THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, kw 23; 1978' 11 IBM Would You Vote or This Jewish Candidate? In every political period when there was discussion of the possibility of electing a Catholic as President, the question always arose whether a Jew had a chance for the highest office in the land. This question was re- peated when the Catholic John F. Kenneday did at- tain the glory of the White House. The query recurs and there are the conflicting views whether prejudice can be overcome. character! — who is Hal- berstam's presidential material, is the crafty A.L. Levine. A super-salesman, a real estate manipulator, an ambitious fellow turned millionaire, Levine turns to politics. The Democratic leaders choose him when their top man turns mur- derer, of his wife, and has to be exchanged for a sensa- tion in the ranks. It is Levine who becomes the In his novel "The Want: ing of Levine" (Lippin- UCLA /libel. L.11 lul IAJWCI all% "YOU'RE NUMBER ONE WITH ME! di • whose manipulations wil raise many eyebrow among readers of this per turbing novel. Levine is the squat, ugl: guy, whose great qualitie: are his eyes that attract am gain attention. He is a gu: who never fails to mentioi his Jewishness. This alone is cause fo, challenge. How many Jew. made good politically b, emphasizing their Jewish ness? Many very prominen ones in the political sphere affirm their Jewishness bu are not boastful. Is this hov a Jew would become th4 chief spokesman for hi PartY? r AL KLINE • Would Jews back c coreligionist who is ex posed in the campaign a : having a lady in eve n boudoir he could invade in every village he visi tad as a salesman? DALGLEISH CADILLAC , 6160 CASS AVE. TR 5 0300 /. - _________ The author, a medica VERTICAL BLINDS SHEER BLINDS WOVEN WOODS CUSTOM DRAPES. SAVE UP TO 5/ SHADES and BEDSPREADS LAMINATED SHADES TO AM BLINDS NORM WINDOW! 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There is this concluding paragraph as Levine is called to join his family to the inauguration stand: "Levine listened to the clanging voices and knew the secrets, knew that they kind of Jew who succeeds to it, will be subject of much debating and controversy. —P.S. "Was he a man without convictions, he won- dered? No, for his strongest conviction was that convictions were dangerous, general prin- ciples unsound, justice fleeting, and error com- mon. In that he felt he of- fered something that his predecessors, politicians all — yes, even pisenhower: — had left. They had been able to 'point to a body of posi- tions taken and charac- terized themselves: yes, I am a conservative; yes, I am a liberal; yes, I am a' pragmatist. He could not, need not, do that. The press had not been able to do it. There was a clean slate. There was hope yet." 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