to its financial rescue plan. The new plan, which eases the repayment burden of Harvester's $4.2 billion in debt, grants the ailing manufacturer of farm equipment and trucks another reprieve from bankruptcy. But analysts noted that some of its provisions hinged on concessions from Harvester's suppliers and dealers, raising the possibility of further revisions if the concessions do not materialize.

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven Drucker is a writer and editor in the design field. BY STEVEN DRUCKER COLE PORTER once told the designer Billy Baldwin that he didn't want his television set hidden any more than he wanted his piano slipcovered. The Porter analogy is still tart if no longer apt: These days a big part of a designer's job is coming to esthetic grips with television sets, stereo components and home computers. Shrines are erected and armoires are gutted to force electronic gear into neat packages, and true aficionados are willing to pay high prices to put the best face on their equipment. Exactly which direction the effort takes, however, depends on the design point of view at work: architect, interior designer or engineer.

International Polish shipyard workers who struck for two days in Gdansk over the outlawing of the independent trade union Solidarity returned to work after the martial-law authorities drafted them into military service. But new protests erupted in southern Poland, where 3,000 workers marched out of a steel plant outside Cracow. Street clashes were reported in Wroclaw in the southwest. (Page A1, Column 4.) The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Alva Myrdal of Sweden and Alfonso Garcia Robles of Mexico for their efforts to promote disarmament. Mrs. Myrdal's husband is Gunnar Myrdal, who shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. Mr. Garcia Robles is a 71-year-old career diplomat. (A10:3-6.)

Unemployment and other aspects of the economy are the greatest concerns of Connecticut voters, according to a statewide poll by The New York Times, and Gov. William A. O'Neill, who has made economic development the main theme of his campaign for re-election, is drawing wide support from people concerned about those issues. Mr. O'Neill, a Democrat, led his Republican opponent, Lewis B. Rome, by 52 percent to 32 percent among registered voters, according to the poll. When the voters were asked to name the most important issue, 41 percent, by far the largest group, named unemployment, and among those who did so, Mr. O'Neill led Mr. Rome by 57 percent to 30 percent. The poll was taken four weeks before the election, and campaign developments and voter turnout could close the gap between Mr. O'Neill and Mr. Rome. The Connecticut survey was based on telephone interviews conducted from Oct. 3 through Oct. 8 with 1,587 adults throughout the state. Of the total, 1,132 said they were registered voters.