12 Friday, September 24, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
U.S. Jewish Leaders Meet Ford to Plan Campaign Strategy
BY JOSEPH POLAKOFF
WASHINGTON (JTA)'
— Jewish Republican
leaders from 27 states en-
thusiastically voiced all-
out support for President
Ford's retention of the
presidency in their two
meetings in Washington
Monday to plan strategy
in their efforts to help
him win the election and
here from him his views
on issues of Jewish in-
terest and concern.
Originally about 100
leaders from 20 states
and the District of Col-
umbia were invited to the
meeting. As New York
industrialist George
Klein, a national coor-
dinator_ of the effort with
emphasis on the New
York area, explained it,
"we had so many calls
from people who wanted
to come that we had to
expand the number."
Accoi Jingly about 125
leaders met in the after-
noon for two hours with
Ford campaign chairman
James Baker and other
strategists at the Statler
Hilton Hotel where they
received kits crammed
with Ford's speeches and
other material related to
Israel, -Soviet Jewry, the
Arab Boycott and domes-
tic matters to help them
with their own speeches
and campaign tactics.
Then, with about a score
of other Jewish leaders
who are not in a position to
endorse any candidate
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swelling their number,
they visited with Ford for
about 90 minutes in the
East Room of the White
House, a half hour more
than scheduled.
Neither session was
open to the press but
those present spoke
freely about them after-
wards.
While the visitors
streamed from the White
House, Detroit indus-
trialist Max Fisher, who
is spearheading the
Jewish Republican
movement said, "the ad-
ministration has made it
clear that it wants the
Jewish vote and will do
everything possible to get
it." The PreSident, he
said, "put it on the table
— a sort of State of the
Union speech to make his
position clear. He sup-
ports Israel all the way
and with all his power."
A reporter asked Fisher
how he thought the Jewish
vote would go on Nov. 2, "It
will be better than in
1972," he responded.
"Ford is a man of integrity
and he will get well over 40
percent."
Other Detroiters par-
ticipating in the meeting
were attorney Alan E.
Schwartz and philan-
thropist Phillip Stollman.
Fisher thought the
President's chances
today were "50-50" and
"there will be no ques-
tion" of his victory after
his debate with his
Democratic rival, Jimmy
Carter.
Klein pointed out that
"Three target areas" in
this campaign are youth,
the Catholic vote and the
Jewish vote. The Repub-
licans present Monday,
Klein pointed out, were
from all branches of
Judaism and represent a
"large cross section" of
American Jewry.
Among those present,
who were described by
organizers of the meeting
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as being in no position to
endorSe any candidate,
were Rabbis Israel Miller
and Arthur Hertzberg.
Fisher said that Sam
Rothberg of Peoria, Ill.,
telephoned him from Is-
rael to say that he is com-
pletely for the President.
Two of former California
Gov. Ronald Reagan's
chief Jewish.. supporters,
Theodore Cummings and
Albert Spiegel of Los
Angeles, were present.
Among others attending,
according to a list made
available to the reporters,
were Gordon Zachs, of
Columbus, Ohio, Jacques
Torcyzner, Gustave Levy,
Maxwell Rabb of New
York, Jay Pritzer of
Chicago, Joseph and Lynn
Myerhoff of Baltimore,
Moses Fuerstein of Bos-
ton, Melvin Dubinsky of
St. Louis and Robert
Hecht of Houston.
Sen. Jacob K. Javits
(R-N.Y.), who attended
the White House session
said that those present
had "a profound interest
in Israel and comparable
causes." He said the Pres-
ident's explanations of
his policies "is very help-
ful and very 'construc-
tive."
The dean of the Jewish
members of Congress ad-
ded, "I believe the Presi-
dent's policy respecting
Israel is very.-construc-
tive and a statesmanlike
policy for our country.
The President fully in-
tends to pursue it and I
am satisfied that is the
way to go."
L. William Seidman, as-
sistant to the President
for economic affairs, said
"I never saw a Jewish
group so enthusiastic
about a Republican."
Seidman, who is Jewish
but said he is not a
member of any Jewish or-
ganization, said that
Ford was interrupted by
applause no less than 15
times in a 10-minute
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period of his speech.
Those interviewed after
the meeting said that there
was no mention of the
Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization or Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger.
Neither, they said, was
there discussion of the
President's "Reassess-
ment" of his Middle East
policy last year after Kis-
singer's first Sinai efforts
failed and 76 Senators
wrote to the President on
Israel's behalf for foreign
aid.
David Lissy, associate
coordinator of the White
House Domestic Council
who helped arrange the
meeting, summarized, the
President's remarks for
reporters. He said the
President recalled his ad-
dress to the Rabbinical
Council on U.S.-Israeli re-
lations and his "excellent
personal rapport" with
Israel Premier Yitzhak
Rabin with whom' Ford
said he has met seven
times in two years.
The record is clear that
U.S. military and
economic assistance to
Israel is "for a good
cause" Lissy quoted Ford
as saying. "We should not
brag about it, but it is in-
dicative of the action this
administration has taken
where Israel's need is
great." Ford added that
he is committed to the
"security and safety of
Israel."
Lissy said that on
Soviet emigration the
President said "I pledge
to you I will make every
effort with Congress and
the Soviets to get broader
opportunity for Jews to
leave for Israel and the
United States." •
"We will not capitulate
— and we will be tall and
strong in supporting Is-
rael's position in the Un-
ited Nations," Lissy said
the President told his au-
dience. Ford said the Arab
boycott of Israel is a dif-
ficult problem. The Treas-
ury Department, he said,
tried to get legislation that
would carry out the intent
of opposing the boycott
and yet not be punitive
with regard to American
business. It is the Presi-
dent's understanding,
Lissy said,. that the final
language in the tax reform
bill now on his desk al-
lowed the intent to be car-
ried out without punitive
impact.
Lissy reported Hertz-
berg as having said while
he was "barred from tak-
ing a position" in the elec-
tion, he had told Ford,
that the President "al-
ways had an open door"
and "an easy and friendly
dialogue" and that he was
"impressed by your can-
dor "
Meanwhile, Rabbi Her-
shel Schacter and
Torczyner, American
Zionist leaders, praised
President Ford for his
tough stand against the
UN anti-Zionist resolu-
tion.
They applauded the
firmness with which he
instructed the U.S. dele-
gation at the UN to fight
the resolution, and they
cited his frequent asser-
tions that U.S. support
for Israel — political,
economic and military —
will continue.
(See related story,
Page 60)
Torah Umesorah
Unit Picks Leader
NEW YORK—David H.
Schwartz, administrator,
Yeshiva of Flatbush, was
recently elected presi-
dent of the National -As-
sociation of Hebrew Dia&
School Administrato7.0
an affiliate of Torah
Umesorah, the National
Society for Hebrew Day
Schools.
Actively involved in
Hebrew Day School ad-
ministration for two de-
cades, Schwartz attended
the Nei' Israel Rabbinical
Seminary and received
his undergraduate and
graduate degrees from
Johns Hopkins and the
University of Baltimore,
respectively.
The first step on the path
to understanding is to rise
and tell the Arab people the
whole truth: There is a Jew-
ish people of 17 millions.
For the sake of its human
honor and national culture,
the life needs of its masses,
determined by its will to
survive and its-historical
eternity — it aspires — and
is forced to aspire to gather
together as many members
as possible in Eretz Yisrael
and live there as an indepen-
dent people. This fact may
not be welcomed by the local
Arabs who wish to maintain
the status quo which has a
markedly Arab nature.
—David Ben-Gurion
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ing design, cutting, and sew-
ing as well as other fashion '
elements such as beauty
care and hair dressing.
There was also a display of
flower arrangements done
by ORT students.
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