September 5, 1986

Administration officials said today that they were drawing up a set of graduated measures against the Soviet Union - including a personal statement by President Reagan - to be used if an American reporter held in Moscow on suspicion of espionage is not freed promptly. Washington is said to be considering reducing Soviet personnel stationed in the United States, limiting negotiations to key issues like arms control, delaying the issuance of export licenses for some goods and urging groups to boycott meetings with Russians. For the moment, all scheduled negotiations are going ahead, officials said, including a second round of arms control talks opening here Friday. The negotiations are aimed at finding common ground that might make a summit meeting possible later this year.

Governor Cuomo, declaring that ''we lay people have a right to be heard,'' took issue with the Archdiocese of New York last night over a directive that prohibits those who disagree with the Roman Catholic Church's teachings from speaking at parish events. ''One of the classic positions against restraint of intellectual activity is to ask: 'How do you define it? How do you implement it?' '' the Governor said in an interview, adding later, ''It's very difficult to see how this would be implemented.'' ''From what I'm told, it applies to church teaching,'' he continued. ''But what is church teaching? When are you teaching infallibly and when aren't you? What people, which people will decide who agrees with church teaching? Will you have ecclesiastical courts?'' Past Differences The comments by the Governor, a Roman Catholic, once again put him in potential conflict with the leadership of the archdiocese. In the past, he has been at odds with John Cardinal O'Connor, the head of the archdiocese, over the Cardinal's contention that Catholics in government should apply the teachings of the church to public policy.

In a setback for the Hunt brothers, a Federal judge today ordered them to transfer their bankruptcy cases to Dallas from New Orleans. The Hunts responded quickly to Judge Barefoot Sanders's decision, however, and asked Judge Sanders to remove himself from the case because of what they contended were an assortment of prejudices and conflicts of interest. Lawyers for the Hunts also said they would immediately appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. The request that Judge Sanders step down seems certain to escalate the tension between him and the three wealthy brothers - Nelson Bunker, W. Herbert and Lamar.

Representative Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said today that future revenue increases needed to reduce the Federal budget deficit should come from raising income tax rates. His remarks came less than three weeks after Congressional conferees reached agreement on a sweeping tax bill that would sharply lower income tax rates. Mr. Rostenkowski has previously asserted that some form of tax increase in the future is inevitable. But today he specifically proposed raising rates as the fairest way to generate new revenues. In doing so, the Illinois Democrat firmly rejected the idea of imposing a new consumption tax, saying it would hit lower-income individuals who tend to spend a large portion of their income on necessities.

The Campeau Corporation, a Canadian real estate developer, offered yesterday to buy the Allied Stores Corporation, one of the largest American retailers, which owns such well-known stores as Bonwit Teller, Brooks Brothers, Ann Taylor, Jordan Marsh and Garfinckel's, among others. Campeau offered $58 a share, or $2.47 billion in cash and stock, for Allied, which last year earned $159 million on sales of $4.14 billion. In a letter to Allied yesterday, Campeau also said that it would be willing to offer Allied's management a 15 percent stake in the combined company. Allied's response yesterday was noncommittal. ''We appreciate Campeau's well-founded interest in Allied,'' Thomas M. Macioce, Allied's chairman and chief executive, said in a statement. ''Its unsolicited proposal to negotiate a merger between Allied and a Canadian real estate firm will be dealt with in due course, consistent with the best interests of our shareholders.''