THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS High-Priced Lawyers Exposed in Goulden Book Boris Smolar's `Between Yo . . . and Me Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) CONFUSION AMONG LEADERS: There is a good deal of uncertainty in the minds of some leaders of Jewish defense organizations over the omission of Jews as Jews from the official decennial census of the U.S. population. The issue, which is now coming to the forefront in connection with counting of the population which starts on April 1, has not been on the agenda of major Jewish organ- izations for quite a time. Some time ago the issue was discussed at the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council. I am told that at that meeting there was consensus of opinion on opposing the identification of Jews as Jews in the census and have them remain an uniden- tified part of the general population. Today, some in the national Jewish organizations doubt that there would be a consensus if the question would come up for discussion now. NEED FOR EVALUATION: Whether the leader- ship of Jewish defense organizations will now think in terms of re-evaluating their negative stand on Jewish iden- tification in the census, or not, it is too late now to do something for the 1980 decennial census. However, if Jewish groups will start paying attention to the issue now and put it on their agenda for discussion now, clarity may at least emerge on the subject. The confusion in the ranks of Jewish organizations is perhaps best illustrated by an announcement made in January by the American Jewish Committee. The AJ- Committee announced with great pride its sponsorship of a study on "Ethnicity and the Aged" by 20 prominent social scientists. One of the major points that emerged from this study — and the AJCommittee emphasizes it — is that the fast-growing aged population in this country "is not a uni- form mass," and that its members have widely varied ethnic consciousness that must be recognized in providing for their needs. In the light of the omission of Jews from the census, the question arises: How can one recognize and provide prop- erly for the specific needs of the Jewish aged when no data is carried on them in the census? Israel and Egypt Suggested for U.S. Wheat Surplusses WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Jonathan Bingham (D-N.Y.) has suggested to President Carter that his embargo against U.S. ex- ports of 17 million tons of grain and other agricul- tural commodities to the Soviet Union "presents an opportunity to reinforce the Middle East peace process" by "significantly increas- ing" Food for Peace assis- tance to Israel and Egypt. Bingham noted, "Israel and Egypt can provide much of that added absorp- tive capacity to ensure that international markets re- main undisturbed and none of the surplus will be indi- rectly diverted to the Soviets." Bingham pointed out that the Carter Administration's recently promised one-time $200 million increase in loan guarantees at commer- cial rates of interest for arms purchases "will not do much to address Israel's balance of payments de- ficit." He noted the deficit has soared from $2.56 bil- bil- lion in 1977 to"e r $4 ft lion in 1979. The Survivors By IVAN GORELIK The felt guilt. They stood in black and white, Living shrouds and wraiths. A thousand searing agonies of cries and cold, death and demons, hunger and horror. Starkly painted-survivors. 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